With tensions rising among pilots at American Airlines, management has put out a message directly to cockpit crew – rather than staying quiet in negotiations with its union – letting them know just how generous an offer they’re making: by the fourth year of the company’s proposed deal, a narrowbody captain would make as much as $475,000 – and a widebody captain up to $590,000 per year.
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Virgin Atlantic Guts ANA Awards Up To 42% Without Notice
I’ve been warning that there was no way this award would last. Virgin Atlantic’s miles are, on the whole, otherwise not very valuable. Awards that are several standard deviations better than average never last. Virgin also has a history of making changes without notice whatsoever.
My Approach To Mask Wearing On Planes
Throughout the pandemic I was a proponent of the individual choice to mask. I favored airlines imposing their own mask requirements in spring 2020, long before the federal government made existing airline rules a legal requirement. I liked, though, that some airlines handled their exception policies differently, for instance Delta was more flexible with young children and so wasn’t kicking two and three year olds off of planes.
I’ve been a fan of properly wearing a high quality mask. These are no longer necessary as a Covid-19 precaution as such, but remain helpful against airborne spread of viruses generally.
American Airlines Implementing Austerity Plan
According to the new CFO of American Airlines, they will be making fewer investments over the next decade than was seen before the pandemic. They’ve built up so much debt that interest payments alone will total $2.1 billion this year.
Northern Pacific Airways Files Its First Flight Schedule
Northern Pacific Airways started out with a strange business plan to fly one-stop between several U.S. cities and Asia via a connecting hub in Anchorage using used Boeing 757s (including retired American Airlines planes).
They pivoted their business plan to fly between the U.S. and Mexico, and then they pivoted saying they wanted to base at Saipan, in the Northern Mariana Islands, operating from there to destinations throughout the Asia Pacific region (huh). Now they’re filed actual flight service.
Fruit Smell Forces Flight To Make Emergency Landing
A Turkish Airlines Istanbul – Barcelona flight was forced to turn back after sensors went off on the aircraft – determined to have been caused by the smell emitted from durian fruit in the cargo hold.
Video From Inside Smoke-Filled Southwest Airlines Jet That Made Emergency Landing In Cuba
Southwest Airlines flight 3923 from Havana to Fort Lauderdale experienced a bird strike on climb out from runway six. The Boeing 737 MAX’s right engine “emitted three loud bangs and streaks of flames.” The engine caught fire and the passenger cabin filled with smoke.
American Airlines Baggage Handlers In Dallas Just Shove Luggage Onto The Tarmac
There’s an old saying that there’s only two kinds of luggage, carry on and lost. The truth is it’s much more complicated than that, as video of American Airlines baggage handlers at Dallas – Fort Worth shoving bags onto the tarmac shows.
United Airlines Claims To Be World’s Largest Airline. Is This True?
According to schedule data from Cirium Diio Mi, American Airlines is the largest U.S. (and world) airline by flights and seats flown, but United Airlines is the largest in March schedules by seat miles flown. United flies big planes farther.
American Airlines Passengers Sleeping In The Airport Made Basic Travel Mistake
Two separate American Airlines passengers shared stories of being forced to sleep in the airport after flight delays over the weekend. They may have made a basic travel error.