more. reporter: you have to keep in mind that america only has a hundred 17 planes. you take 48 of them out of the loop because of seat problems, that is 8% being rotated out. fifty-five canceled today, 44 yesterday, certainly more tomorrow. at first they thought this seat problem was a faulty hardware problem. now they are looking at wear and tear. they are looking at things like wear and tear and even coke and soda that spilled into the cracks and pop depends loose. imagine not? they hope all the planes are back by tomorrow afternoon. well over 1000 flights were canceled over the past two weeks. one third of all american flights had been lead in laid in that time because of problems with the pilots. delta, american, continental