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"Lou Minatti�" wrote:
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> Adam Weiss wrote:
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> > 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.
> 
> Maintainance had nothing to do with the ValueJet crash. It could have
> been a brand-new, flawless 717 with 500 flight hours piloted by a
> seasoned crew. That fire was caused by oxygen canisters illegally placed
> in the cargo hold by a cargo company that broke the law, not ValueJet.
> ValueJet couldn't have done anything, short of opening every single
> package placed onboard their aircraft.

ValuJet did have a bad maintenance record at the time.  They were the
subject of intense scrutiny during the year before the crash, and that
was a result of many bad inspections and more than a few incidents in
the air (none of them as terrible as the crash).  The reason: they were
following dollars and an over-zealous expansion plan.  Instead of
running their company prudently in all aspects, they were cutting
corners to maximize profits in order to grow.  It was extremely
reckless.

One must ask seriously how oxygen canisters could be placed illegally in
a cargo hold without anyone from the airline (who might care) noticing. 
Same as with the maintenance, cargo loading was contracted out -- to
people who didn't have a vested interest in its safety or legality and
to people whose own purpose was to cut costs.

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