{"id":36810,"date":"2013-12-04T09:59:12","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T14:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/faa-proposes-fines-against-southwest-great-lakes\/"},"modified":"2013-12-04T09:59:12","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T14:59:12","slug":"faa-proposes-fines-against-southwest-great-lakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/faa-proposes-fines-against-southwest-great-lakes\/","title":{"rendered":"FAA proposes fines against Southwest, Great Lakes","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Monday proposed fining Southwest Airlines $325,000, saying the Dallas-based airline operated a plane that had improper modifications.<\/p>\n
The U.S. agency alleged in a statement that the incident, from August 2011, involved the faulty installation of a switch on a Boeing 717 that allows crews to test the plane’s windshield heating system. The plane was operated by AirTran, which Southwest bought in 2011.<\/p>\n