Status of B767 engine pylon inspections
 

This story broke 3 days ago:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-0...-faa-says.html

The AA forum has a thread, but this avid searcher couldn't find one here. Has United completed the inspections? Any impact on operations? Should I pack a parachute on my UA953 tonight? Inquiring minds, etc.

Am I missing something? The article says nothing about immediate inspections:

"Inspections must be conducted after 8,000 flights rather than 10,000 as now required, and the examinations must be done within 400 flights, or 90 days, whichever occurs later, the Federal Aviation Administration said today in a statement."

Google search usually works better

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...ne-pylons.html
Note this thread was started a month ago

and on another online group
http://www.wings900.com/vb/1-1-civil...67-cracks.html

CNN claims that United flies some of the affected planes.

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/0...S%3A+Travel%29

I think you'll be fine!

I thought that the pylon inspections were for GE CF-80 series 767's (ie what AA flies).

UA's 767 fleet have P&W engines.

In retrospect, I should have packed an ice pack. A/C wasn't working right -- so much so that in First they handed out ice cold towels instead of hot ones!