Pilots sleep as flight attendant turns off autopilot on Bangkok-Delhi flight
MUMBAI: Two Air India pilots put the lives of 166 passengers on a Bangkok-Delhi flight in danger by taking a 40-minute break from the cockpit and getting two flight attendants to operate the plane in their absence...
Airlines cut small jets as fuel prices soar
Airlines phase out small jets, leaving some towns without service; 1 airport says take a bus
By Joshua Freed, AP Airlines Writer | AP – 2 minutes 17 seconds ago
FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2005 file photo, two Continental Express airplanes taxi toward...
Delta Air Lines Announces $158 Million Quarterly Profit and $1.4 Billion Annual Profit, Excluding Special ItemsReports GAAP quarterly profit of $19 million and annual profit of $593 million
ATLANTA, Jan. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL - News) today reported financial...
Scary stuff. No wonder we don't last long after retirement.
NYT
For Frequent Fliers, a Radiation Risk in the SkiesBy MATTHEW L. WALD
Despite recent concern about whether airline passengers get a potentially dangerous dose of radiation from the new security scanners at the airport checkpoints...
Cha ching!
Delta posts 3Q profit on international strength
NEW YORK (AP) -- Delta Air Lines Inc. said Wednesday it posted a profit in the third quarter and expects to repeat that in the last three months of the year, as the global travel recovery is driven by international growth.
Delta...
The problem is deeper than Steven Slater: it is the airline industry itself, with its record of chronic over-supply, promiscuous passengers and failure to behave rationally
Wednesday, 11 August 2010
The surprise was not that Steven Slater chose to end his career as a flight attendant in such...
Having flown with both crews, I wholeheartedly agree...
HUFFINGTON POST
Subject: Play "Spot The Northwest Flight Attendant" by Simon
Simon Sinek
Simon Sinek teaches leaders and organizations how to inspire people
"Abused" Northwest Flight Attendants have a bad attitude...
FWIW, from a base CP visit: Pref interviews for those who had their classes cancelled in '08.
305 hires this year with 115 flow-ups.
More hiring late next year.
Delta Adding Flights Between New York and Key Business Markets
Nearly 30 cities to gain new or expanded New York service by fall - Chicago, London-Heathrow, St. Louis, Nashville among growing markets
Airline continues investments in business service with more First Class seats
May 11, 2010
NEW...
From ATWONLINE:
US regional growth could hinge on major airline labor negotiations
Thursday March 11, 2010
The current round of pilot negotiations at US major network airlines "will be the most important since deregulation" and could determine the future growth path for the regional airline...
Kudos to our German colleagues. What a sad, pathetic state of affairs the US pilot profession has become.
Lufthansa pilots suspend strike
A strike by about 4,000 pilots at German airline Lufthansa has been suspended - with union officials agreeing to resume negotiations.
The action -...
Delta completes sale of flight training academy
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December 31, 2009
Delta has completed the sale of Delta Connection Academy to two private equity firms, Lincolnshire Management Inc., and GTI LLC.
The...
The AF thread led me to a little research. It appears Boeings come out slightly ahead overall. A330/340data is missing.
Safety ranking:
1) Saab340
2) MD80
3) 767
4) 757
5) 737
6) 727
7) A320 series
8) F100
9) Brasilia
10) DC9
11) BAe 146
12) L1011
13) A300
14) A310
15) B747
16) DC10
17)...
How Delta Climbed Out of Bankruptcy
A new route structure, aggressive cost-cutting, and a shrewd merger have made Delta one of the best-positioned major U.S. carriers
May 15
By Dean Foust
Delta Air Lines (DAL) plunged into bankruptcy in September 2005, marking the culmination of more than a...
from TheStreet.com 03/04/09
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- It was said that Delta(DAL Quote - Cramer on DAL - Stock Picks) took over Northwest in October, but four months later it is reasonable to ask whether that is really what happened.
Officially, Delta acquired Northwest in a $2.8 billion stock swap...
No lack of testicular fortitude for Mr Rimkufski....
WSJ Online
February 27, 2009, 3:59 pm
Man Pretends to Be Air Marshal in Bid to Make Flight
Posted by Matt Phillips
DreamWorks/courtesy Everett Collection
Here’s an innovative approach to catching a flight when you’re running late...
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