United Airlines Growth Halted By The FAA: No New Planes, Regulator Presence In Daily Operation
After the door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 while inflight in January, aviation safety has become focal. The smallest incidents have been magnified.
It’s seemed like the Summer of the Shark which was the third most covered story of 2001 prior to 9/11, even though shark attacks were actually down compared to the previous year.
At the same time, an outsized number of these incidents have appeared to center around United Airlines. It hasn’t all involved Boeing aircraft, and where it has it hasn’t been new variants or new deliveries of Boeing aircraft. I flew with United three times this week and had zero concerns.
Nonetheless, it’s been broadly covered that the FAA is stepping up inspections of United’s operation. United itself shared this with its employees, and made its employee note public. …