over-regulation
grounding all planes suddenly does seem massive over reaction, caused I suppose by living in a litigous society such as the USA.
Really, these planes have been flying with the old wiring loom for ages, what are the odds the issue will reoccur on a plane in the next, say, 2 weeks? A normal cost-benefit analysis would say right this is serious, extra overnight engineers etc, but we will with the regulators OK take 2 weeks to do this job over the fleet.
All the time there are things flying around that aren't ideal, but I think the pendulum has swung too far towards zero risk.
I bet if these passengers and flight crew were offered the chance to travel if they agreed to after signing a waiver nad having read a reasonable blurb on the issue, 99% would do and the rest can have their money back with a smile.
G