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Andrew C 15th April 2008 08:56 AM

American grounds MD-80 fleet
 
We seemed to have not mentioned the abysmal performance of American over the week end having too ground all of their md-80 fleet to do extra checks.

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On April 8, 9 and 10, 2008, more than 100,000 people were stranded in airports throughout the United States, including
Chicago-O'Hare Airport. For images of aircraft, see our airplane image gallery.

*American Airlines (AA) grounded its entire fleet of Boeing-manufactured MD-80 aircraft, a total of around 300 planes [source: Aviation]. As a result, as many as 2,500 flights were canceled by the airline [source: CNN]. As the number of stranded passengers began to grow, AA scrambled to make other accommodations for them. Some were packed aboard other air carriers' flights at American's expense. Others were reimbursed for the lodging they'd paid for after being stuck at the airport. Still others were given meals or vouchers for food [source: AA]. At one point at O'Hare Airport, AA ticket agents served waiting passengers juice and cookies [source: NPR].

How can a major Airline do this, I know safety first and agree but what poor management.

Bernie P 15th April 2008 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by AndrewD.C (Post 2659)
We seemed to have not mentioned the abysmal performance of American over the week end having too ground all of their md-80 fleet to do extra checks.



How can a major Airline do this, I know safety first and agree but what poor management.

A regular blog that I read that is worth a look (if not for his flight tales of 'Fifi') has a post about AA and the 'Mad Dogs'! http://flightlevel390.blogspot.com/


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