A Muslim flight attendant has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow her to sue her former airline employer for forcing her to serve alcohol against her religious convictions. Is her pursuit of accommodation reasonable or justified? Muslim Flight...
Airline Relief Bill Blocked On House Floor
Republicans in the House of Representatives have blocked a stand-alone bill that would have granted immediate relief to airlines by extending payroll support for six additional months. Stand-Alone Bill To Extend Airline Relief Blocked By House Republicans House Transportation...
I’m Flying To Washington, DC To Pay My Respects To RBG
I honor people, but I also honor institutions. For both of those reasons, I am headed to Washington, DC to pay my respects to Justice Ginsburg. A Trip To DC To Say Goodbye to Justice Ginsburg I published my...
Flying With Ruth Bader Ginsburg
In losing Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the United States lost a brilliant justice and trailblazing woman. Today, I look back on a United Airlines flight gone awry, which forced the late justice to rapidly evacuate down an emergency slide after...
United Airlines Pushes Back On “Young, White, Blonde” Charter Flights Lawsuit
United Airlines is accused of favoring “young, white, blonde” flight attendants over older, non-white flight attendants when it comes to staffing charter flights. But does the lawsuit have legs? How Does United Airlines’ Charter Flight Program Work? A charter...
How 34 Flights On Spirit Airlines May Lead To 20 Years In Prison
A young man now faces a lengthy jail sentence after creating fake ID to secure free flights for himself and his friends. While he ended up with 34 free flights on Spirit Airlines, those tickets might come at a...
Horrifying: Mom Claims Southwest Airlines Continued To Serve Alcohol To Drunk Man Who Groped Her Teen Daughter
An angry mother is suing Southwest Airlines after she claims the airline continued to serve alcohol to a drunk man who groped her teenage daughter. A Horrific Southwest Airlines Groping Lawsuit In a lawsuit filed in Dallas, the mother...
United Airlines Says “Forever” But It Only Means “Until We Change Our Mind”
United Airlines claims it is “forever” getting rid of change fees on most tickets within the USA. It further emphasizes that this move is “permanent”. But do such promises hold any legal sway? To look forward, we must look...
Woman Sues EasyJet After Being “Forced” To Move Seats To Accommodate Religious Passengers
A woman is suing easyJet over a pair of seat assignment incidents on flights from Tel Aviv. Her lawsuit claims she faced unlawful gender discrimination after flight attendants coaxed her to move seats to accommodate two Haredi Jewish passengers....
Emirates Flight Attendant Released From Notorious Dubai Jail, But For How Long?
Being at the wrong place at the wrong time came close to costing a 23-year-old Emirates flight attendant her life. But after two months of detention, Derrin Crawford is out of jail…for now at least. But until we have...
Airline CEO “Shatters Myths” About Government Aid To Airlines (No, He Actually Doesn’t)
Former Spirit Airlines CEO Ben Baldanza has penned a piece for Forbes defending airline bailouts by U.S. taxpayers and strongly dismissing the emotional “myths” people use to oppose government support. I’m still not convinced, though. CEO Discounts Airline Bailout...
JetBlue Pilot Wins Landmark Compensation Case Against His Airline
Get ready for a flood of lawsuits from pilots, current and former, over jet fumes after a pilot prevailed over JetBlue in a disability-related compensation claim that is a first of its kind in the United States. JetBlue Pilot...
