Last week, Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg warned airlines that they faced federal government action—presumably including fines—over mounting flight cancellations and delays. While pilot shortages won’t be quickly resolved, Buttigieg urged airlines to hire more customer service representatives to help customers rebook when things go wrong…
American Airlines Ends Service to Three Northeast Cities Due to Pilot Shortage…
American Airlines has canceled service to three cities due to a lack of pilots…
European Union Excludes United States from ‘Safe’ Travel List…
The European Union has excluded the United States from its initial “safe list” of countries from which the bloc will allow non-essential travel from Wednesday. The 27-member bloc gave approval on Tuesday to leisure or business travel from 14 countries beyond its borders, the Council of the EU, which represents EU governments, said in a […]
Facebook of the Sky: Airbus Tests Program to Track Everything You Do During Flights…
Business Insider reports that the aviation giant Airbus announced this week that it has started in-flight trials of its newest cabin technology which will connect passengers and crew to different elements of the plane such as seats, cargo, and bathrooms. Airbus unveiled its plans for its Connected Experience at the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) […]
A 90-Minute Flight, 45 Presidents, and an 8-Year-Old American Boy…
Sometimes, you meet special people, people who have an impact not just on your day, but on your outlook in life. People who provide you a priceless gift by letting you see the world through their eyes, and thus showing you that everything is a little better than you thought it was before you met […]
Ground Zero in the New War on Drugs…
Just a few grains of the synthetic fentanyl being found in packages coming into the United States through this mail sorting facility are enough to slow a person’s heart rate, inhibit breathing, and send him or her into a coma. It’s the most dangerous kind of fentanyl in America. Francis Byrne, an officer with U.S. […]
Men Aboard Chrissy Teigen’s ‘Flight to Nowhere’ Could Be Charged by FBI…
Two brothers who boarded a Tokyo-bound plane that turned around four hours into the flight could be facing charges from the FBI. The men, who have nearly identical names, allegedly boarded the All Nippon Airways flight at Los Angeles International Airport using a single boarding pass, sources told ABC News. One of the brothers had […]
Empty Cockpit Syndrome: Air Force Struggles to Pull Pilot Plunge Out of Tailspin…
These are desperate times for the Air Force. To carry out its assigned missions at a time of rising tensions with North Korea and increasing demand for air power to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan, the Air Force is losing too many of its best pilots. They’re not being lost to enemy fire, but to […]