Hole in American Airlines plane

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Hole in American Airlines plane

Postby patchz » Fri Oct 29, 2010 2:49 pm

caused cabin decompression, emergency landing.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20 ... cy-landing
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Re: Hole in American Airlines plane

Postby Steve M » Fri Oct 29, 2010 3:55 pm

Seems its not an isolated incedent. Are these craft built under too strict of a production schedule? I know that results in poorly built buildings from experience. AA isn't getting good ratings in customer relations either..
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  American Airlines

2009 AQR Score: -1.25

American Airlines has an Airline Quality Rating (AQR) of -1.25 -- which isn't awful, but where its reputation takes the hardest hit is with its regional airline, American Eagle (more on it later).

This year AA has had frequent incidents of mishandled baggage with an average of 4.07 reports per 1,000 passengers, according to the Air Travel Consumer Reports (this is the worst rating among the major airlines in the study). SeatGuru's survey named American Airlines as one of the three airlines that have the rudest flight attendants and the worst food.
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