If you haven't done so, you need to read this:
Planes with maintenance problems have flown anyway

During the past six years, millions of passengers have been on at least 65,000 U.S. airline flights that shouldn't have taken off because planes weren't properly maintained, a six-month USA TODAY investigation has found.

Edited by Thomas Wahl, 1 month(s) ago

I read this article, it's a little unnerving since we travel by air almost everywhere we go. Is the poor maintanence due to struggling airlines? We hold pilots and air traffic controllers to the highest of standards, why not the mechanics and maintanence workers too?