American brings back bomber jacket
Optional addition to pilot uniform gets a mostly warm reaction
09:35 PM CST on Monday, February 16, 2004
By KATIE FAIRBANK / The Dallas Morning News
Harking back to the styles of aviators of old, American Airlines will allow its pilots to sport...
Jury: Airline Not Liable for Racist Rhyme
.c The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - Southwest Airlines is not liable for a flight attendant who upset two black passengers by using a version of a rhyme with a racist history, a jury determined Wednesday.
The two passengers, sisters...
Talking with an assistant chief pilot yesterday; among the good news from Mecca, he said that classes would definitely be starting in January, not February.
I asked him about the new checklist, and he said that it will be sometime in the spring or early summer, and that they couldn't afford to...
Southwest thrives, but Love's on wane
Dallas-based carrier grows despite lack of home-field advantage
09:03 AM CDT on Thursday, August 28, 2003
By ERIC TORBENSON / The Dallas Morning News
Once so important that Southwest Airlines waged a decade-long legal battle to stay there, Dallas Love...
Heard on the line today:
1. Four new cities next year
2. One new base next year
3. New hires: "400-600 minimum," starting in January.
Plenty of speculations as to "where" #1 and #2 would be, and the only bit of guess that hasn't already been posted here was the suggestion that STL might be the...
Heard this today, and wondered if somebody at Jet Blue could confirm/deny/illuminate the following:
It was said that pilots at Jet Blue are on 5 year contracts that can be renewed or not at the company's discretion. If they don't want to renew it, it's their option not to, no...
From the Dallas Morning News
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dallas/business/stories/081303dnbussouthwest.1275a.html
Airline claims most domestic market share for the first time
08:31 AM CDT on Wednesday, August 13, 2003
By ERIC TORBENSON / The Dallas Morning News
Southwest Airlines...
From SWA:
I won't try to read the tea leaves as to what that means for future hiring. HOWEVER...
... I did hear an interesting rumor the other day: In January 2005, DRVSM (Domestic Reduced Vertical Separation Minimums) takes effect, opening up the even-numbered flight levels above 280...
The vacancy awards for August just came out, and I figured that the results might be of interest to some here. What I list below are the most JUNIOR F/O moving in to each base. Realize that the relative rank of bases at the very lowest seniority level may not reflect one's relative seniority...
Hey gang,
Two tidbits, if anyone out there happens to be interested...
First, talked with one of the chief pilots this morning, and he mentioned that the activations of the reserve units are coming fast & furious. Twenty pilots turned in activation paperwork late in the week, and another five...
Hey gang,
A couple of recent discussions yielded questions that I can't find an answer for. Manybe somebody here can point out a source document (FAR, AIM, etc) that answers these two questions for somebody operating in a civilian (IFR, part 121) operation.
1. Is it mandatory to read back...
Was looking at a Continental 737 at BWI the other day, and a question came up if it was a -800 or a -900. After enough research to decide that neither tailskids (both have them, as best I can tell) nor winglets (neither comes with them standard) are a giveaway, I decided to turn to a proven...
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