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Airlines and the FAA: Too close for comfort?


Charalambe "Bobby" Boutris, left, an aviation Safety Inspector with Southwest Airlines,and other airline safety officials, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 3, 2008, before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on FAA safety oversight of airlines.  From second from left are, Douglas Peters, Aviation Safety Inspector with American Airlines; Michael Mills, Assistant Manager for Flight Standards District Office at Dallas Fort Worth; Paul Cotti, Supervisor for American Eagle Airworthiness Unit; Robert Naccache, retired Assistant Manager from Southwest Airlines; and Terry Lambert, manager with the Flight Standards Division, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 3, 2008. BoutrisWow, who knew hearings of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee could be so dramatic? Between the reports of corporate misconduct, government complicity and alleged death threats against whistleblowers, I half-expected to see the specter of Karen Silkwood take the stand.





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