CEO Scott Kirby said the airline was already planning an extra day of training for pilots starting in May and changes in training curriculum for newly hired mechanics.
The CEO of United Airlines says that a slew of recent incidents ranging from a piece of aluminum skin falling off a plane to another jet losing a wheel on takeoff will cause the airline to review its safety training for employees.In a memo to customers on Monday, Kirby tried to reassure travelers that safety is the airline's top priority.'Unfortunately, in the past few weeks, our airline has experienced a number of incidents that are reminders of the importance of safety,' he said.
'I don't see a major safety issue at United,' said John Cox, former airline pilot and now a safety consultant. 'The media is enhancing the events with extra scrutiny. Anything right now that happens to a United airplane makes the news.'Cox said the incidents 'are unfortunate, and they are getting a lot of attention, but I don't see that they are showing an erosion in the safety of the commercial aviation system.
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