{"id":2420824,"date":"2025-04-07T15:53:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T19:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kat-cammack-spotlights-tin-foil-patch-job-on-american-airlines-flight\/"},"modified":"2025-04-07T15:54:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T19:54:17","slug":"kat-cammack-spotlights-tin-foil-patch-job-on-american-airlines-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kat-cammack-spotlights-tin-foil-patch-job-on-american-airlines-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Kat Cammack spotlights tin foil patch job on American Airlines flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkat-cammack-spotlights-tin-foil-patch-job-on-american-airlines-flight%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2420824&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>During a recent flight with American Airlines, representative Kat Cammack (R-FL) shared a photo of an armrest covered in tin foil, highlighting concerns about the airline&#8217;s maintenance standards. Posting on social media, Cammack expressed her disbelief humorously, questioning the appropriateness of such a makeshift repair for her flight to Washington, D.C. American Airlines quickly responded via social media, inviting her to provide further details about her flight to address her concerns. The incident comes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grassley-tim-thibault-who-infected-major-fbi-investigations-isnt-off-the-hook-just-by-retiring\/\" title=\"Grassley: Tim Thibault, Who \u2018Infected Major FBI Investigations,\u2019 Isn\u2019t Off The Hook Just By Retiring\">amid ongoing scrutiny<\/a> of the airline, which has faced challenges, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">recent crash involving<\/a> one of its planes.Despite flying millions of passengers annually, the airline&#8217;s stock has been on a decline, reflecting ongoing operational issues and public dissatisfaction.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Kat Cammack spotlights tin foil patch job on American Airlines flight<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2085377\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/rep-kat-cammack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kat Cammack\">Kat Cammack<\/a> (R-FL) documented the state of her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3347193\/house-oversight-committee-investigation-potomac-river-plane-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"American Airlines\">American Airlines<\/a> flight Monday which prompted a response from the airline.<\/p>\n<p>Cammack was traveling on a direct flight to Washington, DC, to continue her work on Capitol Hill. The representative took a photo of an armrest on her flight that was covered in tin foil.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3372110\/pat-harrigan-campaigns-against-chinese-owned-gnc-on-military-bases\/\">Pat Harrigan campaigns against Chinese-owned GNC on military bases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3370688\/us-shrimp-industry-hails-liberation-day-tariffs-save-domestic-shrimpers\/\">US shrimp industry hails &#8216;Liberation Day&#8217; tariffs as saving domestic shrimpers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3364825\/trump-tariff-push-proposal-car-loan-payments-tax-deductible\/\">Trump tariff push comes with proposal to make car loan payments tax-deductible<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Come on @AmericanAir&hellip;. Aluminum foil for real?!? This flight to D.C. ought to be interesting&hellip;,&rdquo; Cammack captioned the photo.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Come on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmericanAir?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AmericanAir<\/a>&hellip;. Aluminum foil for real?!? &#129318;&#127996;&zwj;&#9792;&#65039; This flight to D.C. ought to be interesting&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/chJgc1F8pG\">pic.twitter.com\/chJgc1F8pG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kat Cammack (@Kat_Cammack) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kat_Cammack\/status\/1909260830530494636?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>On X, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-brings-united-airlines-vaccine-mandate-plans-to-a-halt-with-new-order\/\" title=\"Federal Judge Brings United Airlines&#039; Vaccine Mandate Plans to a Halt with New Order\">airline responded<\/a> within the hour that Cammack posted the photo.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Keeping our planes in top-notch shape is always the goal. We appreciate you sharing these concerns to us. When you have a moment, kindly join us in [direct message] with your confirmation trip code and flight details,&rdquo; the American Airlines account responded.<\/p>\n<p>American Airlines is among the largest stateside airlines<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">, flying over&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.aa.com\/news\/news-details\/2024\/By-the-numbers-American-Airlines-wraps-up-2024-MKG-OTH-12\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">2.1 million flights<\/a>&nbsp;last year. However,<\/span> the airline continues to add international routes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3368857\/united-first-starlink-equipped-aircraft-faa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>UNITED TO HAVE THE FIRST STARLINK-EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The airline was also at the center of the crash between one of its planes and a Black Hawk Sikorsky H-60 from earlier this year in Washington&rsquo;s Ronald Reagan International Airport. All passengers of both crafts died as a result. The recovery of their bodies and the extraction of the aircraft took several days after the fact.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since the crash, American Airlines stock has been on the decline. Starting the year off at $17 per stock, it ended the end of the market close Monday with $9.60.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to American Airlines for comment. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2085377\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2085377\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kat Cammack highlights a tin foil repair on her American Airlines flight<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2420825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24109664842760.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[35565,45326,53004],"class_list":["post-2420824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-american-airlines","tag-kat-cammack","tag-tin-foil-patch"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24109664842760.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2420824"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2420828,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420824\/revisions\/2420828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2420825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2420824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2420824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2420824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}