The author of the newspaper hit piece was an idiot. There
are problems, poor maintenance and bad management lead the
list in my mind. But he focused on how many FAA inspectors
and the way they are assigned. Also, he bemoaned the fact
that a C310 isn't icing approved.
Pilots know how to handle that issue, don't take off, go
somewhere else and land. It is just not possible to have
all cargo flown by two pilot crews in a 737 under part 121,
which is the "answer" that the Miami Herald author seems to
thing is the solution.

The Miami Herald is a rag looking for sensation, not facts.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN"
wrote in message
m...
| 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."
|
|
|
|
| --
| Mortimer Schnerd, RN
|
| VE
|
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