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Southwest Airlines Nightmare: Plummeting Revenue And CEO’s Job at Risk, Activist Investor Plans Takeover

Jul 09 2024

If there was doubt change at the airline was necessary, there’d be a role for Elliott Capital. If Elliott Capital had a vision for how to fix things, there might be as well. Here they just make the case that change is necessary, and ask for their people to be put in charge saying they’ll figure out what the plan is later.

So when they say they’ll “move expeditiously to give shareholders a direct say on the necessary leadership changes” they’re planning a proxy fight, putting their board members in place. But towards what end, besides firing current board members they replace as well as the CEO? The problem here is the lack of a solution!

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United Airlines 757 Loses Tire Taking Off From LAX, Passengers Brace For Emergency Landing

united plane docked
Jul 08 2024

United Airlines flight 1001 from Los Angeles to Denver lost a tire during takeoff this morning at around 7:15 a.m. Pacific time. The pilot reportedly announced what happened to passengers on board as they continued their flight to Denver as planned. Flight attendants ran everyone through brace procedures, prior to making an emergency landing.

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Delta Flight Attendants Sport Palestine Pins In Defiance Of Policy

Jul 07 2024

A passenger on Friday’s Delta flight 1245 from Boston to West Palm Beach shared a photo of a flight attendant wearing a Palestine flag pin. This has seemed to be more common among Delta employees than other airlines. It violates their uniform standards but they also haven’t spoken to enforcing those – whether because they want to avoid controversy amongst cabin crew during a unionization drive, or out of fear they would alienate customers at their Detroit hub.

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New Bask Bank Offer: A Straightforward Way To Earn 82,500 Miles In Six Months Without Spending Money

Jul 06 2024

I haven’t written about Bask Bank since last summer, even though it’s one of the best ways to earn miles without actually spending money.

The Bask Mileage Savings Account awards 2.5 American Airlines AAdvantage®️ Bonus Miles per dollar saved annually. It’s a savings account that awards miles instead of money. This is one of the highest returns possible, and there are attractive tax reasons to like this as well.

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