Can confirm this, same issue as last time. FAA was out doing spot checks prior to the grounding.Just cancelled all sp80 flights for today....!!!
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No that would be MD-80, I would assume the other poster was trying to abbreviate Super 80.As someone who flies the S80 all the time, I don't know what an sp80 is. Are those the former TW a/c?
Same as last time, and a big NO to the FAA having something better to do.Anyone know why the Super 80's were all grounded today? Please tell me the FAA had something better to do than use the millimeters edge on the ruler for another the tape is 1/8'' off again...
Same as last time, and a big NO to the FAA having something better to do.
Christ almighty, if it isn't a safety of flight issue then there is no reason this couldn't be taken care of the next time the planes come in for a C-Check right? Why the hell do the need to ground the whole fleet over something, the FAA admits, doesn't affect the safety of the planes in the air?
FAA has to try and repair its own image, which was dragged thru the muck last week by Congress.
It doesn't matter if this is deferrable or not. FAA has to appear to be busting heads, and customers will be the one to pay the price for their own inattention over the past decade.
Too bad it makes AA's mechanics look like idiots. They're far from it as far as their quality of work goes.
Well, there's more than one way, and obviously, more than one excuse, to save on fuel. Based on this savings, I'm betting someone will get a bonus for it.
Now I'm wondering how many pilots, flight attendants and baggage handlers will be sent home for a day or two . . . . without pay!
I wouldn't want to be at KORD or KDFW this evening.