clipped from: www.msnbc.msn.com DALLAS - American Airlines grounded 595 more flights Friday as the inspection-related mess frustrated passengers and hurt an industry already bleeding cash thanks to high fuel costs.
Lawmakers were asking questions and some fed-up air travelers headed for trains. Others gave the airlines a pass, saying the companies were doing the best they could.
“If somebody’s got a choice between being in a plane crash and being late, is there a choice?” Jane Bernard, a writer from New York who was delayed by at least three hours en route from LaGuardia Airport to Miami, said Thursday.