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SCOOP: Delta Air Lines Is Making Large Bonus Payments To Management Employees

Feb 28 2021

Delta Air Lines is paying out bonuses to management employees to compensate them for pay cuts mandated in 2020 as part of the airline’s pandemic belt-tightening, which in some cases can exceed $250,000 per person.

These bonuses are being paid out while Delta is receiving payroll funds from the federal government, and aren’t being offered to the airline’s frontline employees who earned less in 2020 than in 2019,.

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Someone Is Suing United Airlines For Helping Him Not Miss A Flight (Really)

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Feb 27 2021

News and notes from around the interweb: After 3 years Mexico is still trying to sell its Presidential jet. Even before the pandemic it was tough to sell a VIP-configured plane because of the expense of converting it to passenger use. And Mexico’s President flies coach as his schtick. ⚡️#LoÚltimo El Presidente @lopezobrador_ abordó al vuelo Delta Airlines que lo llevará a Washington, DC, con escala en Atlanta, por la pista. 📹 Isabella González pic.twitter.com/aGZIMpwFyk — REFORMA (@Reforma) July 7, 2020 Class action lawsuit against United Airlines for sending text messages to help people make their flights it’s one of those things that makes you really sympathetic to tort reform. Capital One Starting to Raise Credit Limits in Hunt for Growth Earn miles referring people to Qatar Airways Privilege Club, who then fly the airline…

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Family Wins $3 Million Verdict After Alaska Airlines Killed Their Grandma

Feb 23 2021

A sued Alaska Airlines for killing grandma and won $3.19 million.

The 75 year old woman “tumbled down an escalator in the Portland, Oregon, airport in a wheelchair” giving her injuries which required surgeries, and ultimately three months later the woman died. She was supposed to have someone pushing her in a wheelchair but surveillance footage shows her moving herself through the terminal alone.

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Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 For Sale On Facebook

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Feb 22 2021

A former Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300 is being offered for sale on Facebook.

The plane was delivered to Southwest in October 1995 and named for the airline’s first Vice President of Maintenance Jack Vidal. It was parked in September 2017. It is currently stored in Victorville, California and it can be yours for an asking price of $550,000.

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