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Honey Boo Boo Star “Mama June” Now Works Delivering Airline Lost Luggage

by Gary Leff

Jun 06 2020

Forty year old June “Mama June” Shannon has been a fixture of reality TV since 2011 when her daughter “Honey Boo Boo” appeared on TLC’s Toddlers & Tiaras.

Here latest show chronicled bariatric surgery and a 300 pound weight loss, but it went on hiatus with her arrest for felony drug possession. Her trial, scheduled for this past April, was delayed due to coronavirus. She reports she’s been earning money delivering airline lost luggage. Does that seem like a good idea?

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Wide Open Business Class Award Space Non-Stop To India For 4+ Passengers

by Gary Leff

first class seats
Jun 06 2020

United operates three different routes between the U.S. and India and all three have wide open business class award space looking out into 2021 – for months at a time.

I decided to show connecting availability also because it’s worth flagging business class award space for four or more people on Swiss through Zurich and Turkish via Istanbul. There’s even Air Canada business class Delhi – Vancouver for four passengers on Tuesdays.

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Watch Your Wallets: Transportation Secretary Says Let’s Talk About Another Airline Bailout In The Fall

by Gary Leff

Jun 04 2020

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao isn’t ruling out another bailout and says it’s something to discuss and consider in the fall, if airlines need one.

However there was absolutely no reason to bail out the airlines and for the overall economy – and for workers who will lose their jobs anyway – the bailouts were actually destructive. Still, the President doesn’t want mass layoffs one month before the election.

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American Airlines Huge Leadership Reshuffling With Several Vice Presidents And Higher Leaving

by Gary Leff

Jun 04 2020

American Airlines announced a huge leadership reorganization today, resulting from its effort to shed at least 30% of management staff. A number of Vice Presidents and Senior Vice Presidents are leaving – with voluntary exit packages more generous than what’s previously been disclosed publicly as part of this program – and that has meant reshuffling leadership roles.

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Why The China Travel Ban Failed And The Virus Spread

by Gary Leff

Jun 04 2020

Research shows us that the ban on travel from China by non-U.S. residents didn’t work. I had thought it came too late because the virus was already here, but looking at details of the virus itself it appears that wasn’t true. The virus cases that actually spread came after the ban. So the ban didn’t work.

A new investigation shows why the travel ban failed, and it isn’t the partisan reasons many people think.

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