Gothamist: American Airlines Flight Cancellations Mount

JRod5417

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:43:37 -0500

Great! I'm really looking forward to my AA flight next week.

Kojak

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:10:30 -0500

JUST with the MD-80's for this bout, but the FAA is clamping down for inspections for ALL aircraft. The Triple 7's are much newer than the MD-80's, but need regular inspections too. The MD-80 is an old aircraft, and thus needs more frequent inspections than newer aircraft as mandated by the FAA. American Airlines is cheap, as well as reckless for allowing those planes in the air without proper inspections.

Gothamist_Cynic

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:01:45 -0500

Does this affect international flights? Especially Boeing 777s?

Jerk Store

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:22:30 -0500

It continually astonishes me how little regard most airlines have for their customers. 1. They shouldn't be flying an old bird that would require this kind of crash maintenance; 2. They should have taken care of these inspections WELL in advance so they didn't have to ground hundreds of flights and inconvenience passengers; and 3. They should have spent extra money to take care of this in a way that didn't screw over so many passengers -- after hours, bringing in more planes, etc. The crappy compensation these people are getting like payment for meals and hotel fees are the absolute MINIMUM they should be receiving (and more than a lot of passengers get!). They should be getting much more. People choose to fly out of certain airports at certain times for a reason and most of the time PAY to select that flight over others. And a lot of times delay is not just an inconvenience, it means lost money for the passengers and/or lost ability to be at a one-time event -- a business meeting, a wedding, a reunion. Shame on American and shame on all the other terrible airlines.

thenamesdave

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:05:31 -0500

The MD-80 is a freaking deathtrap. Anyone remember the horrible Alaska Airlines crash from a few years ago when the tail jammed and the thing fell out of the sky? Not failsafe. Retire those dinosaurs NOW.

rtd2101

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:01:03 -0500

Big Company wants to make lots and lots of money. One way to make money is to not spend it on silly things like safety inspections. But oh yeah, I forgot, government should stay out of Big Company's hair and just let the market regulate them, for when a plane crashes with 400 people on it b/c some wires weren't checked people will stop flying this airline. This is known as "market correction". I love capitalism.

David McCaffredy

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:38:46 -0500

Maybe American Airlines could also work on not delaying flights for no reason at all. They could also work on having enough people working so their planes don't repeatedly sit in their boarding dock for 30 minutes after landing because no one is there to connect the dock.

Kojak

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:27:30 -0500

No person in their right mind should be flying out of LaGuardia anyway. That airport is a disaster.