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After I read your first post, I did a little bit of research, as the whole thing piqued my interest. I did see a link to a Wall Street Journal article about this, posted on the Allied Pilots Association (AA's pilots' union) website.

As far as the practical aspect of the whole thing is concerned, I don't see a lot here to be concerned about. I'm certainly not hesitating to use my AA retiree travel privileges to take trips. Most of which will probably be on MD-80s, since that's still the largest fleet, by far, and will be so for a while. (It was also the fleet highlighted in the article.)

In fact, I'm planning to travel to LGA next month for the October SOARFest (which may or may not involve travel on AA -- it may be strictly on Eagle), and also to TUS (for my cousin's memorial service) -- which will definitely involve riding MD-80s.

I'm not aware of any requirement that an airline notify the FAA prior... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (Capn Steve) http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/sreply/7435 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:41:23 PST http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/reply/7434/t/AA-mothballing-planes-to-avoid-FAA-inspection.html#reply-7434 I was going to post a question about this as well. It was reported a few days ago in the Wall Street Journal, which I don't consider to be a sensationalist newspaper. It reported on one specific plane that AA had taken to a hanger in New Mexico allegedly to "retire" it before it could be inspected and violations found. The article suggested that many AA MD 80 planes were old and in need of retirement. This concerns me as I am supposed to fly on a Delta MD 88 on Sunday and articles like this make me question their safety. Any helpful info?
]]> feeds@kickapps.com (jbut66) http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/sreply/7434 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:14:50 PST http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/reply/7432/t/AA-mothballing-planes-to-avoid-FAA-inspection.html#reply-7432 feeds@kickapps.com (kiki) http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/sreply/7432 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:39:50 PST http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/reply/7431/t/AA-mothballing-planes-to-avoid-FAA-inspection.html#reply-7431
AA just retired its A300 fleet, and is in the process of replacing MD-80s with 737-800s, so a number of airplanes have been parked recently. As far as the "avoidance" part goes -- I don't know. Sounds a bit sensationalist to me.

I'll check the AA pilot websites -- both company and union. As a retiree, I still have access to them.

Cheers.

Steve
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