[Yo-Yo]

Just to be clear, American Airlines is the largest Airbus A320 operator in the world, so don’t blame Boeing.

[NorthMountain]

To be even clearer, maintenance is the operator’s responsibility, not the manufacturers. Once the bird leaves Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer, whatever, the customer takes on the job of keeping it airworthy.

[MtnClimber]

DEI in airline maintenance seems to be the likely cause. The mechanics are getting stirred up with white hatred during mandatory DEI meetings.

The thing is never the thing. The thing is always the revolution.