The Seattle Times
April 8, 2008
unknown author
The article goes into how airlines have been cutting down on inspecting their planes. Southwest has recently been fined $10.2 million for failing to inspect 46 Boeing 737s for cracks around the windows. The author then states that airlines may be doing this for finacial reasons, but that is not acceptable. Southwest on the other hand has been the safest. They have never had a fatality, but that does not excuse them for not inspecting their planes. In the aftermath of this, many other airliners, such as Delta Air Lines and American Airlines, have called back many of their planes for inspection.
The author is clearly upset about what has happened. He uses very strong words and little one liners to keep the readers attention. He says, " Safety is the price of flight." It is not a very long article but is very effective, because everyone wants to feel safe on a flight. So when dealing with a topic like this, it is easy to catch the readers attention. They fear for their lives.
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This is scary for me just because I fly about once a summer. I actually just flew during Christmas break. Some of those planes do look like they should be inspected. Some of them just deserve a good retirement!
I don't know much about plains, but I don't think that cracks in the windows can cause a plane to crash. I thought the most it could do was mess with the cabin pressure. The author makes a good point; saftey is the price of the ticket(or something like that). You can't expect top notch saftey and a low prices. It is a business. Also, big metal things aren't supposed to be flying through the air anyway, so people should know they aren't safe.
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