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1 posted on 04/11/2008 4:48:55 AM PDT by Gamecock
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To: Alex Murphy; Larry Lucido
Here's the barf alert:

they're holding us here at this damn airport," he said. "We have suffered for hours."

Poor baby! All he wants to do is get to Miami so he can go to a strip club with his buddies....

2 posted on 04/11/2008 4:50:33 AM PDT by Gamecock (Viva La Reformacion!)
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The FAA yesterday ordered the 300 Boeing MD-80 jets to remain parked while mechanics made sure wire ties were exactly 1 inch apart

Exactly 1 inch... is that center to center, or exactly one inch between them?

3 posted on 04/11/2008 4:56:39 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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To: Gamecock

This is the lovely thing about government - a publicly held corporation has to take it in the shorts to meet a non-emergency ultimatum from the feds.

Cable tie spacing and wire clamps on aircraft wiring bundles are not emergency essential repairs for safety and could be performed at the next 100 hour check.

Instead, American is trapped in a PR disaster that is not necessarily of its own making.


4 posted on 04/11/2008 5:08:43 AM PDT by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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To: Gamecock

If only the government could figure out how to profit from stupidity, all federal agencies would instantly become self supporting. Just think no more listening to democrats bad mouth the American worker with their “tax cuts for the rich” talking point.


6 posted on 04/11/2008 5:13:49 AM PDT by wita (truthspeaks@freerepublic.com)
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To: Gamecock
The inspections are called . There's a reason for the name.
7 posted on 04/11/2008 5:15:29 AM PDT by MortMan (Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. - Alexander Hamilton)
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To: Gamecock
The FAA yesterday ordered the 300 Boeing MD-80 jets to remain parked while mechanics made sure wire ties were exactly 1 inch apart and clamps faced the right way.

Bears repeating. At least AMR is a bargain at the moment.

8 posted on 04/11/2008 5:17:00 AM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: Gamecock

It sounds like American Airlines didn’t grease the correct palm


13 posted on 04/11/2008 5:33:04 AM PDT by grb
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To: Gamecock

Southwest Airlines was fine $10 Million for flying aircraft that were not inspected. I bet American airlines lost more than that yesterday. They would have been better off telling the FAA to stuff it and go about business as usual and inspect their aircraft in a timely fashion..............


15 posted on 04/11/2008 5:38:56 AM PDT by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: Gamecock
Boeing MD-80

I didn't know Boeing manufactured the McDonnell-Douglas MD-80 ;^)

20 posted on 04/11/2008 5:52:02 AM PDT by 6ppc (It's torch and pitchfork time)
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To: Gamecock

Remember when the speed limit was 55 and you would get these events where people would create multiple car moving 55 mph roadblocks to demonstrate the stupidity of the whole thing?

I think that may be what happened here: Let’s all follow the precise letter of the law and see what happens.

AA could fold.


54 posted on 04/11/2008 11:18:56 AM PDT by RobRoy (This is comical)
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To: Gamecock

Could not have happened to a more deserving airline ;)


75 posted on 04/14/2008 8:07:32 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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