American Airlines

AAL has reviewed the subject NPRM and desires to submit the following comments. We agree that a cracked spring arm can cause separation from the aircraft and cause injury or damage. As such, American Airlines agrees with the intent of the NPRM, but, based on the following data, wishes to request one of the following changes: • The final rule be revised to refer to Revision 1, which will contain the updated language • The final rule be revised to explicitly identify the desired compliance time using language similar to (or identical to) that found in the preamble to the NPRM. Justification for the requested changes is included in the attached file (AAL Response to NPRM--Docket FAA-2008-0295.pdf)