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Working with FRONTLINE team

By Workshop Staff

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 

In partnership with PBS FRONTLINE, the Workshop produced the award-winning 2010 TV documentary Flying Cheap in 2010, and the sequel, Flying Cheaper, about airline maintenance, in 2011. Here, Senior Editor Mishi Ebrahim discusses that relationship.

Video shot by Kyoko Takenaka, Investigative Reporting Workshop

Flying Cheaper

Stories in this investigation

  • Update: Lawsuit faults maintenance for cabin fumes
  • The making of this report
  • Airlines outsource repairs, but cost-cutting leads to weaker oversight

Multimedia

Working with FRONTLINE team

Working with FRONTLINE team

Airline maintenance outsourcing worldwide

Airline maintenance outsourcing worldwide

VIDEO: Watch FRONTLINE documentary

VIDEO: Watch FRONTLINE documentary

Documents

  • Ameco Brochure
  • Ameco Cancellation Letter
  • Ameco Invitation Letter
  • Dept. of Transportation Inspector General's Report
  • FAA Ameco Inspection Records
  • FAA Maintenance List Rejection Letter
  • FAA ST Mobile Inspection Records
  • ST Aerospace Documents
  • ST Aerospace Mobile Email Response About Airplane Parts
  • ST Aerospace responds to PBS FRONTLINE questions
  • Service Difficulty Reports 251AY 
  • Top 10 MROs - Aviation Week
  • US Airways employee complaint vs. ST Mobile

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