Originally published at: Audit Finds FAA Oversight Gaps At United
Inspector general report outlines inspection, staffing and data-access challenges.
So the problem is ACTUALLY with the FAA and not really United. But the FAKE MEDIA likes to put United’s name in big bold letters when in reality it’s the FAAs lack of sufficient manpower that’s the real story. Nice ! Likely it is this way at EVERY OTHER major airline as well but you don’t want to report about that. That’s some fair and balanced journalism - NOT.
While b787 makes a good point, perhaps a current revision to your FOM is in order. All the hi time PMI’s from the FAA are almost gone. So, what do you get? new hires that really have either NO or VERY limited experience in maintenance, especially base or MRO setups. I have had discussions with senior PMI’s, and they have indicated that its almost impossible to get the 'new hires" out of the office and on to the floors in a maintenance department. You tell me how qualified they are on any companies proprietary software. Anyone outside the industry has no idea what its like do IO (input output) data on some of these systems. You also have to know how to read between the lines. something today’s newby’s may never master. This is not just a 121/135 issue. Its top down. When a 25yr old FAA check airman is giving you , a 35yr old 787 driver a line check, what level of safety would we rate this. So the same problem exists in flight ops. This problem of oversight has been manifesting itself over the last decade, accelerating post covid. So the problems discussed are BOTH the inspected airline ( whichever is audited) AND FAA infrastructure.
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