The Federal Aviation Administration has reassigned three managers in its office ...
A Southwest airplane sits on the tarmac in Austin, Texas, U.S., March 12, 2019. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
The FAA said in a statement that it takes “allegations regarding safety oversight and retaliation seriously .... To uphold these principles, we take appropriate action as necessary. We do not comment on personnel matters.” Southwest Airlines said in a statement it had no “insight to share on the recent staffing decisions made within the FAA.” The people reassigned include the office manager and two assistants, the person said.
The inspector general’s office said last year it was opening a review after “recent events have raised concerns about FAA’s safety oversight, particularly for Southwest Airlines” including a midair incident in April 2018 in which an engine exploded and one person was killed.
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