Neal Hinson, who flew the U-2 for about six years for the Air Force.
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Hinson said since the memo was written, ValuJet had taken a number of steps.
Hinson said nothing was found that would disqualify the airline, but there were areas that needed improving.
Margaret Soulen Hinson, a rancher based in Weiser, Idaho, estimates that coyotes alone claim up to 14% of her livestock.
Federal Aviation Administration administrator David Hinson said at the time that the airline agreed to voluntarily ground itself and take corrective action.
Hinson said the airline also had hired an experienced senior flight dispatcher.
Washington (CNN) -- Federal Aviation Administration chief David Hinson defended his agency's handling of inspections of ValuJet airlines Tuesday before a Senate committee.
Hinson, who has 1, 300 hours of cockpit time in the aircraft, said there was an "insatiable demand" for the intelligence the high-altitude plane could provide.
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During the inspection period, Hinson said they also did a separate focused inspection during which 11 inspectors spent a week "fine tooth combing" the airline.
Hinson says ValuJet has an approved CRM training program in place.
Hinson said all ValuJet pilots meet FAA requirements and pointed out that both the pilot and copilot of the DC-9 that crashed had substantial flight experience.
Hinson said FAA personnel determined that because many of the pilots hired by ValuJet were former Eastern Airlines pilots with considerable experience, some new hires appeared relatively inexperienced.
In 1998, Hurst investigated the case of a woman from North Carolina named Terri Hinson, who was charged with setting a fire that killed her seventeen-month-old son, and faced the death penalty.
The lead characters are Dottie Hinson (Geena Davis) and her kid sister, Kit Keller (Lori Petty), who catch and pitch, respectively, for the Rockford Peaches and act out their sibling tensions on the baseball diamond and in the locker room.
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