American cancels another 900 flights on Thursday, April 10, 2008

Tonight American announced another 900 flights are to be canceled tomorrow. 

Also, according to CNN: 

...on Wednesday [American] grounded more than 1,000 flights or 45% of its schedule. That translated into between 110,00 and 140,000 stranded passengers, according to company spokesman Roger Frizzell.

45% of American's schedule canceled?  Wow!

Another interesting tidbit from the CNN article:

Frizzell said the company is working to accommodate customers on American and on other airlines, and is paying $500 in compensation to passengers who have to stay overnight because of inspection-related cancellations.

While American's website does not mention this $500 compensation offer outright, it does say to contact their customer service department to request compensation.  If this applies to you then follow the links on American's MD80 Information page to put in your request.