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The Federal Aviation Administration will scrutinize United Airlines’ operations extra carefully in coming weeks after a spate of current security incidents, the airline advised workers in a memo on Friday.
“We will start to see extra of an F.A.A. presence in our operation as they start to evaluate a few of our work processes, manuals and amenities,” Sasha Johnson, a vp of company security on the airline, stated within the memo. “We welcome their engagement and are very open to listen to from them about what they discover and their perspective on issues we may have to alter to make us even safer.”
In a number of the incidents, which United has stated have been unrelated, a airplane veered off a runway, one other arrived at its vacation spot with a panel lacking from its physique, one other misplaced a tire after takeoff and an engine caught hearth after ingesting plastic wrapping.
The F.A.A. stated in an announcement on Friday that it “routinely” monitored airline operations. The company stated it “focuses on an airline’s compliance with relevant rules; means to establish hazards, assess and mitigate threat; and successfully handle security.”
In the United memo, Ms. Johnson stated the company would “additionally pause quite a lot of certification actions for a time frame.” The F.A.A. stated in an announcement on Saturday that certification processes already underway is perhaps allowed to proceed, however that future ones could possibly be delayed, relying on what it discovered. The company oversees and approves a variety of airline actions, reminiscent of pilot coaching or new flight routes.
United’s chief government, Scott Kirby, sought to reassure clients this week that the airline was taking security significantly after the incidents.
“I would like you to know that these incidents have our consideration and have sharpened our focus,” he stated in an e mail to clients. “Our workforce is reviewing the small print of every case to grasp what occurred and utilizing these insights to tell our security coaching and procedures throughout all worker teams.”
Experts warning towards drawing sweeping conclusions from the episodes, that are regarding however are frequent in aviation and sometimes unreported by the media.
