SeaPort Airlines
08-05-2016, 01:13 PM
#571
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Like SeaPort is the only airline to have fines levied against it? 
SouthWest
https://www.faa.gov/news/press_relea...m?newsId=16754
Delta
https://www.faa.gov/news/press_relea...m?newsId=13773
American
FAA may seek up to $162.4 million in fines from American Airlines | Dallas Morning News
FedEx
https://www.faa.gov/news/press_relea...m?newsId=18934
So though it may be, it should be clear that they are not the first, and undoubtably the last, that will be in those same shoes.
Plus - if the oversights/lack of inspections performed were the actions of one employee then it would hardly be fair to lay a stain on the entire operation.
SouthWest
https://www.faa.gov/news/press_relea...m?newsId=16754
Delta
https://www.faa.gov/news/press_relea...m?newsId=13773
American
FAA may seek up to $162.4 million in fines from American Airlines | Dallas Morning News
FedEx
https://www.faa.gov/news/press_relea...m?newsId=18934
So though it may be, it should be clear that they are not the first, and undoubtably the last, that will be in those same shoes.
Plus - if the oversights/lack of inspections performed were the actions of one employee then it would hardly be fair to lay a stain on the entire operation.
Well said!
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08-05-2016, 02:57 PM
#572
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Like SeaPort is the only airline to have fines levied against it?
SouthWest
https://www.faa.gov/news/press_relea...m?newsId=16754
Delta
https://www.faa.gov/news/press_relea...m?newsId=13773
American
FAA may seek up to $162.4 million in fines from American Airlines | Dallas Morning News
FedEx
https://www.faa.gov/news/press_relea...m?newsId=18934
So though it may be, it should be clear that they are not the first, and undoubtably the last, that will be in those same shoes.
Plus - if the oversights/lack of inspections performed were the actions of one employee then it would hardly be fair to lay a stain on the entire operation.
SouthWest
https://www.faa.gov/news/press_relea...m?newsId=16754
Delta
https://www.faa.gov/news/press_relea...m?newsId=13773
American
FAA may seek up to $162.4 million in fines from American Airlines | Dallas Morning News
FedEx
https://www.faa.gov/news/press_relea...m?newsId=18934
So though it may be, it should be clear that they are not the first, and undoubtably the last, that will be in those same shoes.
Plus - if the oversights/lack of inspections performed were the actions of one employee then it would hardly be fair to lay a stain on the entire operation.
Lots of people steal. Does that make it ok?
The idea that the acts were the result of one employee is preposterous. So only one person in a company with 3 bases on opposite sides of the country (JNU, MEM, and PDX) and at the time 20+ aircraft is responsible for all those inspections? Really? Does it make any sense that ONE SINGLE PERSON would be the person responsible for all those inspections? Or is that person who is no longer with the company (Fired I think in Dec of 2014?) maybe an easy scapegoat? Is it possible the real problem lies in the management and procedures in place?
Seapot also systematically went through directors of maintenance every few months. I think during my time there we had 5 or 6 directors of maintenance in about 9 months.
08-05-2016, 04:17 PM
#575
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Do what you think is best for your family and your career. You and only you can make that decision. No workplace is perfect!
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08-05-2016, 07:11 PM
#576
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I'm single, with no family at all in this country, so I just need to find a decent place in order to get my 1500h
08-05-2016, 07:13 PM
#577
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No I'm not, I'm trying to get different points of view. If I only read your post, then I would never consider joining. But if I read other posts in APC, I wouldn't be a pilot, I would just change careers, so yeah....more than white or black in this life.
08-06-2016, 08:37 AM
#578
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That's a great attitude you have. I hope you get all the info you need to make an informed decision. Good luck!
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08-06-2016, 10:33 AM
#580
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well, I'm 400 TT, unless I get my CFI and do 100h/mo, it wouldn't take much less to hit the 1500h. 1.5 years maybe.....6 extra months is nothing, after I waited 9 years since I got my EASA CPL in 2007.
if flying that caravan, or a pc12, etc....if it's gonna make me a better pilot, then I'll join a regional with 2000h instead of 1500h, big deal.
if flying that caravan, or a pc12, etc....if it's gonna make me a better pilot, then I'll join a regional with 2000h instead of 1500h, big deal.
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