According to the February 20, 2013 sworn deposition of the FAA inspector in charge of the cases against the mechanics and the airline, the inspector, Klaus Ploschnitznig, prepared a PowerPoint briefing on potential USAirways maintenance violations for an internal FAA management presentation January 20, 2010, shortly after the alleged violations were discovered.
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