Southwest inspected most of its 737s before FAA made it a requirement

Even before FAA issued an airworthiness directive last week on newer 737s (DAILY, Jan. 9), Southwest had inspected nearly all of its 37 affected aircraft. "We heard the AD might come and we wanted to take action as soon as possible," a spokeswoman said. Nothing abnormal was found. The precaution...

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