News and notes from around the interweb:
- Dallas Love Field considers building a second entrance there’s only one way in for the public!
- TSA Prohibited Items Week yes – let’s celebrate all the things you cannot do!
- Delta is only considering furloughing pilots (not coincidentally, their only unionized group) but won’t do so October 1 when they’re permitted under terms of the CARES Act bailout they took. They’er putting it off until November 1 to give more time to work with the union on mitigation measures.
October 1 isn’t a real deadline and that’s something American’s President Robert Isom effectively told employees last week too, suggesting that – contractual provisions to work through notwithstanding – even if they furlough workers then (by choice!) they’ll bring them back and pay them if a second bailout comes through.
- EU Is Investing In Africa ATC Upgrade
- Air Force Two bird strike, and Mike Pence is on the case!
Vice President Mike Pence inspects an engine on Air Force 2 after the plane hit birds moments after leaving Manchester Regional Airport. The VP is now en route to Washington on a cargo plane. pic.twitter.com/LFf0umSCGZ
— Sam Sweeney (@SweeneyABC) September 23, 2020
- You can now pre-reserve a spot at what historically has been the worst TSA checkpoint in America.
With nearly an hour drive to the airport (depending on traffic), unknown wait times for a parking shuttle, unknown wait time for checking in at my airline, how am I supposed to pick a 15-minute window more than a day ahead of time?
— Paul VanderBorgt (@pborgt) September 19, 2020
Which checkpoint is it referring to ?
Delta’s dispatchers are also unionized.
Delta is waiting for the PPP loan extension NO OTHER reason please Gary you have been around DC long enough not to buy into that BS
Africa is the last place on earth where airlines are not regulated and those liberals from Europe want to ruin this continent as well. Shame.
Mike Pence has terrible luck with airplanes!
I would say JFK T1 is a far, far worse experience than DEN
I hope he is better at fixing planes than he is with fixing the pandemic. I am not holding my breath.
I’m a nerd and for the first six months I traveled for work, I kept a spreadsheet of how long it took to drive, park, do security, and walk to the gate, so I could optimize when I left from my house and minimize time at the airport. Which is DEN.
I do have TSA Precheck, but my average security time was 6 minutes (from standing in line to standing in front of the train). The minimum was 3 and the max was 20.