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Hi Everyone,
I'm sure many will want to discuss this issue and thought I'd lead it off. In the interest of full disclosure, I'm sharing links and pasting a USNewsNow letter below. Thanks.
Morgan Durrant
US Airways
Corporate Communications
FAA Press Release:
http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/new...fm?newsId=10860
US Airways Press Release:
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?...&highlight=
USNewsNow:
An Important Message from COO Robert Isom
Oct. 14, 2009
Dear Fellow Employees,
Earlier today, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a press release stating that they are assessing a proposed civil penalty of $5.4 million against US Airways. While this is a disappointing announcement from the FAA, some explanation and context is in order and I wanted to get that to you now.
I know all of you operate our airline with safety at the forefront of everything we do. There is an unwavering commitment to safety across our system that ensures we operate our 3,200 flights every day safely and reliably. It is important to remember that today’s announcement references situations that are in the past, and in several cases, date back to two years ago. This isn’t to make light of the findings or our corrections to those findings, rather it’s to say these occurrences are behind us, and today, we have improved upon an already solid maintenance program.
The FAA proposed civil penalty dates back to challenges we faced related to our America West/US Airways maintenance integration in 2007. The integration presented some challenges in the areas of inspection and records during 2007, 2008 and early 2009. Our team has worked cooperatively with the FAA to investigate and correct any discrepancies to the FAA’s satisfaction.
More specifically, over the past nine months, we and the FAA have completed a formal review of our aircraft maintenance tracking systems as well as a comprehensive review of our maintenance program. This collaborative process included efforts to identify the issues, drill down to find the root cause and develop comprehensive fixes.
Put simply, our commitment to safety is reflected in our exceptional safety record. With the FAA's guidance we are now a much stronger airline on all levels as a result of this process -- certainly our operating performance shows it but also our best in class performance on safety measures like aircraft damages and employee injuries. We look forward to a continued partnership with the FAA to deliver on our common mission of safety first. In the meantime, we are working with the FAA in a cooperative manner to promptly achieve a negotiated resolution of their civil penalty proposal.
In closing, I’d ask each of you to not let today’s announcement become a distraction to our mission of running a safe and reliable airline. Let’s acknowledge today’s news, learn from this process and now that we’ve fixed these issues, move on. We’re running an incredibly safe and on-time airline and US Airways people everywhere have shown they are capable of great things. Let’s keep it up!
Robert
I'm sure many will want to discuss this issue and thought I'd lead it off. In the interest of full disclosure, I'm sharing links and pasting a USNewsNow letter below. Thanks.
Morgan Durrant
US Airways
Corporate Communications
FAA Press Release:
http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/new...fm?newsId=10860
US Airways Press Release:
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?...&highlight=
USNewsNow:
An Important Message from COO Robert Isom
Oct. 14, 2009
Dear Fellow Employees,
Earlier today, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a press release stating that they are assessing a proposed civil penalty of $5.4 million against US Airways. While this is a disappointing announcement from the FAA, some explanation and context is in order and I wanted to get that to you now.
I know all of you operate our airline with safety at the forefront of everything we do. There is an unwavering commitment to safety across our system that ensures we operate our 3,200 flights every day safely and reliably. It is important to remember that today’s announcement references situations that are in the past, and in several cases, date back to two years ago. This isn’t to make light of the findings or our corrections to those findings, rather it’s to say these occurrences are behind us, and today, we have improved upon an already solid maintenance program.
The FAA proposed civil penalty dates back to challenges we faced related to our America West/US Airways maintenance integration in 2007. The integration presented some challenges in the areas of inspection and records during 2007, 2008 and early 2009. Our team has worked cooperatively with the FAA to investigate and correct any discrepancies to the FAA’s satisfaction.
More specifically, over the past nine months, we and the FAA have completed a formal review of our aircraft maintenance tracking systems as well as a comprehensive review of our maintenance program. This collaborative process included efforts to identify the issues, drill down to find the root cause and develop comprehensive fixes.
Put simply, our commitment to safety is reflected in our exceptional safety record. With the FAA's guidance we are now a much stronger airline on all levels as a result of this process -- certainly our operating performance shows it but also our best in class performance on safety measures like aircraft damages and employee injuries. We look forward to a continued partnership with the FAA to deliver on our common mission of safety first. In the meantime, we are working with the FAA in a cooperative manner to promptly achieve a negotiated resolution of their civil penalty proposal.
In closing, I’d ask each of you to not let today’s announcement become a distraction to our mission of running a safe and reliable airline. Let’s acknowledge today’s news, learn from this process and now that we’ve fixed these issues, move on. We’re running an incredibly safe and on-time airline and US Airways people everywhere have shown they are capable of great things. Let’s keep it up!
Robert
, if it had been a slow news day this might have made national news , but with the DOW hitting 10,000 most major news outlets will be running their "dow hit's 10,000 " script that they've been writing for the last month .....
