Let's all take a deep breath...first of all, these are claims going back as far as 5 years. On top of that, you will notice that these are proposed amounts, not settled amounts. That means that AA will pay only a fraction of this absurd "fine". Third, the FAA on the ground in DFW in many cases requested MUCH smaller fines, only to have Washington increase the fines by factors as high as 20x.

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Incidentally, it is worth pointing out that sticking AA with this kind of a claim will further hasten the outsourcing of maintenance work to places like Hong Kong and away from places like Tulsa, thereby eliminating US jobs.