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Whistleblower: FAA Allowed Southwest To Operate Unsafe Planes Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:18:00 GMT and did not ensure that safety standards were met. The report stems from allegations by a whistleblower, Bobby Boutris, an FAA safety inspector assigned to the Southwest Airlines Certificate Management Office in Irving, Tex. Boutris was also the source more

Federal investigator again faults FAA for lax oversight of maintenance at Southwest Airlines Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:54:00 GMT in many cases. The charges of lax oversight became public when an FAA inspector in Dallas, Charalambe "Bobby" Boutris, complained to the special counsel's office and later testified before Congress. Southwest spokesman Brad Hawkins said the $7.5 million more

Special counsel faults FAA managers in Southwest Airlines safety lapse Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:44:00 GMT spokesman Lynn Lunsford said. The mishandling of the case was discovered by a Dallas-based FAA inspector, Charalambe "Bobby" Boutris, who tried to tell his supervisors about it. He later informed the special counsel's office when his supervisors didn't more