American Airlines could be facing some heafty fines for sub-par repairs

What’s the one thing that no one wants to think about when they’re boarding an airplane? Well, it’s probably something along the lines of “gee, I hope this airplane is safe.” Well, if you’ve flown on some American Airlines flights, then the truth is that flight may not have been as safe as you would have hoped.

Currently the FAA is digging in to see who is responsible for structural problems with rear bulkheads in some of the airline’s fleet of MD 80 jets. A pilot that was flying one of the jets complained about the poor condition of the jet he was flying and the jet in question ended up being ferried from Dallas to Tulsa for maintenance.

Through preliminary testing, the FAA found up to 16 of the MD 80 jets were being operated for MONTHS with the sub-par repairs.

So, eventually the FAA has to find someone responsible for the shoddy repairs right? It looks like throughout the investigation the FAA will begin taking punitive action against not only supervisors that signed off for the work for the mechanics, but actual individual mechanics themselves.

Thankfully nothing bad happened and the pilot noticed the plane’s issues before something bad could happen to someone or a full flight of people.

For a lot of people, flying isn’t an everyday thing and it is pretty intimidating. I like to fly sometimes just because it is something new and different and I really hate awfully long car rides. However, I get nervous when a flight takes off or lands. I even get nervous when the plane hits a pocket of air and the engines cut back.

Flying shouldn’t be that scary, but when you hear stories like this sometimes you have to wonder if you’re really that safe.

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