Fbi's On The Case
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PlayTheOdds
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It has been disclosed to the FAA and the FBI. That is why there is an investigation. Northwest is not going to draw attention to its self-saying that their aircraft are being sabotaged. The public was bored with this strike before it even began and now with the current events with the hurricane there is no attention at all being given to this strike. I'm sure Northwest wants o keep it that way.
NWA: FBI probing flight attendants
Friday September 2, 11:36 am ET
The FBI is investigating a small number of Northwest Airlines Corp. flight attendants, the airline confirmed Wednesday.
The flight attendants union said Thursday that the FBI is looking into company allegations that crew members tampered with smoke detectors on a flight from Osaka, Japan, to Detroit.
Robert Krabbe, assistant contract administrator for the Professional Flight Attendants Association, told The Associated Press that the flight attendants were questioned, but no arrests were made.
"Northwest Airlines is cooperating with (an) FBI inquiry of a small number of airline flight attendants on a single flight," the airline said in a statement. "The investigation does not involve any safety of flight issues."
Published September 1, 2005 by The Business Journal
Friday September 2, 11:36 am ET
The FBI is investigating a small number of Northwest Airlines Corp. flight attendants, the airline confirmed Wednesday.
The flight attendants union said Thursday that the FBI is looking into company allegations that crew members tampered with smoke detectors on a flight from Osaka, Japan, to Detroit.
Robert Krabbe, assistant contract administrator for the Professional Flight Attendants Association, told The Associated Press that the flight attendants were questioned, but no arrests were made.
"Northwest Airlines is cooperating with (an) FBI inquiry of a small number of airline flight attendants on a single flight," the airline said in a statement. "The investigation does not involve any safety of flight issues."
Published September 1, 2005 by The Business Journal
RDU Jetblast
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Um, take a look in the dc-9 lavs and you'll find ashtrays that are blanked off. People used to smoke in the lavs for years.
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correct me if i'm wrong, i believe AD74-SOMETHING SOMETHING requires ashtrays on both sides of lav doors. also believe the AD required smoke detectors to be installed along with an auto fire extinguisher in trash can??????????????
jimntx
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mr peabody said:
You are correct, and it was done with good reason. The FAA realized that Americans would violate the rules whenever possible. We just had to write up a woman last week for smoking in the lav. And, the idiot threw the butt in the trash. Fortunately, she had a little sense. She ran water on the butt before throwing it in the trash.
RDU Jetblast
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They may be in over their heads and they themselves may be sabatuers. One can do a lot on grave yards. The sooner the strike is over the sooner they go home.
PlayTheOdds
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RDU, you are really digging deep to find some stuff now. It doesn't matter if we go home or not the AMFA mechanics are not going to come back here.
RDU Jetblast
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PlayTheOdds said:
I will keep digging. I know where the skelatons are. I have years of experience and remember Eastern's debacle. I love the psychology behind all this.
Is Sabotage by scabs possible? You bet. I have witnessed it. Of course, at the time I was certain it was sabatage. I was young and Naive. Today, I think it might have been simply incompetance. I don't know.
PlayTheOdds
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RDU I must agree the psychology behind all of this is very exciting. Anything is possible but I'm certain no has happened here. The shear destruction that was left here and the huge backlog of MEL's is enough evidence for me that AMFA is fully capable of the sabotage with out any help from the scabs. The incompetence you speak of you will find in any group whether it be union or not. The scabs that didn't have a clue has been weeded out. Had they been union though they would still be here. I am anxious to see what the future holds.
PlayTheOdds
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The AMFA mechanics deferred everything just before the strike. Nothing was fixed for almost a week. When the time limits were up the aircraft had to be parked because there were no parts to fix them. The AMFA mechanics threw away and destroyed the parts. Katrina cant compete with the way the AMFA mechanics left the LMO's. All MC does is generate the MEL number the mechanics generate the MEL in the first place.
Sorry but the final say comes down to MTC Control. And for the statement the mechanics destroyed parts...well I find that one tough to believe. I know very few even die hard union mechanics who would intentionally damage an a/c or parts as that is a federal offense. Work strickly by the book yes, but damage no. If that were the case the FBI would be all over the place brought in by the company. And I have read nothing about sabotage except for the smoke detector incident.
