The FAA has removed senior managers in the office overseeing Southwest Airlines amid government inquiries into claims of lax safety enforcement
The Federal Aviation Administration has removed three senior managers in the office overseeing Southwest Airlines Co., amid allegations of lax safety enforcement raised by agency whistleblowers and various resulting government inquiries, according to people familiar with the matter.
The Transportation Department’s inspector general has been looking into some of the safety issues for many months, these people said, including maintenance documentation lapses by the airline that affected more than 100 of its jets, failures to...
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