United flew plane 23 times without inspecting repair

[Dick Whitman]

Can't wait to fly United in July!

United Faces $435,000 Fine, Accused of Flying Plane 23 Times Without Inspecting Repair, F.A.A. Says

 

[PCLoadLetter]

I've got United flights next weekend. Needless to say, I'm not the one who booked them.

 

[playthrough]

This will get 1/10,000th of the attention of the passenger-pulled-off-the-plane video. Even though this could have, oh, killed a few hundred people.

 

[YankeeFan]

Plane was a 787. Art features a 747. Makes me crazy.

Go to Airliners.net. You can likely license a photo of the very plane in question.

 

[Chef2]

I've got United flights next weekend. Needless to say, I'm not the one who booked them.

 

[User 11148]

People in general don't realize how hands-off FAA regulation is. Yes, there are protocols that must be followed ... but it's not like there's some FAA schlub standing there making sure that everything's copacetic.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

I would want to be dragged off that plane.

 

[Dick Whitman]

This should be a blast. I have $1,100 in non-refundable cash money sunk into these flights. Mrs. Whitman pretty clearly wants nothing to do with stepping on them upon reading this news.

 

[Jake_Taylor]

Eh, everyone ignores the check engine light.

 

[User 11148]

This should be a blast. I have $1,100 in non-refundable cash money sunk into these flights. Mrs. Whitman pretty clearly wants nothing to do with stepping on them upon reading this news.

I would assume you know this, but in the short-term this likely means that United will be among the closest adherents to maintenance protocols. Further, it's not like they didn't fix it ... they just didn't (allegedly) inspect their fix. I wouldn't be surprised to find they inspected it but failed to document their inspection.

 

[Dick Whitman]

I would assume you know this, but in the short-term this likely means that United will be among the closest adherents to maintenance protocols. Further, it's not like they didn't fix it ... they just didn't (allegedly) inspect their fix. I wouldn't be surprised to find they inspected it but failed to document their inspection.

There was a headline. It was shared on Facebook.

That was that.

 

[User 11148]

There was a headline. It was shared on Facebook.

That was that.

Well, there's always Qantas ...

 

[Vombatus]

This should be a blast. I have $1,100 in non-refundable cash money sunk into these flights. Mrs. Whitman pretty clearly wants nothing to do with stepping on them upon reading this news.

You're probably not flying on a 787 either.

Give me a contact, and I will tell her about metal fatigue, or the mechanical stresses of each takeoff/landing cycle (planes like Southwest's 737 fleet are far more at risk due the number of cities they hit each day). Throw in some comments about batteries and what can catch on fire, and she will never fly again!

Oops. Almost forgot - terrorism.

 

[Machine Head]

Huh.

I flew United last week.

 

[Vombatus]

Huh.

I flew United last week.

7 come 11!

 

[User 11148]

Here's one other thing ... the flights in question occurred in 2014! How many flights has United had since then? Are we really to believe that United has had slipshod maintenance but has just gotten lucky?

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

No United mile-high club for DW.

 

[Oggiedoggie]

If you really want to spend some time with United, there's this option:

United Airlines Will Fly the Longest-Ever Route From the U.S.

 

[dixiehack]

I was assured by those who worship the golden calf of Free Market that this couldn't possibly happen, and that conpanies could always be trusted to police themselves with no damned government interference. This must be some more of that fake news they were talking about at the local firing range.

 

[The Big Ragu]

I was assured by those who worship the golden calf of Free Market that this couldn't possibly happen, and that conpanies could always be trusted to police themselves with no damned government interference. This must be some more of that fake news they were talking about at the local firing range.

First off, I'd love to meet anyone who has ever said that free markets = anything close to what you said. If I put you in charge of ALL of your own decisions (and say, "caveat emptor") it doesn't somehow mean you are going to be able to spot everyone trying to cheat you or everyone who might hurt you in some way by taking advantage of you or cutting a corner in a transaction. It's not even a clever strawman.

Second off, I am a bit dumbfounded by the perversion of reality you have to delude yourself into to post something like that. In an actual free marketplace, people would have to be vigilant about whose airplane they ever got onto if they wanted to feel safe -- they'd have obvious incentive to pay attention. That isn't the case. Most people assume some government agency is looking out for them. The F.A.A. lulls those same people into the belief that someone or something else has taken care of being vigilant for them -- so they don't have to.

So something like this happens. ... and you don't think to post, "How does this happen with the F.A.A. protecting everyone"? Instead, you take a REGULATED market and try to turn it into a "free market" issue.

Unbelievable.