<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by jmartin:
American Airlines does not outsource the maintenance work on its aircraft to foreign countries. Delta does.</font>
This allegation has absolutely zero basis in fact.
There isn't a single third-party maintenance contractor worldwide who has the infrastructure available to handle a fleet the size of either Delta or American.
Furthermore, American Airlines has far and away the highest fatality rate among US major air carriers in the last five years with 428 fatalities in 4 seperate accidents (272 fatalities excluding 9/11). Compare that to Delta with zero fatalities, United with 110 fatalities in 2 seperate accidents (zero excluding 9/11), Continental with zero fatalities, Northwest with zero fatalities and US Airways with zero fatalities.
Perhaps a little more research might be useful before you throw out wild allegations next time.