Idiots! they are already in financial trouble, so what do they do? Ignore safety regulations and risk: A) fines from the FAA B) loss of passenger revenue from P.O.ed passengers C) HUGE lawsuits if one of those poorly maintained planes crashes D) All of the above.

Correct answer: D) all of the above.

I've got an American flight coming up pretty soon - luckily it's on Boeing aircraft. (They'll probably find something to inspect on THOSE about 2 hours before my flight...)

The incredible disregard for established procedures, laws, morals and common sense demonstraded by many in the senior levels of bussiness and politics is the reason the country is facing current hard times.

The unilateral desmantling of economic principles, the removal of logical cheks and balances in favor of imediate satisfaction of short term profit is killing the very base that made this country great. Sooner than expected we will become a nation owned by foreiners, shipping out larger and larger portions of our increasingly meager earnings to masters on other continents. Talk about reversal!

Its time we, the people, start demanding accountability from our leaders, financial and political, rather than just blindly accept at face value all the thinly veiled b.s. coming out of their paid p.r. reps mouth.

If we can unify behind moral ideas and ideals, we will once again rule the world without having to use our military might as the one and only option.

As a former quality control inspector this is totally irritating and is the fault of the company! There are procedures that states how wiring bundles are to be handled!

American Airlines doesn't outsource most maintenance. The company repairs 90 percent of its fleet and performs work for other airlines at stations in Fort Worth; Tulsa, Okla.; and Kansas City, Mo.

Can you imagine what is going on with the airlines that do outsource maintenance?

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation's inspector general - Among carriers that farm out heavy maintenance, about 35 percent is done abroad.

A 2005 inspector general's report found that airlines used foreign stations that weren't FAA-certified. It said that neither the FAA nor air carriers provided oversight of the maintenance work at those facilities.

This looks a lot like a power play. The FAA, under pressure from Congress, is looking more closely at aircraft maintenance. In response, American Airlines is demonstrating that the former relationship, in which FAA inspectors were more permissive, is the best way to go. Or else....