Why would anyone except an eccentric Howard Hughes want to own an airline, especially USAirways?

FORBES: Four Aging Samurai

According to Mr. Ploschnitznig, he made his presentation from Pittsburgh and both the FAA manager and USAirways executive participated remotely.

FORBES: Documents Raise Questions Of FAA Impartiality In Airline Oversight

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.

FORBES: Documents Raise Questions Of FAA Impartiality In Airline Oversight

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.

FORBES: Documents Raise Questions Of FAA Impartiality In Airline Oversight