Re: Correcting a misconception about Air Tran

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From: David Lesher
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 00:00

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Lou Minatti <louminatti@yahoo.com> writes:

>You still haven't shown how ValuJet's maintenance procedures resulted in
>the downing of that plane. I'll repeat the question from a prior
>message: Should airlines be required to open and inspect all packages
>before loading them onto an airplane?

Simple; ValuJets's 'maintenance procedures' consisted of "Outsource
everything to the low bidder..."

If you outsource everything, with no internal infrastructure or
attitude to check up on same.... not to mention blindly pursuing
"cheap & faster beats better" at every turn...

.....Then you WILL end up with down birds and dead people. 
They did.

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From: wb8foz@panix.com (David Lesher)
Subject: Re: Correcting a misconception about Air Tran
Date: 2000/09/16
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