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Delta Airlines Urged to Respect Flight Attendants’ Unionization Efforts | Giga Gears
While the airline industry in the U.S. is largely unionized, Delta is different. Its pilots and dispatchers are unionized, but Delta’s technicians and flight attendants, as well as its ramp, cargo and tower employees, are not. With renewed efforts to change that following years of growing support for unions, it’s…
Florida flight diverted due to passenger’s bomb threat during argument | Giga Gears
Two Breeze Airways passengers were arrested on Tuesday after an argument aboard a flight caused a bomb scare that led to a flight diversion. After one of the passengers said the the word “bomb” during a heated exchange, the pilots chose to land the plane. The bickering travelers were handcuffed and escorted off the…
Frequent Flier Miles: A Currency in Their Own Right | Giga Gears
Frequent flier programs were initially intended to reward passengers for remaining loyal to one particular airline instead of hopping carriers for the lowest airfare. However, these programs have gradually shifted over decades into de facto financial institutions with airmiles becoming a self-regulated currency. The…
American Airlines Fined $4.1M for Extended Tarmac Delays
Even at its best, air travel is really only ever OK. You can always try to make it suck less by drinking alcohol, but then you have to get up and use the tiny questionably sanitary bathrooms more often. But while no one’s ever truly having the time of their lives on a commercial airline, there are plenty of things…
American Airlines Pays Pilots $230M in Retroactive Wages
American Airlines has warned that its third quarter will be less profitable than expected because of the new contract with its pilots’ union, the Allied Pilots Association. Reuters reports that the airline will pay $230 million in retroactive wages for the first four months of 2023 as part of the agreement. However,…