Originally Posted by WRCSolberg
I was in a pretty shoddy MD80 this past weekend. The interior panels on the wall were separating leaving gaps, accent pieces on the floor were missing or loose and then as I was walking past first class on the way out I saw pieces of blue maintenance tape securing panels on the wall, near the floor.
I may be mistaken, but I believe you are talking about the blue security tape, which is used to speed up the security searches of the aircraft. Has nothing to do with maintenance. Lots of AA aircraft have featured that tape on those panels for over four years now.