On Mar 27, 7:10*am, Too_Many_Tools wrote:
On Mar 26, 9:25*pm, Too_Many_Tools wrote:





And a government that hasn't been watching the airlines...that would
be bad for business.

If only we had an administration who cared more for people than for
dollars.

TMT

American Airlines cancels flights Wed Mar 26, 10:18 AM ET

American Airlines canceled about 200 flights on Wednesday so its crews
can inspect some wire bundles aboard its MD-80 aircraft.

The cancelled flights represent less than 10 percent of the nation's
biggest airline's scheduled service for the day.

The need for the new inspections became known during an audit of
American by a joint team of inspectors from the Federal Aviation
Administration and the Fort Worth-based airline, according to a
statement from American.

"We are reinspecting the MD-80s to make sure the wiring is installed
and secured exactly according to the directive," American spokesman
Tim Wagner said in the statement, which did not describe the function
of the wiring.

"We are in the process of completing the inspections on the remaining
airplanes and will return them to service on a rolling basis
throughout the day," Wagner said.

About 50 departures each were canceled at American's hubs at Dallas-
Fort Worth and Chicago O'Hare international airports.

Shares of American's parent AMR Corp. fell 43 cents, or 4.5 percent,
to $9.20 in morning trading Wednesday. They have traded in a 52-week
range of $8.38 to $34.

Oh look...here's another one....

Now how could this be happening if the government was doing its job of
oversight?

Cut a corner here, take a shortcut there...and people start falling
out of the sky.

I wonder if this has anything to do with all those Republicans that
will be flying into the GOP convention this summer?

TMT

Flight cancellations spread to Delta

Flight cancellations caused headaches for people taking flights on
Delta Air Lines from Atlanta on Thursday because of the company's
voluntary re-inspection of wiring on its MD-88 airplanes.

Delta began the inspections Wednesday night, causing flights to be
canceled and unsuspecting passengers to become frustrated.

Officials were expecting heavy volumes at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta
International Airport on Thursday, Delta spokeswoman Chris Kelly said.
Both Delta and the Transportation Security Administration were
bringing in extra staff to handle the crowd of travelers, she said.

Kelly said she didn't yet have estimates on how many passengers were
affected by the flight cancelations and urged travelers to check their
flight's status on Delta's Web site.

Delta's MD-90 planes were initially part of the re-inspection, but it
was later determined that only Delta's 117 MD-88s would be part of the
review, Kelly said.

Delta's review comes as American Airlines canceled about 325 flights
Wednesday so its crews could inspect wire bundles aboard its MD-80
aircraft.

Delta said its planes were inspected earlier this year but the airline
is "proactively and voluntarily revalidating" compliance with a
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"Of the 300 aircraft inspected, 151 needed modified, he said."

So half of the airplanes were flying with substandard maintainance.

In my book, that is unacceptable.

And it is very unacceptable for the government to not have been on
this as it was going on.

The responsibility for this lies with the Republican cuts in oversight
agencies FAA.

And their budget cuts are risking the lives of your family members.

TMT



Service resumes after plane wire checks Fri Mar 28,

American Airlines canceled a handful of flights on Friday as it
finished up its inspections of wiring bundles on some of its planes,
while Delta Air Lines resumed normal service after completing its
inspections.

Four American flights were canceled out of the airline's about 2,300
daily flights, American spokesman Tim Wagner said early Friday
morning. He said that six planes were still being worked on.

"That's pretty much as close to normal as you can get," Wagner said.

Of the 300 aircraft inspected, 151 needed modified, he said.

Delta Air Lines Inc. spokeswoman Betsy Talton said the airline
completed its inspections Thursday night and planned no cancellations
for Friday.

"We will be running a normal schedule," she said.

Delta said Thursday it would cancel 275 flights, affecting 3 percent
of Delta's worldwide flight schedule, to make the re-inspections.

American, the nation's largest airline, canceled 141 flights by mid-
afternoon Thursday, officials said. The Fort Worth-based airline
canceled 318 flights Wednesday. American is part of AMR Corp.

At American, inspectors from the airline and the Federal Aviation
Administration focused on fixing the spacing between cords used to
secure bundles of wires in the auxiliary hydraulic systems of its
MD-80 aircraft.

The inspections came almost three weeks after the FAA ordered a check
of maintenance records at all U.S. airlines following criticism of the
agency's handling of missed fuselage inspections at Dallas-based
Southwest Airlines Co.

The FAA imposed a $10.2 million civil penalty on Southwest this month
for missing the inspections and then continuing to fly the planes with
passengers on board even after realizing the mistake. Southwest
officials have said they repaired small cracks in the fuselages of six
planes last year and four this month.

The FAA said it would check compliance with at least 10 safety orders
at every U.S. airline by Friday. A more complete audit is due by the
end of June.