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FAA Issues 737 AD, Southwest Points Finger at Boeing
The FAA said late April 4 that it will issue an airworthiness directive April 5 requiring immediate inspections of 175 Boeing 737-300/400/500 aircraft, following the Southwest Airlines in-flight decompression April 1. Eighty of the aircraft are in the US. Only those with more than 30,000 cycles are affected. In another development, The Daily Record near Baltimore reported (with the Associated Press) that Southwest is pointing a finger at Boeing for the problem. Whether the tone and intent by… (leehamnews.wordpress.com) Ещё...Most Airlines would have waited until the directive got issued before doing anything.Notice that Southwest did the grounding and Flight Cancellations immediately after the event, without having to be told to and had just about completed their inspections and back to a normal schedule before the FAA ever got around to issuing their inspection order.
Just a difference in corporate attitude and 1 good reason why they stay among the top in the various customer ratings.
Just a difference in corporate attitude and 1 good reason why they stay among the top in the various customer ratings.
It's all the cycles. Remember the aloha 737-200 tah lost the front section because of all the island hoping?
It's all the cycles. Remember the aloha 737-200 that lost the front section because of all the island hoping?
I've got to agree with Allen and John. It's all about the cycles. The A/C I flew on Sunday went AUS->TPA->FLL->JAX->BNA->CMH