Checked my email this evening to find a very nicely worded note from American Airlines, apologizing profusely for their huge spate of flight cancellations recently, and for any inconvenience this may have caused their "most valued customers" (I'm Platinum on AA at the moment, which may explain the more-obsequious-than-usual tone).
The flight cancellations were due to having to ground all-or-most of their fleet of MD80 aircraft, due to an issue with a cable bundle in the wheel-well that could cause a FIRE during the flight. Lovely!
Gmail provided an unintentional moment of zen, however, when I noticed the AdSense link at the top while reading the email:
Save on MD 80 Aircraft? Why yes, yes, I bet you can right now. In fact, I imagine there's a bit of a...what's the phrase I'm looking for here...fire sale.