I would hate to be on the next flight after the checks...or any thereafter.

[Paper Roses]

I know there is a lot of stress on the jet engines but reading this makes me dislike flying even more.

Somehow, the frequency of the inspections does not seem close enough for me.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/22/planes.cracks.found/index.html?hpt=P1&iref=NS1

[Swamp Rat]

1. Many of our commercial jets are examined and worked on by foreign work crews abroad

and are therefore poorly inspected and maintained. So, your fear is warranted.

[dipsydoodle]

2. Back in the late sixties

On April 8, 1968, BOAC Boeing 707 G-ARWE, flying to Australia via Singapore, had an engine fire just after take-off. The engine fell from the wing into the nearby Queen Mother reservoir in Datchet, but the plane managed to perform an emergency landing with the wing on fire. The plane burnt out on the ground — five people, 4 passengers and a stewardess, died; 122 survived.

http://www.airport-hotels-heathrow.com/

I was told at a later date by some BA engineers that the engine was recovered and put back into service.