I wonder what this says about Fronter's Management's management skills. Are there employees being alowed to speak up? Truthfully, I would want this mechanic employed at my airline. > Mechanic accused of intentionally damaging plane may avoid charges > > DENVER (AP) =97 A Frontier Airlines mechanic who was arrested after he=20 > allegedly threw a wheel block into the engine of a plane preparing for=20 > takeoff at Denver International Airport may not be criminally charged. A=20 > preliminary hearing scheduled for Wednesday was continued until Feb. 18 so= > =20 > court officials have time to decide if Corydon Van Dyke Cochran, 44, is=20 > eligible for pretrial diversion. Under the program, if Cochran adheres to=20 > conditions set by the court, he will not face criminal charges, said U.S.=20 > Attorney's spokesman Jeff Dorschner. He said the court will decide the=20 > pretrial diversion conditions. Cochran could still face sanctions with the= > =20 > Federal Aviation Administration because he is an FAA licensed mechanic.=20 > According to an arrest affidavit, Cochran wanted to prevent the Boeing 737= > =20 > from departing Jan. 1 because he feared it was unsafe after being hit by=20 > lightning on an earlier flight. Federal agents arrested Cochran, and he was= > =20 > charged with destruction of an aircraft. Cochran has since been on leave,=20 > but a Frontier Airlines spokeswoman would not say if he was still being=20 > paid. The plane was removed from service to repair minor damage in its=20 > engine and resumed flying the following day. Cochran told other workers=20 > that the plane, scheduled to fly to Dallas, needed a lightning strike=20 > inspection because it had been struck Tuesday en route to Tampa, Fla. > Other Frontier workers apparently gave the plane a visual inspection and=20 > cleared it for takeoff but did not perform a mechanical inspection. > > > *************************************************** > The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site/TnTisland.com > Roj (Roger James) > > escape email mailto:ejames@escape.ca > Trinbago site: www.tntisland.com > Carib Brass Ctn site www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ > Steel Expressions www.mts.net/~ejames/se/ > Site of the Week: www.pichemas.com > TnT Webdirectory: http://search.co.tt > *********************************************************