American Airlines Cancels More Than 1,000 Flights for Safety Inspections
April 9, 2008
The largest air carrier in the United States, American Airlines, has canceled more than 1,000 flights Wednesday to conduct safety inspections of its aircraft.
The airline canceled nearly 500 flights on Tuesday.
American Airlines is inspecting - and if necessary rewiring - its MD-80 aircraft to comply with government safety regulations.
American uses that aircraft model on more than one-third of its flights.
The move comes after federal inspectors raised concerns about recent wiring inspections.
The Federal Aviation Administration has been looking more closely at airline compliance of federal safety rules.
Several U.S. carriers have grounded aircraft as a result of the government audit, which was triggered by inspection and maintenance lapses at Southwest Airlines.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.
by VOA News
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.