From: Institute for Public Accuracy <dcinstitute@igc.org>
Date: Apr 10, 2008 3:03 PM
Subject: Airlines and Whistleblowers
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PM Thursday, April 10, 2008
Airlines and Whistleblowers
PAUL HUDSON, acapaviation@yahoo.com
Hudson is executive director of the Aviation Consumer Action
Project and a longtime member of the FAA's Aviation Rulemaking
Advisory Committee for air safety who represents airline passengers.
He said today: "What has in effect happened over the last several
years is that airplane safety inspections have been largely
privatized.
"The government is allowing airlines to do self-policing -- that
is, airline employees are charged with doing and monitoring safety
inspections. To the extent that government workers do much of
anything, it's mostly just checking over the paperwork.
"We've been critical of this approach. At minimum, the airline
employees doing this need to have whistleblower protection and should
take an oath of office as deputized FAA inspectors. As it is, they are
conflicted and may even be offered bonuses that encourage going along
with questionable procedures."
MARSHA COLEMAN-ADEBAYO NoFearCoalition@aol.com,
http://web.mac.com/kbstreetlevel/iWeb/nofearinstitute/Home.html
President of the No Fear Institute, which is organizing
Whistleblower Week in Washington in May, Coleman-Adebayo said today:
"The crisis within the aviation industry is just the tip of the
iceberg. ... The Environmental Protection Agency has voluntary
initiatives where industry is policing itself and public health is
calculated using a cost/benefit analysis. If the cost is too high, the
public suffers. Other agencies, such as the Food and Drug
Administration, fail to protect our food supply.
"The brave whistleblowers we've seen this week on the airlines will
likely be retaliated against once the cameras have shut down. Congress
does not protect people who testify before that body, it only allows
them minimal recourse after they've been retaliated against.
"Being a whistleblower almost certainly means the end of your
career in our system. And it frequently means the end of your life --
many whistleblowers I've met have died from the stress and from the
reprisals.
"A 'perfect storm' composed of corruption, silencing of
whistleblowers, retaliation and discrimination has been gathering for
decades; the outcome of this storm will be devastating.
"I'm currently on leave from the EPA -- I testified twice before
Congress and been retaliated against. The EPA orchestrated a vicious
campaign to force me to take leave without pay. Even with major
congressional leaders, such as John Conyers, Sheila Jackson Lee, Tom
Davis, Henry Waxman and Chris Van Hollen [writing on my behalf], the
EPA has simply ignored them. In fact, Congress generally ignores
members who attempt to fight on behalf of whistleblowers. My situation
is not an isolated case but represents a pattern of vicious
retaliation."
For more information, contact at the Institute for Public Accuracy:
Sam Husseini, (202) 347-0020; or David Zupan, (541) 484-9167
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