FAA Audit, Ensuing Misery to Continue Through JUNE!

International Herald Tribune:

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New U.S. flight delays loom as safety reviews expand
By Micheline Maynard and Matthew L. Wald
Published: April 10, 2008

Air travelers in the United States, whose plans have already been disrupted by thousands of canceled flights recently, may face continued chaos in coming weeks as the Federal Aviation Administration and the airlines expand their scrutiny of passenger planes.

The groundings at airlines like American, Alaska, Delta and Southwest resulted from a broader round of inspections, ordered by the FAA, to determine whether the airlines have complied with past directives to check airplane structures, wires, electronics and other components.

A second wave of audits began on March 30 and will continue through June 30. Laura Brown, a spokeswoman for the FAA, said it could not rule out further groundings. "We don't know," she said. "We find what we find." [FULL ARTICLE]

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