Getting a slightly different take on things from the JAS side ... The full schedule will be restored by Feb. 8, but that doesn't mean the MD-80 fleet is going to be fully repaired by then. They're going to pull in other aircraft types to operate the services they can't fly with MD's, and as far as I know they're still sticking to their earlier schedule of getting the MDs fixed by the end of February. Not sure why Pratt would say otherwise.
JAS contact tells me Pratt does all their JT8 overhauls, but you've got to ask yourself why nobody else seems to be having this trouble, while JAS has found the problem on 75% of its fleet.
And those landing gear cracks on two of the aircraft? That's just too much of a coincidence on one fleet in one month.
Don't think I'll be rushing to fly with those guys for a while ...