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March 26, 2008

Flying American Today? Better Read This

Filed under: Airplanes, American — Rick Seaney @ 1:06 pm

American Airlines has canceled 200 flights today. That’s about 9% of their daily flights. Is yours among them? Mine from San Jose to Dallas was … Better click here to check.

According to an article in the Houston Chronicle, the carrier took its planes out of service when questions arose about the installation of some wires.

American says their planes will be returned to service today on a “rolling basis.”

Meanwhile…what the heck is going on?? Keep reading…

Well, here’s what’s going on: I think it’s fair to say that the airlines were a little freaked out when the FAA proposed a $10 million fine against Southwest “for flying 46 jets without required fuselage inspections.”

In other words, a lot of airlines are going back over their inspection process, making sure they’ve done all that is required.

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