FAA's Flight Standards
FAA's Flight Standards District Office in Atlanta, which oversees ValuJet, was overstaffed at the time the carrier experienced its fatal DC-9 accident in May, according to an FAA staffing model. Thus, despite pleas from local officials for help in overseeing ValuJet's rapid growth, FAA refused to...
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