Former NTSB Director Jim Hall on this morning’s Today Show:

“What we have is a situation where these rules were not being properly followed and the oversight was not in place by the FAA.”

Correctomundo.

I hate to say this, but one of the airlines who is being put through hell by the FAA should not be afraid to say the same thing, instead of waffling around — which just makes the airline look worse.

Anyone know an airline that might want to do that?

Hey, don’t laugh. A major grounding could be coming to an airport near you. Jonathan Bare, who is our website guru, just wrote to tell me that his parents are stuck in Las Vegas with no way home to Milwaukee. They were booked on Midwest Airlines. Midwest now finds itself with a pack of grounded MD-80s as well.

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