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The FAA is upping its oversight of United Airlines following a spate of safety events.
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A tire fell off a United Boeing 777 and another plane veered off the runway, among others.
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Bloomberg reports United is being stopped from approving new pilots and may not be allowed to add new routes.
United Airlines is facing tighter scrutiny from the Federal Aviation Administration following a string of safety incidents.
In a Friday memo to employees seen by Business Insider, Sasha Johnson, a vice president of corporate safety, said: “We will begin to see more of an FAA presence in our operation as they begin to review some of our work processes, manuals, and facilities.”
“As part of this effort, the FAA will also pause a variety of certification activities for a period of time,” she added.
Bloomberg reports that the regulator is also considering more drastic actions like preventing United from adding new flight routes, and from flying paying customers on newly delivered planes.
United is already…