Federal Aviation Administration inspector Bobby Boutris said he found problems with Southwest Airlines safety inspection procedures back in December 2003, according to this handy timeline. Oh, and let’s see Southwest CEO Gary Kelly and former CEO/founder Herb Kelleher explain trying to get Boutris removed from his job 15 months ago.
Did a Southwest “mole” at the FAA, whether Douglas Gawadzinski or somebody else, file the anonymous in-house complaint against Boutris two months after the attempt to get him moved failed?
That’s why the “cozy” self-policing arrangement, at least in its current configuration or anything close to it, simply cannot be trusted.
Or, consider an FAA supervisor threatening the job of inspector Doug Peters.
This is getting beyond serious, this is getting ugly.
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