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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…

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“Secretary Buttigieg Compares Current EV Charger Expansion to 1930s New Deal Airport Growth”

The White House announced a $325 million investment in three programs aimed at bolstering the country’s electric vehicle infrastructure. As figures indicate that charging stations will reach parity with gas stations by the end of the decade, the federal government is also ensuring that this massive network will be…

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Weekend Beyond Cars: December 09, 2023 Roundup | Giga Gears

Here we present our weekly Jalopnik series that recaps the latest in beyond cars. We’ve showcased our most read offerings as well as some you may have missed.

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Suspect Arrested for Selling Fake Engine Parts to Airlines | Giga Gears

If there’s one place you really, really don’t want to experience any engine problems, it’s when you’re more than 30,000 feet in the air and strapped inside a glorified cigar tube. So it was a big deal when it came out that a London-based company was accused of selling counterfeit engine parts to airlines. Now, the…

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American Airlines Faces Lawsuit Over Bathroom Camera Discovery

The family of a teenager in North Carolina is suing American Airlines because they say a flight attendant taped an iPhone to an airplane toilet to record her using the bathroom on a September flight. Lawyers for the 14-year-old girl and her parents say the airline “knew or should have known the flight attendant was a…

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