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Pilot has to say. f came loose out of the floor. you are coming up next on "fox passengers are unable to sit in and friends". ♪ that seat. ♪ born free. >> gretchen: yesterday another flight from new york to miami forced to turn around for the ♪ free, like a river raging same reason. the planes recently underwent maintenance during time when strong. ♪ is the wind we are facing seats were removed and reinstalled. eight american airlines planes . removed from service. the incidents could be related ♪ hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios to labor management tension at american, whic...

You know, a big part of it for us is that report of seats coming loose. let's see what ron white has to there isn't anything on the schedule. say about all this. his latest comedy act is called a little unprofessional. and he joins us now. could it be, i'm just going to throw it out -- could it be they've had all these labor talks with their maintenance workers and pilots, could it have something to do with that, like they go and do a little work with the screwdriver and accidentsally undo the seats? >> the blank look on that face is i don't have something in my ear telling me what was just on...

Pretty quickly. >> reporter: a second american flight, from jfk this time to miami, turned back after takeoff because of loose seats, elevating american's struggles from inconvenience to safety concerns. >> i think it could be sabotage, or it could just be sloppiness, but either way, it's kind of a disaster for the airlines. >> reporter: american is in the middle of a labor dispute with all of its unions including its maintenance workers, but insists despite earlier claims that the 97% increase in maintenance delays in september were deliberate work actions, american claims this is different. ...

But being sloppy on the part of maintenance workers. and in an airline being sloppy is as dangerous as sabotage. this is a reputation killer. >>guest: of course. perception, as you say, is reality. what they are involved in here, and you mentioned it, is a serious game of chicken with the pilots. they have 10,000 pilots who have no contract. they want the airline to merge with u.s. air. american is the third largest carrier in the country. it has $4.5 billion in cash. it has revenues of $2 billion a in. it doesn't want to merge because the management will lose their job. what they have to be c...

Especially when you factor in that there was a promise that there would be no taxes. >> brian: factor this in when it comes it how much you're paying, those kids who are still on your insurance and a breath of fresh air? the premiums are going up for everybody because they have to insure more people. so we're all going to pay that. that's unquantifiable. >> steve: for a lot of kids past the 26 years of age threshold and they're out of on their own, they figure, i'm healthy, i don't have to pay for it, do i? government says yes, you're going to get hit in a couple of years with that $1,200 tax....