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Today began much the same way Tuesday and Wednesday did for hundreds of travelers at Sea-Tac Airport: more flight cancellations.
By 8 a.m. today, American Airlines had cancelled three flights, two to Chicago and one to Dallas-Fort Worth, and Alaska Airlines had cancelled a single flight to Oakland.
The problem was the same as on Tuesday and Wednesday: mandatory Federal Aviation Administration inspections of the two airlines' MD-80 aircraft.
Alaska is in a much better position than American because it has just nine MD-80s in its fleet. American has 300.
American says it will likely cancel some 900 flights systemwide today. That's on top of the 1,000 flights grounded Wednesday and 440 on Tuesday.
Alaska cancelled 25 MD-80 flights Wednesday on its system including seven at Sea-Tac. American cancelled seven at Sea-Tac too.
Because the pace of the inspection of wiring in the wheel wells of the planes is unpredictable, the airlines are waiting until a few hours before the flight to actually pull the plug.
Alaska was able to reaccommodate all of its temporarily stranded passengers Wednesday, but American did not.
It's offering passengers stuck overnight a $500 voucher for future travel plus reimbursement for meals and lodging away from home. Instructions on how to apply for that reimbursement and compensation are on American's Web site, www.aa.com.
American is also offering to reschedule without penalty any passengers who are or were scheduled to fly on an MD-80 from April 8 through April 11. Those fliers can reset their travel plans for any date through April 17.
