Delayed flights / missing logbooks attributed to hail...
I was on AA 1146 7:15am DFW-DTW. Around 7:00, as most folks are boarded, the Captain came on PA and said they were just waiting for maintenance to bring some paperwork and we would be off. After 2 15min rolling delays to 7:45, he came back on and said they were trying to track down the maintenance logbook and also volunteered that several other planes had the same issue (missing logbooks) and said id could have been related to previous night’s storm/hail. Continued rolling delays until finally got the logs and pushed back almost 2:15 behind schedule..
We never found out what was going on… Did some mechanic collect all the logbooks and forget to turn them in? Did they collect them for a bunch of planes they suspected of having damage until they could be inspected. If so, you think they could just explain that and there would be a better schedule for the roving inspection crew.