May
10
2024
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.
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May
09
2024
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.
Hero Flight Attendant Steps In To Halt Violent Brawl On Spirit Airlines Flight To Boston
May
09
2024
Shortly after takeoff customers began verbally sparring, and the fight happened on landing in Boston.
Two men exchanging punches in the aisle, with a bold flight attendant intervening to separate them using her arms as shields. The scuffle continued with the men falling onto seats and resuming their fight.
Too Big For Coach: United Passenger Uses Another Man’s Arm As Armrest
May
09
2024
A United Airlines passenger wonders what to do when the man sitting next to them has his arm resting on theirs. The aisle seat passenger doesn’t fit inside the confines of their own seat, and he extends into their middle seat. He takes up two armrests, even though the one between him and the middle seat passenger is already taken.
Hertz Charged Presidents Circle Member $277 For Not Filling Gas Tank On A Tesla, Won’t Remove Fees
May
09
2024
A Hertz Presidents Circle customer was charged a fee of $277.39 for not filling up the gas on a Tesla model 3 in Los Angeles. This is an obvious, impossible claim because it’s a Tesla that doesn’t run on gas. But Hertz customer service is so bad, that they kept doubling down saying that there’s ‘nothing they can do’ about the charge.
Airline Feud Escalates: United Pilots Barred From Southwest Airlines Jump Seats After Controversial Incident
May
09
2024
Several Southwest Airlines pilots have been refusing to allow United pilots to fly in their jump seats, following an incident where a ‘relatively new’ United pilot (recently hired from a regional carrier) reported a safety incident she observed while jumpseating.
American Airlines Flight Attendants Will Picket The White House On Thursday
May
08
2024
A strong showing may signal ‘resolve’ to the company – that flight attendants are united in getting a good deal and won’t settle. But they probably do little else. Picketing in front of the White House might get more media, and make a point to the President not to intervene the way President Clinton did, halting an American Airlines flight attendants strike in 1993. I’m quite optimistic that a strike can be avoided altogether.
French Air Traffic Controllers Win Right Not To Work: Can Show Up 3 Hours Late To Work, Leave Early
May
08
2024
French air traffic controllers have won the right to show up for work three hours late and knock off work three hours early; a raise of more than $19,000; 18 more days off each year; and retirement pensions at age 59.
JetBlue’s Retreat: Reduced LaGuardia Service, Includes Dropping 5 Routes Altogether
May
08
2024
JetBlue is in a rough spot. They’re losing money. Their primary strategic plays – acquiring Spirit to have the planes and pilots to benefit from their American Airlines partnership – have been lost to Biden administration opposition. Now both Spirit and JetBlue fight for their lives, as the DOJ anti-trust suits may turn out to reduce competition in the industry (and of course help United but especially Delta in New York and Boston).
JetBlue Shifts Focus: Boosts Flights to San Juan While Cutting Back in Europe
May
08
2024
In March I wrote that JetBlue would cut some transatlantic flying and this announcement would come in April. It looks like the timing was off by about a week, but that they are pulling back on winter trips across the Pond. That’s a sinkhole for money and JetBlue can’t afford losses right now.
Fighting for San Juan, and offering premium service to winter long distance domestic destinations from New York makes good sense.
