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There is much more to this story than is in that article.


Two FAA whistleblowers claim that required maintence was ignored.SWA will state that such maintence did not apply to thier airplanes, or was properly deffered with knowledge of their PMI. The truth is most likely somewhere in the middle depending on how you read the regulations, and maintence instructions.

Perhaps SWA used one method of inspection to look for cracks that thier interpertion said was legit, while these FSDO inspectors disagreed, but were overruled by thier bosses.

It happens all the time.


A lot more technial stuff than can be put into a newspaper article for the general masses.