Story from local Philly TV was that FAA had wanted all engines reinspected by a certain date, and Southwest had requested a thirty day extension of the deadline - accident happened within the thirty day period - could it be that some TV reporter got the story wrong?.....
SWA met and exceeded all directives from the FAA. I have no idea what some reporter stated. The directives stated that only specific fan blades be inspected. SWA went above and beyond to inspect ALL fan blades on all engines.