Aviation Safety: Issues Raised by the Crash of Valujet Flight 592 : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Aviation of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, June 25, 1996U.S. Government Printing Office, 1997 - 571 pages |
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... offices . I've been watching this on television . I know they're concerned . They are concerned that Con- gress must take action which would jeopardize their jobs , and sure- ly we should not take any kind of action which is imprudent ...
... offices . I've been watching this on television . I know they're concerned . They are concerned that Con- gress must take action which would jeopardize their jobs , and sure- ly we should not take any kind of action which is imprudent ...
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... office , we only have to go back through the his- tory of what I have been doing for 51⁄2 years . Starting in 1991 , we were addressing these very same issues . We were asking what is wrong with FAA inspections . We came up with a ...
... office , we only have to go back through the his- tory of what I have been doing for 51⁄2 years . Starting in 1991 , we were addressing these very same issues . We were asking what is wrong with FAA inspections . We came up with a ...
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... office , not through one Administration , but through two , three - through sev- eral Secretaries , through several administrators . Yet , we got two answers every time we found problems : one , " Well , safety has not been compromised ...
... office , not through one Administration , but through two , three - through sev- eral Secretaries , through several administrators . Yet , we got two answers every time we found problems : one , " Well , safety has not been compromised ...
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action Administrator agency Agreement aircraft airplane airworthiness airworthiness directives Atlanta aviation safety BACHUS BRODERICK canisters cargo certification Chairman check was accomplished compliance concerns consent order contractors crash crew DEFAZIO discrepancies were noted discretionary function exception documents door DUNCAN employees engine FAA inspectors FAA's Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Regulations FINDING firing pin flight attendant flying FOLD following discrepancies FSDO hazardous materials hearing heat shield HINSON industry insert unit inspection installed investigation issues JORDAN June 25 latch LIPINSKI low-cost carriers maintenance manual mechanics MENENDEZ NTSB OBERSTAR Office operations oversight oxygen mask oxygen module passengers performed personnel pilots pin lanyards problems procedures question Ramp check recommendations record regulations regulatory release removed repair stations responsibility S.Ct SabreTech SCHIAVO Secretary SELLER SHUSTER specific standards statement Subcommittee Thank ValuJet Airlines ValuJet Flight 592
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Page 553 - Any claim based upon an act or omission of an employee of the Government, exercising due care, in the execution of a statute or regulation, whether or not such statute or regulation be valid, or based upon the exercise or performance or the failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function or duty on the part of a federal agency or an employee of the Government, whether or not the discretion involved be abused.
Page 553 - Authority, the periods for, and the manner in, which such inspection, servicing, and overhaul shall be made, including provision for examinations and reports by properly qualified private persons whose examinations or reports the Authority may accept in lieu of those made by its officers and employees...
Page 567 - The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 US 321, 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus SAUCIER v.
Page 561 - Congress wished to prevent judicial "second-guessing" of legislative and administrative decisions grounded in social, economic, and political policy through the medium of an action in tort.
Page 554 - MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court. We granted certiorari...