FAA investigates safety complaint against Alaska Airlines

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/...aska-air_x.htm

Yes, Virginia, there is a cost to outsourcing.

Casey wrote:
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/...aska-air_x.htm

Yes, Virginia, there is a cost to outsourcing.

Indeed. It seems that they learned NOTHING from Alaska 261, other than
how to make more excuses and choose their words more carefully.

I personally think that 261 is the worst crash in history, especially
from a suffering standpoint. The pilots were true heroes; it's evident
from the CVR transcript that they piloted that bird until the second it
hit the water (what always gets me is Captain Tamsky ordering
"Speedbrakes!" less than ten seconds before impact). The passengers
aboard that airplane knew that they were in serious trouble for the
hour prior to the final descent. The rational mind will not allow you
to conceptualize the final 90 seconds of that flight.

Alaska Airlines is unsafe; I will never, ever fly them.

"Casey" wrote:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/...aska-air_x.htm

Yes, Virginia, there is a cost to outsourcing.

Remind me who was responsible for lubricating the jackshaft when the Alaska
Airlines plane splashed down in the Pacific.

Outsourcing had nothing to do with it.

On 30 Sep 2005 09:16:25 -0700 in rec.travel.air, "Laura Linger"
wrote:

Alaska Airlines is unsafe; I will never, ever fly them.

unfortunately, for some of us in alaska we have no other choice.

James Robinson wrote:
"Casey" wrote:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/...aska-air_x.htm

Yes, Virginia, there is a cost to outsourcing.

Remind me who was responsible for lubricating the jackshaft when the Alaska
Airlines plane splashed down in the Pacific.

Outsourcing had nothing to do with it.

Ah, yes, but given their dismal maintenance history, does outsourcing
HELP matters? Alaska couldn't even handle proper maintenance
procedures on their own premises. It seems to me that outsourcing is
running an even bigger risk.

I will never, ever fly Alaska, for many reasons; all of them do stem
from 261, however. If you are a CVR transcript reader, examine how
Alaska Airlines maintenance basically blows off the cockpit crew of
crippled jet. I don't think anything could have brought that bird down
safely, but the Alaska Airlines maintenance dispatch is almost cavalier
about the situation, so much so that Captain Tamsky comments upon it.