News and notes from around the interweb:
- After summarily dismissing all of their Hong Kong-based flight attendants last month British Airways took a lot of heat and has improved its severance offer.
- Hainan Airlines parent HNA Group effectively sold half of Gate Gourmet earlier this year now Lufthansa may sell LSG Sky Chefs. Sky Chefs was founded in 1942 by American Airlines. A sale would effectively mean turnover in ownership of 50% of the world’s airline catering in a year.
- Here’s something I never knew: After the 1976 Cubana crash, two men were arrested who confessed to the bombing and said they were under CIA orders that doesn’t make it true, though the CIA has done many things to undermine the moral authority of the United States (it’s bizarre to complain about foreign involvement in U.S. elections for instance).
- Korean Air is likely to order more 787s
- Missouri Senate candidate slams opponent for flying on a private jet while also flying on private jets reminds me of the Virginia Senate race nearly 25 years ago when a candidate called a press conference after it was revealed his opponent had seen a psychiatrist. The first question from media was ‘have you ever seen one?’ and the reply was priceless “I have my good days and my bad days.”
- Careem is recruiting women as drivers more successfully in Saudi Arabia than Uber is
- Passed along without comment.
Ugh. There is a big difference between riding on a private place once the single cited example was between remote WV and MO (good luck getting a nonstop otherwise) and literally owning a plane and using it regularly and actually through her husbands other LLC’s a real PJ (and i’m assuming she has no direct ownership of that since it’s not disclosed). Can’t really blame Gary for not knowing as it’s only known to a pretty small circle but I’m really disappointed in Politico for not doing some better journalism on this. Her husbands main company Sugar Creek Capital has made hundreds of millions on tax mitigation programs and it’s really silly to call her opponent a hypocrite for taking a plane ride once or twice when Clare has done it hundreds of times, even on shuttle routes like STL and DC.
Oh and I’m all for private travel if you can afford it but to be a public official and not disclose it clearly to voters is what’s the real problem.
(it’s bizarre to complain about foreign involvement in U.S. elections for instance). Um NO! This is just plain wrong! I expected better of you, Gary Leff!
Interference in any elections is to be condemned. Just because the USA has done it for so many years, doesnt mean people should just sit back.
That guy may have found himself alone on the plane but that plane wasn’t going anywhere either. All the overhead bins are open which means that plane wasn’t in flight. Anyone can do this show with a plane sitting on the ground. Now doing it in the air…THAT would be impressive.
He wasn’t on an empty plane – who took the pictures?