"We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused our customers," saidGerard Arpey, Chairman and CEO of American Airlines. "American will dowhatever it takes to assist those affected by these flight changes and ouremployees are working hard to ensure that we remain their choice for airtravel. This includes compensating those inconvenienced customers who stayedovernight in a location away from their final destination."

The inspections of American's MD-80 fleet were conducted to ensure preciseand complete compliance with a Federal Aviation Administration directiverelated to the bundling of wires in the wheel well of the aircraft. Americanhas assigned a team of employees -- aviation maintenance technicians, qualityassurance inspectors, and engineers -- to inspect the aircraft and ensure fulltechnical compliance, as well as to make any additional adjustments. Inaddition, the FAA is inspecting the aircraft that have been cleared to returnto service.

"We continue to inspect every airplane to ensure we are in total agreementwith the specifications of the directive. We will get back to a full scheduleas quickly as possible," Arpey said.

American also plans to contract with an independent third party to reviewAmerican's processes for compliance with all future FAA airworthinessdirectives. This work will ensure that all procedures strictly adhere to thetechnical elements of every directive so American can avoid this type ofschedule disruption in the future.

Customers who were inconvenienced with overnight stays can go to AA.comtoday where a link will guide them to instructions on how to receivecompensation. Customers also are encouraged to check AA.com or to contacttheir travel agents for flight status information.

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