If you only had to pay for one fourth of your harmful actions or serve one fourth of your jail term, would you be happy? On average major airlines only have to pay a quarter for every dollar of fines that they are issued by the FAA, the Federal Aviation Administration (Staller, Most Fines Get Watered Down, http://www.usatoday.com). This can be true in cases that involve forgetting to complete paperwork to not …showed first 75 words of 1467 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1467 total…cases or to first-time offenders. Some experts believe that warnings do not stop the airlines from doing wrong again, but the FAA believes that it is effective and they continue to use it. The world of aviation safety is interesting and shocking. Some people believe it is safe and effective, but others think contrary. With this topic, being in the news so much recently the topic is very important to flying and non-flying Americans alike.