News – U.S. aviation inspectors were ordered on Tuesday to review maintenance records at all domestic airlines to ensure carriers have complied with safety orders and other directives.
Good, it is about time! I wonder if some of the inspection on these aircraft are being accomplished in other countries. Some of the airlines are outsourcing their maintenance work? Every inspector of an aircraft has to attend school specifically for aircraft inspection (FAA required)!
Normally there are certain inspection checks that are to be made after each flight and after so many hours. Small cracks in parts are difficult to see when the parts are primed and painted. That is why eddy current is performed on suspect parts to determine if cracks exists!
If parts on a/c is a fatigue fracture critical part it is a must to inspect.
The company, the inspectors and the FAA should have been on top of this a long time ago! Sounds like a shortage of FAA inspectors!
Thanks ameliog!
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FTA: "The unprecedented but one-time step by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stems from alleged oversight lapses at Southwest Airlines that led the agency to propose a record fine of $10.2 million on March 6.
Over the next three months, the FAA wants a snapshot of safety compliance with an array of safety directives issued over the years that required inspections or other maintenance work."