Oh great..just when I thought it was safe to fly again...

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31. I find the airlines to be seriously non-transparent

I know they have insurance and any highly regulated line of business for profit works to interpret the regulations to their own best benefit, profit or greatest control. Having worked in aerospace many times and being a current frequent flier, I see things a bit differently.

I don't dismiss the investigation but having management at odds with a union isn't an exceptionally rare thing.

Most FAA compliant procedures, systems and standards are not only deliberately designed with safety and an extra margin of error but generally with backups and redundancy. Last Tuesday the 20th I flew American to Chicago and then to Atlanta. Next week I'll be flying Delta and then USAir.

American has financially merged with USAir but they still operate as two airlines. Later this year they will become one known as American. A crash, an accident or even a mishap or an investigation where the operator is fined may all impact business but likely not as much as we may suspect. This whole situation begs for continued attention.

I find the pricing of flights totally bizarre and I'm suspicious of that as well. For example, flights from Phoenix to Chicago next Friday start at $138. (Flight #168 on Spirit) The same Spirit flight #168 and Spirit flight #731 which goes from Chicago to Los Angeles may be bought for $100. A flight from LAX to JFK sells next Friday sells for a minimum of $437 but that same flight when purchased with a second leg going to Bermuda costs $145. Personally I just think something is a bit wrong here.