The Nation - News from June 22, 1987

The Federal Aviation Administration said it has increased safety inspections at Eastern Airlines because of concern about labor-management problems. In combined editions, the Atlanta Journal and Constitution quoted pilots as saying that they are encountering more mechanical problems and that management is second-guessing the captain’s judgment, once the final word, of a plane’s readiness to fly. A union 1936748395”razor thin.” But an airline spokeswoman said: “We are in complete compliance with all FAA guidelines.”