| Popis: |
What we now call “whistleblowers” should become completely protected sources of information for the government, especially if and when the government confirms the validity of their concerns. “In 1998, an Alaska Airlines mechanic named John Liotine, who worked in the Alaska Airlines maintenance center in Oakland, California, told the Federal Aviation Administration that supervisors were approving records of maintenance that they were not allowed to approve or that indicated work had been completed when, in fact, it had not.” ... In August 1999, Alaska Airlines put Liotine on paid leave, calling him a disruptive influence for having reported the issues which had concerned him to the FAA. ... On January 31, 2000 ... the jackscrew of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 stripped from a lack of grease. This led to the horrific deaths of 88 people ... |
