Jul
16
2020
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
Hotel Guest Caught Making A Bomb In Their Room
The 11 Countries That Have Brought Back The Most Domestic Flying
Jul
16
2020
Vietnam, with its borders still closed to the world, actually has more domestic flying scheduled now than they had a year ago. Vietnam is one of the countries that did the best battling COVID-19, despite sharing a land border with China. They haven’t had a single death.
China, too, has brought back substantial flying – and is at nearly 85% of the domestic seat capacity that it was a year ago. That may not be all driven by demand, but by a mandate to keep workers employed and the economy moving even when flights aren’t full.
The U.S. is actually only 11th in bringing back domestic flying capacity.
The Bahamas Testing Requirement For Americans Is Covid Security Theater
Jul
16
2020
The Bahamas is trumpeting their re-opening plan to welcome tourists. Americans can visit with a negative Covid-19 PCR test and filling out a health screening.
The Covid-19 test just has to be within 10 days of travel. That’s convenient given how backed up testing is in the U.S. But it’s also useless – in fact a positive test that’s 10 days old might be better!
American Airlines And JetBlue Launching Northeast Partnership
Jul
16
2020
This new American Airlines-JetBlue partnership paints a path forward for American Airlines to grow and compete in New York, one of the key elements that has been missing from its strategy, including from its co-brand credit card strategy. It has the potential to make American Airlines more relevant to cardmembers in the financially-important New York market, just as the Alaska Airlines partnership can help in the Bay Area and Seattle where tech money is significant. Whether or not this succeeds comes down to execution and whether the partnerships grow to their potential.
American Airlines Will Now Show Your Flight’s Upgrade List 12 Hours In Advance
Jul
16
2020
Frequent flyers know the feeling of waiting for a ‘battlefield promotion’ at the gate. We have our elite status and upgrade requested, and we’re hovering waiting to see what our chances are.
Now you don’t have to wait until four hours prior to flight to begin refreshing the upgrade list obsessively in the American Airlines mobile app because it now shows your flight’s upgrade list 12 hours prior to departure.
American Airlines Sent 24,285 WARN Act Notices Today – Who’s Getting Them, What’s Being Offered
Jul
15
2020
American Airlines told employees today that revenue was down 80% in June and they believe that’s “better than others in the industry.” And they shared that “demand for air travel is slowing again.” As a result they have to be prepared to slim down staff once government payroll subsidies run out October 1.
They believe they will have 20,000 too many employees at that point, but they’re sending out 24,248 notices of potential job loss. Here how the notices break down by work group, and what (more senior and expensive) employees are being offered as an alternative to leave voluntarily.
American Airlines: Up To 25,000 Employees May Lose Their Jobs Unless We Get More Government Subsidies
Jul
15
2020
Today American is sending WARN Act notices to about 25,000 employees, but they want those employees to lobby for more federal government subsidies to stay on payroll.
Passengers Attack 3 Gate Agents When Spirit Airlines Flight Is Delayed
Jul
15
2020
Three Spirit Airlines passengers were arrested for attacking three of the carrier’s employees during a delay of Spirit flight WN1004 from Fort Lauderdale to Philadelphia on Tuesday. The employees all “suffered minor injuries” after the three passengers in the gate area hit staff with “phones, shoes, full water bottles, metal boarding signs and fast food.”
The employees “were also punched and kicked in different sections of their bodies numerous times” according to Sheriff’s department arrest documents. Here’s video of it all going down:
A Flight Attendant Reacts To Receiving A WARN Act Notice
Jul
15
2020
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
Holiday Inn Cuts Down On Pillows, They Say To Protect You From Coronavirus (It Isn’t Really)
Jul
15
2020
Just as airlines cut amenities to reduce cost and blamed coronavirus hotels are, of course, doing that too.
