A flight attendant – presumably working for United Airlines – performed a citizens arrest on another crewmember for stealing an inflight snack box. Now, she’s been suspended and the episode has gone viral.
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A United Airlines passenger flying from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Denver on flight 5339 – a CRJ-700 regional jet operated by SkyWest, found his seat cushion detached and on the ground of the aircraft when he boarded. He naturally let a flight attendant know – but this turned out to be a grave mistake. The man was given an ultimatum.
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The FAA’s move, announced without fanfare when it was granted earlier in May, allows Boeing to return to performing critical certification tasks on behalf of the agency. The ODA program delegates regulatory responsibilities to manufacturers, streamlining oversight while preserving accountability through FAA supervision. Boeing engineers, known as authorized representatives, can approve design and production changes under FAA authority.
Southwest outsourced its curbside check-in staff, said customers wouldn’t be charged—and then quietly introduced a $3 fee anyway.
Delta, Air France KLM and Virgin Atlantic are partnering with India’s IndiGo, and Delta will return to India with flights from Atlanta to Delhi.
There’s no frequent flyer earn and burn partnership at this point. They’re just offering connections, then, that are inferior to what competitors offer. However Southwest hints that they will be adding more Asian partners.
American Airlines has an announcement coming. It looks to be new details of a soft product, perhaps tied to the launch of American’s new premium Boeing 787-9 on June 5.
And that seems like a good time to talk about all of the premium rumors swirling around American Airlines right now. We know that soft goods changes are coming, but it seems like a lot more is on the horizon too.
Airlines were embarrassed over a pricing strategy to charge passengers traveling alone more than passengers traveling together. When called out on it, they quickly ended the practice.
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