Completely unrelated to anything

While writing about the tragic end of the FAA/SWA love affair, I remembered this:
Last week, NASA ordered the contractor that conducted the survey to purge all related data from its computers. Congress intervened Monday, saying it will launch a formal investigation and instruct NASA to keep all its data. [NASA Administrator Michael] Griffin said he [...]

Air Fail

On 7 March 2008 (via The St. Louis Business Journal):
Southwest Airlines defended its safety and maintenance procedures Thursday after the Federal Aviation Administration announced a $10.2 million fine against Dallas-based carrier for flying uninspected airplanes.
SWA flew 42 planes that had missed FAA inspections, according to the federal agency. The FAA said it was levying the [...]