Pilot union alleges ‘significant spike’ in safety issues on American Airlines flights | CNN Business

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The union representing pilots at American Airlines says it is seeing a “significant spike” in safety issues on flights.

The Allied Pilots Association is warning members of “problematic trends,” including tools being left in aircraft wheel wells, collisions involving planes being towed on the ground, and “pressure to return aircraft to line service to maintain on-time performance.”

The new message comes as the spotlight is on commercial flights in the US and abroad following the January 5 door plug blowout on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9. There were roughly a dozen

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