but the December 15 report of the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation does shake one up as it shows that more and more vital maintenance work is being done by organizations which are not certified by the FAA; the individual mechanics are certified, but there is not the level of oversight of the maintenance process itself and by the FAA that is mandated in organizations certified by the FAA.
Errors can happen anywhere, but the January 2003 crash of an Air Midwest plane in Charlotte was due to an incorrect adjustment of the flight-control system by a non-certified shop. I would think - and hope - that every plane flying commercial flights would have the same level of maintenance and that the FAA would do its darnedest to make sure that happens. So far, it hasn't.
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