Budget airline FlyGlobeSpan, which flew a faulty jet 3,000 miles from Liverpool to New York after it had been struck by lightning, has been fined £5,000. Despite knowing two engine pressure ratio indicators (EPRs) were out of action, Globespan Airways Ltd allowed the Boeing 757 to take off last June...

Some years ago, the UKFSC’s recent Chief Executive, Ed Paintin, discussed in these columns the differences between Quality and Safety, and that should have been the end of the matter. Essentially he stuck to the regulator’s understanding of Quality’s purpose, in other words a small...