Originally Posted by
FlyerChrisK
The same issues have occurred on other airlines. In early 2011, United grounded most of its 757's very briefly due to sloppy MX work.
There is a key difference here on the UA incident. UA itself caught the oversight and grounded the fleet. The FAA didn't even know about the oversight until UA notified them of it.
That has not been the pattern at AA. Inspectors had to go find it and notify AA.