Most of the stuff I've seen in the papers about flying freight usually misses
the mark by focusing on Fedex or UPS. This series of three articles focuses on
freight dogs. I think the author hit the nail on the head. The only weakness
is that not every freight accident I can think of is necessarily fatal. I can
think of a couple of guys that I know who got hurt very badly in freighters.
One of them has to wear braces on his legs like a kid with polio just to be able
to stand up for very short periods.

Anyway, this guy sure got the maintenance problems and the usual NTSB results
down.

For those of you who don't know, I used to do this kind of flying. Not no more.

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlot...s/14998705.htm
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlot...s/15003611.htm
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlot...s/15010344.htm

"About This Investigation

The nine-month Miami Herald investigation built upon thousands of pages of
documents.

The newspaper spent hundreds of hours examining a database maintained by the
National Transportation Safety Board that includes reports on crashes around the
world dating back decades.

The newspaper filed Freedom of Information Act requests for FAA enforcement and
inspection files; examined NTSB investigative dockets, government reports on
cargo planes, lawsuits, industry memos, safety studies and news reports; and
conducted interviews across the country."




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Mortimer Schnerd, RN

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