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American Cancels 1,000 Flights in New Sign of Trouble - New York Times
Boy what a mess. The american airlines that were bailed out after 9/11 are well crashing and burning, sorry for the play on words, but have ya flown recently?? We did this weekend, its bad real bad out in airline land.
Terrible service, incompetent workers, poorly staffed and totally unprofessional.
America at its best.
From the article...
But regardless of the details of the current flap, American and its domestic competitors have been scaling back maintenance. Some airlines sent work overseas in search of cheaper labor. They cut wages of mechanics in the United States and reduced their numbers. And they quickened the pace of work at maintenance facilities.
“They let too many people go,” said Kevin Cornwell, an MD-80 pilot at American who is also a pilots union official. “They sold spare parts years ago to raise cash. Things don’t get fixed as fast.”
Boy what a mess. The american airlines that were bailed out after 9/11 are well crashing and burning, sorry for the play on words, but have ya flown recently?? We did this weekend, its bad real bad out in airline land.
Terrible service, incompetent workers, poorly staffed and totally unprofessional.
America at its best.
From the article...
But regardless of the details of the current flap, American and its domestic competitors have been scaling back maintenance. Some airlines sent work overseas in search of cheaper labor. They cut wages of mechanics in the United States and reduced their numbers. And they quickened the pace of work at maintenance facilities.
“They let too many people go,” said Kevin Cornwell, an MD-80 pilot at American who is also a pilots union official. “They sold spare parts years ago to raise cash. Things don’t get fixed as fast.”