With the countless safety issues that have been occurring as of late in the aviation industry, travelers are likely a bit apprehensive about setting off on trips. Headlining occurrences surely do not help that feeling. Recently, an urgent and frightening situation occurred on an American Airlines’ flight. A video surfaced that raises questions for avid… Read More »
Flight attendants at American Airlines have won a pay rise of nearly 33% over the course of a new five-year tentative agreement that was unanimously approved by the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) on Thursday. The tentative agreement, which has been years in the making, has now been sent to flight attendants at the… Read More »
The 258 passengers who boarded American Airlines Flight 191 at O’Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979, were traveling for a variety of reasons. Some, who attended work meetings in Chicago, were rushing back to California before Memorial Day weekend. Others were excited to get to Los Angeles — the flight’s terminus — to attend… Read More »
American has a new automated phone system Yesterday I called American Airlines for the first time in weeks, and heard a phone prompt I hadn’t heard before. I didn’t think much of it at the time, and figured maybe my call just wasn’t routed correctly, or something. But nope, this is apparently something new, as… Read More »
A United Airlines flight from Canada to the U.S. was investigated on Friday after dozens of passengers fell ill for an unspecified reason United Flight 1528 from Vancouver to Houston, Texas, landed at George Bush Intercontinental Airport on May 31. United Airlines told Fox Business that the flight was carrying 163 passengers and 6 crew… Read More »
The Labor Department is reviewing United Airlines’ leave policies after the carrier implemented stricter measures to crack down on employees abusing sick time. “Through numerous recent inquiries from workers, the Wage and Hour Division has become aware of a possible change in United Airlines’ leave policies,” said Jessica Looman, the Labor Department’s wage and hour… Read More »
Hello, Class of 2024! It’s an incredible feeling to be here with you. I am so excited to join you today. Really, you have no idea how excited I am. Keep in mind, this is literally the second time I have ever set foot on a college campus. Second time ever. But for some reason,… Read More »
On November 12, 2001, American Airlines Flight 587 crashed into Belle Harbour in New York’s Queens district. A horror plane crash killing 265 passengers, and five people on the ground, happened just weeks after 9/11 in an already high-alert New York City. After a lengthy investigation into how it happened, the plane’s cockpit recording unveiled… Read More »
Apiece of a garbage truck appeared to be stuck on the wing of an American Airlines plane after the vehicle reportedly crashed into it on Friday morning. A passenger told local media the plane, which was already boarded, shook on the runway at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina. People deboarded and the… Read More »
The Allied Pilots Association (APA), the union for American Airlines pilots, issued a recent alert to its members warning that the group “has been tracking a significant spike in safety and maintenance-related problems in our operation.” Problematic trends include tools left in wheel wells, an increasing number of collisions between aircrafts being towed, improperly closed… Read More »
Twenty-two people were injured when a large passenger plane needed to make an emergency landing in New York State after “extreme turbulence”. The United Airlines Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner from Tel Aviv in Israel was heading for Newark Airport on Friday but was forced to touch down 70 miles away at New York Stewart International Airport.… Read More »
The union which represents tens of thousands of flight attendants at United Airlines is demanding the immediate resignation of the Chicago-based carrier’s head of inflight service after the airline introduced a controversial new sickness policy which treats flight attendants like “liars and scammers”. In a video message to its members, Ken Diaz, the head of… Read More »