This is completely false. AMR does all of their maintenance at either Tulsa or Ft Worth. In fact, they are one of the few majors that still does it domestically. Many would argue that this helped them down the road to bankruptcy. And it's not Delta's maintenance practices that are in the news right now, is it? That's a real sad story you wrote though, about how the golden days of the superior American style are gone. Stupid facts, always getting in the way.