Transportation Secretary Wants It Both Ways
Is it just me, or does this not make any sense at all.
Transportation Secretary Mary Peters is demanding that federal regulators and American Airlines explain why 250,000 U.S. air travelers endured canceled flights last week during safety inspections.
Peters told reporters Friday that she doesn’t believe the Federal Aviation Administration overreacted in insisting on the rapid rewiring and checks of wiring on MD-80 jetliners. But as she put it: “No one at all was well served by what happened last week.”
Mary Peters doesn’t think the FAA overreacted, but she wants to know why air travelers endured flight cancellations. Um… WTF? If they had not cancelled flights, she would have been all over the FAA and American Airlines for putting air travelers in danger.
She said no one was served well by what happened last week. Hmm. I think I would rather suffer a delay or a cancelled flight and know that it was safe to fly. Then again, come to think of it, bitching and moaning to make sure my flight took off as scheduled so I could end up in a flaming pile of twisted metal does sound a bit more fun.
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