Greed by airlines: Unsafe American skies and death in an emergency

6 years ago
by Juergen T Steinmetz

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Passengers evacuate American Airlines flight 383 after the plane caught fire upon takeoff Oct. 28, 2016 at O’Hare Airport. | Youtube

Every second counts after an emergency landing. Are Jet Blue, Southwest Airlines, United, Delta, American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and other airlines still able to evacuate their planes safely within the mandated 90 seconds in case of an emergency? If no, this can cost lives.

Every airline in the world agrees on putting safety first? How true is this statement when a maximum load and the least amount of space guarantees maximum profits? The low-cost airline business philosophy has long spilled over to most carriers, especially in the United States, Canada, and Europe

The U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General has initiated an audit to determine whether evacuations under current aircraft conditions can still meet the 90-second standard deplaning of passengers in an emergency.

The FAA standards haven’t changed significantly since 1990, but industry and consumer behavior have, the inspector general said in a statement today,

Could it mean that what this statement says could bring U.S. air travel to a standstill?
Read the DOT statement:

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Juergen Thomas Steinmetz has continuously worked in the travel and tourism industry since he was a teenager in Germany (1979), beginning as a travel agent up through today as a publisher of eTurboNews (eTN), one of the world’s most influential and most-read travel and tourism publications. He is also Chairman of ICTP. His experiences include working and collaborating with various national tourism offices and non-governmental organizations, as well as private and non-profit organizations, and in planning, implementing, and quality control of a range of travel and tourism-related activities and programs, including tourism policies and legislation. His major strengths include a vast knowledge of travel and tourism from the point of view of a successful private enterprise owner, superb networking skills, strong leadership, excellent communication skills, strong team player, attention to detail, dutiful respect for compliance in all regulated environments, and advisory skills in both political and non-political arenas with respect to tourism programs, policies, and legislation. He has a thorough knowledge of current industry practices and trends and is a computer and Internet junkie.