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More American Airlines flights cancelled for more MD-80 inspections
Over two thousand flights are being canceled over the next few days on American Airlines for more maintenance checks.The nation's largest carrier continues to have problems with their MD-80 fleet. The issue this time is similar to what happened a few weeks back -- wiring along the wing hasn't been inspected properly and needs to be checked. For some reason, inspections weren't up to snuff last week though, which is why the carrier is grounding much of their fleet again.
American expects to finish the inspections shortly, but at the time of writing most of their MD-80 fleet (and their respective passengers) are still on the ground. Keep an eye on your itinerary if one of these aircraft is involved in the next few days.
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chris Tucker Apr 10th 2008 8:01PM
As I understand it - The FAA sends out schedules it expects to be kept. It gives the airlines every opportunity to fix and maintain on an ongoing basis. When an airline disregards the FAA then they (the FAA) grounds the planes and do not allow them to fly until the fix occurs. This has happened to me twice over the decades. Once in Puerto Rico, American Eagle had to cancel all of their flights because of maintenance that had to be done that had not been. They were able to resume the next day when they had completed the maintenance. AA has no regard for its customers at all. It has one thing in mind. Earning a profit. and during tough times the way it rewards its stockholders is by cutting corners. Fortunately for us they got caught at it this time.