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Airlines

FAA And USDOT Collaborate 500

September 2, 2010

USA Today and FAA's Laura Brown - May 23, 2008. Washington, D.C. http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/delays/2008-05-23-faa-flights_N.htm "Safety was never compromised". Gary Kelley, Paula Berg, Southwest Airlines - March 7, 2008

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Comair To Lay Off Workers And Halve Fleet By 2012

September 2, 2010

Comair, a regional airline owned by Delta Air Lines Inc., said on Wednesday that it will shrink its fleet by more than half and reduce staff over the next two years to cut costs. in late 2008 and they mostly operate as a single airline. Delta flight attendants were nonunion, but those who came from [...]

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45 Close Calls In D C Area Skies This Year

September 2, 2010

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The McDonnell Douglas MD 8

September 2, 2010

Receiving FAA certification on February 9, 1963, as the 14000 thrust-pound JT8D-1, it had powered the 727-100 before being employed by the DC-9-10 and was subsequently offered in several successively higher-thrust versions, the last of which .. The last, and most advanced, of the five versions, the MD-88, reintroduced the original fuselage dimensions and was [...]

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DOT IG Alleges Lax FAA Oversight Let Southwest Violate ADs

September 2, 2010

US FAA was guilty of "serious lapses" in its regulatory oversight of Southwest Airlines, allowing airworthiness directive "noncompliance issues within WN's maintenance program to go undetected for years," leading to repeated violations,

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Aerial Surveillance Drone To Start Patrolling Border Today

September 1, 2010

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