The Old Gray Mares Just Ain't What They Used to Be

So word on the street, er, in the air is that United, American, Delta and our other major airlines are continuing to ground their mighty gray flight buckets in the name of public safety. While I'm all for inspecting passenger plans to make sure they're operating with our utmost safety in mind -- just as I believe in the regular inspection of mass transport buses, trains, and taxis, I want to know why, for chrissakes, wasn't the FAA requiring regular inspections before, and on a regular basis?

Here here I was convinced the only threat we faced traveling by air today was terrorism. Come to find out it's also a regular lube and oil on a Boeing.

So in the words of David Spade's SNL flight attendant we all came to love,
buh-bye!