Maytag Aircraft Corporation Pays to Fly Terminated Employees Back to U.S. - 'They Knowingly Broke the Rules & They Knew the Cons

Maytag Aircraft Corporation Pays to Fly Terminated Employees Back
to U.S. - 'They Knowingly Broke the Rules & They Knew the Consequences'
Statement by William Silva President, Maytag Aircraft Corporation 


COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 29  /PRNewswire/ -- "Today, Maytag Aircraft
Corporation arranged and paid for the return flight of two former employees who
were recently terminated for photographing and working to publish photos of
caskets of military personnel in Kuwait.  Both employees were flown back to
their home state of Washington.

Both employees broke established Department of Defense and Company policies. 
They knowingly broke the rules and they knew the consequences.

Department of Defense policy expressly prohibits photography of fallen U.S.
military members in transit without prior consent.  Additionally, Kuwait City
International Airport regulations and local U.S. Air Force Operating
Instructions also prohibit photography of flight line operations.

All Maytag employees are required to follow these policies and instructions.

The two employees that were terminated had asked for permission to take and
publish photographs of the flag-draped caskets and the Military Command
emphatically denied those requests.

Ms. Silicio was not acting in her official capacity when she entered the cargo
aircraft and photographed the caskets.  She was directly instructed by aircraft
personnel not to take photographs and she did anyway.  Mr. Landry's requests to
publish the photographs were twice denied.

They knowingly broke the rules & they knew the consequences."

Maytag Aircraft Corporation is a subsidiary of Mercury Air Group, Inc.
(AMEX:MAX).

Statements contained in this news release which are not historical facts are
forward looking statements as that item is defined in the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such forward-looking statements are subject to
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from estimated results.  Such risks and uncertainties are detailed in The
Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

For further information please contact: David Herbst or Larry Barrios,
[phone], both for Maytag Aircraft Corporation. 

DATASOURCE: Maytag Aircraft Corporation



CONTACT:  David Herbst or Larry Barrios, [phone], both for Maytag

Aircraft Corporation

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