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FAA Orders Safety Inspection On Boeing 737s

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 06.04.2011

WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration plans to issue an emergency safety order on Tuesday requiring special inspections aimed at find...

Southwest Airplane Good Samaritan or Good Grief?

Christine Negroni | Posted 05.30.2011

Christine Negroni

The air traffic control profession just can't get a break. Nevertheless, sending a passenger plane to play fighter jet is wrong in all sorts of ways.

Southwest Airlines Still Tops, Despite Recent Woes

ABC News | Kate Barrett | Posted 05.25.2011

Despite coming under fire recently for missed inspections, Southwest Airlines carried more passengers in 2007 than any other U.S. airline. New number...

Congress: FAA Should "Clean House From Top To Bottom"

AP | SUZANNE GAMBOA | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration should "clean house from top to bottom" and has too cozy a relationship with the airlines, the ...