FAA Steps Up Enforcement At Southwest's Airlines Maintenance Stations Nationwide

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REPORTING LIVE IN DALLAS,
ANDREA LUCIA, CBS 11 NEWS.
THANK YOU.
THERE ARE NEW DEVELOPMENTS
IN THE ONGOING DISPUTE BETWEEN
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES AND ITS
MECHANICS UNION.
LIVE TEAM COVERAGE FROM
DALLAS LOVE FIELD, ROBBIE
OWENS TALKING TO CUSTOMERS
TODAY BUT WE WANT TO GET
UNDERWAY WITH JACK FINK TO GO
INSIDE THE SITUATION, I KNOW
YOU GOT INFORMATION THAT THE
FAA IS STEPPING UP ENFORCEMENT
AT SOUTHWEST MAINTENANCE
STATIONS ALL ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
NOT JUST HERE, TELL US MORE.
Reporter: DUG IN GILMA, THE
FAA SAYS THIS IS STANDARD
PRACTICE EVERY TIME AIRLINES
GO THROUGH LABOR ISSUES.
SO THERE ARE MORE SPOT
INSPECTIONS AS NEEDED.
THE FAA'S INCREASED OVERSIGHT
STARTED ARRIVING AT SOUTHWEST
AIRLINES MAINTENANCE STATIONS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY LAST
FRIDAY.
THE SAME DAY THE AIRLINE
DECLARED AN OPERATIONAL
EMERGENCY AND SEVERAL OF ITS
FACILITIES NATIONWIDE.
IT ADDED DALLAS TO THE LIST
YESTERDAY.
SOUTHWEST HAS SAID IT'S
EXPERIENCING ABOUT 40 OF ITS
750 AIRCRAFT BEING TAKEN OUT
OF SERVICE FOR UNSCHEDULED
REPAIRS.
THAT'S ABOUT DOUBLE THE NORMAL
DAILY AVERAGE.
THIS COMES AS PART OF A
DISPUTE BETWEEN THE AIRLINE
AND ITS MECHANICS UNION.
THIS IS THE LABOR LAW
EQUIVALENT OF A VERY IMPORTANT
GAME OF CHICKEN.
Reporter: ROBBIE IS A LABOR
LAW ATTORNEY IN DALLAS.
HE SAYS HE'S NOT SURPRISED TO
SEE BOTH SIDES EXCHANGING
BARBS AND POINTING FINGERS.
SOUTHWEST AND THE MECHANICS
HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATING A NEW
CONTRACT FOR 6 1/2 YEARS NOW.
LAST NIGHT SOUTHWEST'S C.O.O.
ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING, ON
FEBRUARY 12, JUST DAYS AFTER
OUR LAST NEGOTIATION SESSIONS
WITH AMFA, WE EXPERIENCED AN
UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF OUT OF
SERVICE AIRCRAFT IN FOUR
SPECIFIC LOCATIONS.
DESPITE NO CHANGE IN OUR
MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS, NO
CHANGES IN LEADERSHIP, AND NO
CHANGES IN OUR POLICIES AND
PROCEDURES.
IN RESPONSE, AMFA SAID FOR
SOUTHWEST LEADERSHIP TO
CONNECT THE AIRLINE'S SELF-
DECLARED OPERATIONAL EMERGENCY
TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
NEGOTIATIONS IS SIMPLY AN
ATTEMPT TO DIVERT ATTENTION
AWAY FROM THE AIRLINE'S SAFETY
ISSUES.
HOW DO THESE THINGS
NORMALLY CHECK OUT?
DEPENDS ON WHO FLINCHES
FIRST.

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FAA Steps Up Enforcement At Southwest's Airlines Maintenance Stations Nationwide

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