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Article #10570Re: What do Texas and Florida have in common?
From: Jeffrey E. Salzberg
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 00:00
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 00:00
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In article <1023A348676CAC62.84BF5F1CB162DDA8.26E0C470216DC51C@lp.airnews.net>, aw722@pdq.net wrote: > You know, just this evening I heard a Value Jet (aka Air Tran) ad on TV, > touting how cheap it was to fly with them. I immediately though "yep, > amazing how saving a few dollars on aircraft maintenace can cut ticket > prices". They're doing it again; another few hundred people will be > killed by Value Jet in a few months. The Value Jet crash happened because one of their contractors improperly and illegally shipped live oxygen generators on the plane; it wasn't as a result of improper maintenance done on that aircraft. You could as easily blame the FAA, which had previously declined to mandate smoke detectors in aircraft cargo bays, considering them to be too expensive; I wonder if the victims' families would agree. -- ------------- Jeffrey E. Salzberg, Lighting Designer Portfolio: http://www.suncoast.quik.com/salzberg (Now featuring "This Day in Arts History") Currently in Sarasota, FL, where any place worth driving to is worth driving to ve-e-e-e-ry slowly. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
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