Airline(s) cancellations?

[GARYC24 3]

Anyone here been affected with any airlines being cancelled? Especially American Airlines?
I have tickets for May 16th, getting kinda concern about possible cancellations.
Thanks,
Gary

[NickDG 23]

Hi Gary,

I've got tickets on the 16th too, going to Indiana. If we get screwed meet me in the bar at LAX . . .

NickD

[billeisele 122]

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Hi Gary,

I've got tickets on the 16th too, going to Indiana. If we get screwed meet me in the bar at LAX . . .

NickD

the heck with May, I fly to Florida this Saturday, might be driving

Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.

[GARYC24 3]

What time? I leave around 11:00 am
Will be 2 hours early and will be at the bar, nearest American Airlines, going to St. Louis then to Marion, Ill.

[mx757 4]

Maron Il I think that where the prison is..

as for the MD-80's here's what the inspection covers

The airworthiness directive consists of repositioning and applying a protective sleeve over the wiring harness that the goes to the auxiliary hydraulic pump in the right wheel well. This A.D. has been complied with on all of our M.D. 80’s, but during an FAA compliance audit of the ECO (engineering change order) they discovered that some aspects of the modification were not done according to the document.

In some cases the string tie in which the protective covering is secured to the wire bundles was tied in increments greater than the one inch noted on the document. In addition a small wire bundle which branches off the main one was routed outside the protective covering. These infractions are in fact minor, and the FAA is making a mountain out of a mole hill.

It was discovered this morning that there are two separate procedures to accomplish this task depending upon the type of protective tubing used in the modification. One type of tubing is split and must be wrapped around the bundle, and thus string tied in one inch increments to secure it to the wire bundle. The other type of tubing is continuous, as in a garden hose, it is slid over the wire bundle from the cannon plug disconnect at the hydraulic pump. The tubing is then positioned over the wires covering the length of the bundle in its entirety. Because this method provides a continuous concentric protection the additional string tie is not needed. This procedure does not require the string ties to be spaced in the one inch increments, and it is not known if The FAA understood the distinction between the two.

Two of the airplanes in Tulsa that the FAA has deemed incorrect were of the continuous type of tubing, and therefore did not require the string ties to be at the one inch increments that the other procedure utilized. The FAA was referring to photographs taken of the split tube procedure, and it is not known if they realized that there were in fact two different applications. The two airplanes in Tulsa were from the former TWA and required the modification utilizing the continuous tubing not requiring the one inch spacing on the string ties.

The ECO was issued as a precaution due to possible abrasion of the pump harness due to the proximity of a hand pump in the area that is utilized to service the hydraulic system. The pump handle could rub against the harness during the back and forth action of the pump handle moving, and thus required the relocation and protection of the bundle by adding the covering. It should also be noted that the hand pump is rarely used to service the hydraulic system. The system is in most cases filled with a device known as a “bowser” that incorporates its own pump and does not require the use of the airplane’s hand pump.

now the FAA doesn't like the TWA mods with utilizing the continuous tubing not requiring the one inch spacing on the string ties and wants them tied off every one inch..no reason to cacell all flight they could been done on overnight checks but the FAA got eggs on their faces from Southwest and now FAA looking "TOUGH"

[NickDG 23]

Opps, misread your OP I'm going this month, April 16th.

Catch you the next time . . .

NickD