AV8TOR
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So I went online and looked for a plane ticket to dallas at the end of this month, now i don't make a lot of money, so i picked the cheapest ticket that I could find. And low and behold it was AirTran, and I am by far no expert at all at who is who in the airline industry but I do know the major airlines. The first page of flights were AirTran and they were pretty cheap compared to the other airlines.
So I bought the tickets, then I did a search on Goolge and found this website http://www.ityt.com/airtran/ ...it seems they bought out ValuJet, and by reading this I got completely scared and I love to fly. Should I start making my Last Will and Testiment now.....????
AirTran Airways - The Truth about Safety
This site is a public warning and disclaimer to potential customers of AirTran Airways (a.k.a. ValuJet). AirTran has a history of negligence and unsafe practices that make it the most unsafe airline in the United States. This site is designed to inform the public about the hidden danger with substantial proof, factual information, and alternatives to flying AirTran.
It is a national scandal that the AirTran/ValuJet "merger" allows ValuJet to be operated under a name that consumers do not recognize as unsafe. The reality is that AirTran Airways constantly has fires, engine failures, electrical failures, and other serious and major safety hazards. However, due to an ongoing miracle and pure luck, no lives have been lost since the horrifying and tragic crash of ValuJet 592 outside MIA.
AirTran is a low-cost, no-frills airline that has a corporate culture of being unsafe due to careless maintenance and a new fleet that is almost exclusively comprised by the 717, the orphan version of the DC-9/MD-80 from Boeing. In one case, a maintenance contractor was criminally charged and found liable for a crash that killed all passengers on board (Valujet 592) and AirTran enjoys exclusively blaming them for the incident and accepting no responsibility for their lack of oversight of the maintenance process.
"Doesn't the new AirTran management takes safety seriously?"
No, this is not true.
It is often unknown that AirTran had three separate aircraft fires in the year 2000 alone; two were on DC-9s and one was on a 717. It's notable that it was a similar fire on ValuJet 592 that sent 110 people to their graves. Also in 2000, AirTran had a total electrical failure in a 717. In March of 2003, an Airtran 717 had multiple electrical failures that resulted in an emergency landing at Laguardia Airport in New York and ended with 23 passengers injured (one seriously).
"The crash of ValuJet 592 was a tragedy, but it was an accident. Nobody could have known."
In the two years prior to the crash of ValuJet 592, that aircraft had eight major incidents that either required an aborted takeoff or emergency landing. Two of those were on the same day and unrelated to each other.
In the flight preceding 592, the aircraft's cabin announcement system was not working properly and flight attendants used a handheld loudspeaker to make announcements to passengers. On 592, the flight attendants had no communication with the flight deck (cockpit) other than knocking or shouting through the cockpit door. The NTSB says that this is acceptable as long as the cabin crew and pilots have an agreed system of communication as an alternative to using the intercom. The extent of the information that the flight crew had was hearing "fire, fire, fire," being shouted from the cabin.
Although ValuJet caused many factors in the crash and the final straw was unrelated to the mechanical operations of the aircraft, ValuJet was negligent in allowing that aircraft to fly. Additionally, the ValuJet manuals do not have the Douglas DC-9 Flight crew emergency procedure for removing smoke from the cabin during flight. Northwest Airlines, US Airways, and Midwest Express Airlines DC-9 pilot's handbook include this procedure
"So they've had one fatal crash. Big deal. The majors have tons."
On May 10th, 1996, ValuJet had never fatally crashed. Does that make them safe?
To give you a basis for comparison, Delta Air Lines operates over 800 aircraft. AirTran operates less than 70. Try to imagine how many times a year Delta would have to crash to keep up with AirTran's rate. It's very scary.
So I bought the tickets, then I did a search on Goolge and found this website http://www.ityt.com/airtran/ ...it seems they bought out ValuJet, and by reading this I got completely scared and I love to fly. Should I start making my Last Will and Testiment now.....????
AirTran Airways - The Truth about Safety
This site is a public warning and disclaimer to potential customers of AirTran Airways (a.k.a. ValuJet). AirTran has a history of negligence and unsafe practices that make it the most unsafe airline in the United States. This site is designed to inform the public about the hidden danger with substantial proof, factual information, and alternatives to flying AirTran.
It is a national scandal that the AirTran/ValuJet "merger" allows ValuJet to be operated under a name that consumers do not recognize as unsafe. The reality is that AirTran Airways constantly has fires, engine failures, electrical failures, and other serious and major safety hazards. However, due to an ongoing miracle and pure luck, no lives have been lost since the horrifying and tragic crash of ValuJet 592 outside MIA.
AirTran is a low-cost, no-frills airline that has a corporate culture of being unsafe due to careless maintenance and a new fleet that is almost exclusively comprised by the 717, the orphan version of the DC-9/MD-80 from Boeing. In one case, a maintenance contractor was criminally charged and found liable for a crash that killed all passengers on board (Valujet 592) and AirTran enjoys exclusively blaming them for the incident and accepting no responsibility for their lack of oversight of the maintenance process.
"Doesn't the new AirTran management takes safety seriously?"
No, this is not true.
It is often unknown that AirTran had three separate aircraft fires in the year 2000 alone; two were on DC-9s and one was on a 717. It's notable that it was a similar fire on ValuJet 592 that sent 110 people to their graves. Also in 2000, AirTran had a total electrical failure in a 717. In March of 2003, an Airtran 717 had multiple electrical failures that resulted in an emergency landing at Laguardia Airport in New York and ended with 23 passengers injured (one seriously).
"The crash of ValuJet 592 was a tragedy, but it was an accident. Nobody could have known."
In the two years prior to the crash of ValuJet 592, that aircraft had eight major incidents that either required an aborted takeoff or emergency landing. Two of those were on the same day and unrelated to each other.
In the flight preceding 592, the aircraft's cabin announcement system was not working properly and flight attendants used a handheld loudspeaker to make announcements to passengers. On 592, the flight attendants had no communication with the flight deck (cockpit) other than knocking or shouting through the cockpit door. The NTSB says that this is acceptable as long as the cabin crew and pilots have an agreed system of communication as an alternative to using the intercom. The extent of the information that the flight crew had was hearing "fire, fire, fire," being shouted from the cabin.
Although ValuJet caused many factors in the crash and the final straw was unrelated to the mechanical operations of the aircraft, ValuJet was negligent in allowing that aircraft to fly. Additionally, the ValuJet manuals do not have the Douglas DC-9 Flight crew emergency procedure for removing smoke from the cabin during flight. Northwest Airlines, US Airways, and Midwest Express Airlines DC-9 pilot's handbook include this procedure
"So they've had one fatal crash. Big deal. The majors have tons."
On May 10th, 1996, ValuJet had never fatally crashed. Does that make them safe?
To give you a basis for comparison, Delta Air Lines operates over 800 aircraft. AirTran operates less than 70. Try to imagine how many times a year Delta would have to crash to keep up with AirTran's rate. It's very scary.
