Says NAOMS Survey Could Have Been Handled MUCH Better
When it comes to NASA's bungling of its handling of a massive
safety survey, even the agency's own investigators say NASA could
have -- and should have -- done a better job.
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Champion Citabria, Decathlon, Scout, Champion and AviaBellanca
Skyrocket lines of aircraft, their furtherance, history,
preservation and maintenance. The Bellanca-Champion Club welcomes
all owners, pilots and enthusiasts.
The Gnome was one of several rotary engines popular on fighter
planes during World War I. In this type of engine, the
crankshaft is mounted on the airplane, while the crankcase and
cylinders rotate with the propeller.
"Every airline pilot who has ever worked for a bankrupt
airline or seen their carrier go out of business can empathize with
the employees at Aloha. It's never their fault, but it's always the
employees who suffer most when an airline goes away. Aloha has a
proud history and their people deserve better than
this."
Source: Captain Eric Sampson, Chairman of the
Hawaiian Airlines unit of the Air Line Pilots Association,
commenting on efforts by ALPA-represented pilots at
soon-to-be-defunct Aloha Airlines to keep the bankrupt carrier
alive following its termination of most flight operations March
31.
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