Flight attendants down at United (Chicago Sun-Times) Lewis Lazare: United Airlines on Wednesday said it will lay off 1,500 flight attendants to cut costs. The news came the same day the Air Line Pilots Association and the airline faced each other in federal court over the issue of pilots calling in sick. |
Court battle widens divide between United, pilots (Chicago Tribune) United Airlines and its powerful pilots union square off in federal court over who was behind the widespread sickout that disrupted the carrier United Airlines and its powerful pilots union will square off in federal court today over a widespread sickout that disrupted the carrier. United will ask a judge to block its pilots union from fostering what it describes as illegal labor activity. ... |
In-flight Internet Service Comes With New Porn Monitors (Fox News) As if they didn't already have enough to do, flight attendants have been handed the job of keeping in-cabin decorum, as airlines roll out in-flight Internet access. |
Changing the Perception of Revenue Management Within an Organization is a Slow Process (eyefortravel.com) Revenue management as a discipline finally seems to be getting its due in the industry. Revenue management as a discipline finally seems to be getting its due in the industry. |
Global perspective, local exhibit (Concord Monitor) Hans Wendler has never been afraid to try something new - not as a young man trying to make a living in the world of photography, and not now, at nearly 77 years old. But don't be fooled by the new motorized scooter he rides around town, bright red with lightning zig-zags on the tank. Wendler isn't out to prove anything. |
Southwest To Add Round-Trip Flight Between Baltimore, Orlando (NBC4 Washington, D.C.) Southwest Airlines will eliminate nearly 200 flights early next year as it struggles with high fuel costs and a weakening economy, but Baltimore will benefit from an additional round-trip flight to Orlando. |
San Antonio airport has terrorism scare (San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5) A citizen of India caught Tuesday in the San Antonio airport carrying items “commonly associated with acts of terrorism” — including a box cutter, what officials initially described as a possible “explosive device,” and fraudulent immigration papers — is being held by immigration officials on visa violations, authorities said Wednesday. |
American beats Delta to in-flight Wi-Fi (Computer Active) American Airlines has become the first US carrier to offer a Wi-Fi service on domestic flights. The airline is using Aircell’s Gogo system, which uses a network of 92 towers across the United States to establish data links with aircraft. |
About 650 Flights Delayed By Glitch, FAA Says (Local 10 Miami) A communications breakdown at the FAA on Tuesday causes hundreds of flights to be delayed. |
The Passion of Victoria Osteen (Houston Press) Every little Catholic boy and girl knows about the Stations of the Cross. (Maybe other religions, too; we can't speak for them). For one glorious spring day, students get out of class to watch as priests mumble their way around the church. Legend has it the collars are talking about the various tor ... |