Sir the FAA and the airlines are in the same racket together...
Just saw your last post...interesting figures...it does all add up after a while though...in fact I think that's why AA had the Silver Birds at one point, cuz the weight of the paint about 200-300lbs increased fuel burn, ironically this increased maintenance costs...but if they don't have the capacity to implement the scheme appropriately, I can imagine that they may actaully waste fuel with holds and such...engineers can never win!...
