Documents and testimony produced in a case against two USAirways mechanics for allegedly falsifying maintenance documents involving inspections of Airbus A-319 aircraft (the case was dismissed on appeal on timeliness grounds) indicate that FAA regulators may have crossed ethical lines in sharing enforcement information with USAirways in the course of a related, major investigation of its maintenance practices.
In another case (EPA's safe harbor for routine maintenance under the New Source Review program), our action has been stayed by a federal court pending review of the rulemaking on the merits.
"It could be that a passing motorist witnessed what they thought was a maintenance vehicle servicing the camera and this might not have been the case, " he said.
Proponents of the so-called alternate engine have never made a very convincing case for why the government benefits from paying for two design teams, production lines, supply chains and maintenance systems.