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The seat belts were perfectly fine. Only some had tags worn out. This is an instance of impractical or irrelevant stipulations being imposed on Air India by FAA.
A senior AI official said that FAA is subjecting the Maharaja’s aircraft to stringent checks at all the stations it flies to — New York JFK and Newark, Chicago, Washington and San Francisco. “The checks have intensified in the recent past. While technically FAA was correct in pointing out the missing TSO tags, we told them that new seat belts have been ordered and the old ones will be replaced very soon. Still the aircraft was not allowed to take off till we got some belts from another of our aircraft in New York,” said the official.
originally posted by: cosmania
Meh, why follow rules or laws? Let's make the airports that India flies into a safe haven from pesky FAA regulations. We'll make them sanctuary airports.
originally posted by: seagull
Our tax money at work.
We're safe from tagless seatbelts!!
originally posted by: DupontDeux
originally posted by: cosmania
Meh, why follow rules or laws? Let's make the airports that India flies into a safe haven from pesky FAA regulations. We'll make them sanctuary airports.
Well, I agree that the regulations are in place for a reason, but would this not be a case where a citation, a warning, or something of the like would be the proper reaction to the violation?