On the Hill, F.A.A. staffers testify the agency ignored serious safety issues on Southwest planes and let them fly anyway

This is comforting. Just another example of the Bush administration ignoring your safety:

Three veteran Federal Aviation Administration inspectors told lawmakers on Thursday that their agency supervisors looked the other way while Southwest Airlines neglected to inspect planes as required, and continued to fly them even after discovering cracks in some of them.

The inspectors said that their F.A.A. supervisors knew of the problems but had discouraged them from pursuing the safety problems or addressing problems within the agency, even threatening to relieve them of their duties.

One was removed from his job as an office manager and another was encouraged to apply for a transfer, they said. A third said he was temporarily removed from his role overseeing Southwest, as a result of complaints by the airline.

Is there any agency in the Bush administration that has actually done its job and put the public first? Any?