What the Boston Red Sox Ate On Board Their Luxurious Private Jet to London

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Jun 27 2019

The Crystal Boeing 777-200, from the same company as Crystal Cruises, is an especially luxurious private jumbo jet. It seats just 88 passengers in business class in a flat 2-2-2 configuration, and features a wow-factor bar and dining area.

The Boston Red Sox charted this plane to get to London where they’ll play the New York Yankees this weekend.

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How Doug Parker Sees His Legacy at American Airlines

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Jun 27 2019

This spring American Airlines CEO Doug Parker told employees in Phoenix at a Crew News session that he only sought to merge US Airways with another carrier when it became necessary to survive since United and Continental had merged and Delta and Northwest had merged. He said that doing so was always about how to create an airline that would always be there for employees, and not for himself.

That was in response to an employee who asked Parker about his legacy and how he’d want to be remembered.

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FAA Discovers Flaw in How Boeing 737 MAX Pilots are Supposed to Respond to MCAS Problems

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Jun 26 2019

The FAA has been trying to get other countries on board with re-certifying the Boeing 737 MAX. Some industry leaders, such as American Airlines CEO Doug Parker, are so confident and ready to see the plane back in the skies that they attribute delay to political gamesmanship.

However one new wrinkle has been uncovered in Boeing’s quest to have the aircraft re-certified.

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How Bad Was American’s Operation Last Week?

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Jun 26 2019

For the week of June 7 – 13, despite a company-wide push for exact on time departures for years and operational changes meant to improve the airline’s reliability they only managed to hit D0 57.8% of the time. That to me is horrible, even if their goal was only 64.2% (‘the soft bigotry of low expectations’).

The airline told employees that the week of June 14 – 20 “was equally as challenging as” the prior week.

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IHG’s New Most Expensive Awards May Be 100,000 Points Per Night

IHG's New Most Expensive Awards May Be 100,000 Points Per Night
Jun 26 2019

On the one hand a new highest price is always concerning, since it creates a path for other hotels to creep up in price as well. On the other hand these properties aren’t ‘really’ part of IHG, and perhaps the agreement that brought them into the chain just makes them expensive (IHG has to overpay to get these redemption nights, and is charging members accordingly).

Nonetheless prices of 75,000 and 100,000 points per night are concerning to say the least.

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