Marriott promises a lot to members, and frequently doesn’t delivery. Hilton doesn’t promise much, and so it rarely disappoints. Some Marriotts have even figured out a new way to avoid handing out upgrades, and I have to say that it’s really clever.
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A former Delta pilot was reportedly stalking a woman headed to pilot training in Atlanta. They were traveling on board Delta flight 2835, and she was concerned enough for her safety that the flight’s captain reported this to dispatch during the trip, and was requesting assistance and an escort for the woman who was going to stay on board initially during deplaning.
Retired UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov was removed from a Frontier Airlines flight in Las Vegas over the weekend in a dispute over whether he was willing and able to assist in an emergency while seated in an exit row.
A 71-year-old American Airlines flight attendant based in Phoenix was murdered this weekend, the result of a string of stabbing attacks in downtown Denver. A suspect was taken into custody for a subsequent Sunday night stabbing. Flight attendants have been relocated away from downtown for their layovers.
American Airlines is putting flight attendants through a de-escalation training, but not the kind that United crew went through after the David Dao passenger dragging incident to try to reduce customer conflicts. This is to try to reduce conflict between flight attendants themselves.
American Airlines is eliminating Flagship First Class on these Boeing 777-300ERs, and introducing business class suites with doors as well (and also on new delivery Boeing 787-9s). That project is delayed, so I wonder whether the ‘imminent’ replacement of seats is what leads to a more haphazard approach to cabin maintenance.
Sharon Lavy has become the third Jewish American flight attendant in recent months to lodge a legal complaint against Delta Air Lines, accusing the carrier of discriminatory practices. Her lawsuit, filed in a New York district court late last month, alleges a series of retaliatory actions and fabricated accusations against her dating back to 2022.
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