American Airlines fined $7M for safety violations

Courtesy CNN Money  Thu, 08/14/2008 - 2:33pm

Federal regulators announced $7.1 million in fines against American Airlines on Thursday over maintenance issues and problems with its drug- and alcohol-testing programs.



 

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