United Airlines is actively lobbying California lawmakers to exempt airlines from minimum break rules for employees, part of controversial law protecting workers in the Golden State, including pilots and flight attendants. United Airlines Lobbies California Lawmakers To Exempt Flight...
Sara Nelson Takes Partisan Victory Lap Over New Extended Rest Period Rule For Flight Attendants
Flight attendants are celebrating new FAA duty rules which now require more statutory minimum rest between duty periods. While flight attendants should certainly celebrate this victory, Sara Nelson’s choice of words yet again strikes me as unnecessarily partisan. Nelson...
Flight Attendant Busted For Stealing Jewelry At DCA Security Checkpoint
A Republic Airways flight attendant from Florida was allegedly caught on surveillance footage pocketing jewelry at Washington National Airport. She has now been charged with grand larceny. Flight Attendant Arrested, Charged For Jewelry Theft At DCA Security Checkpoint The...
Irony: Spirit Airlines Attacks JetBlue-American Partnership
Even as Spirit Airlines prepares to be acquired by JetBlue Airways, it is insisting that the alliance between JetBlue and American Airlines undermines competition and is bad for consumers. Spirit Airlines Executive Says JetBlue-American Partnership Adversely Impacts Competition Testifying...
New Airline Consumer Protections Proposed By DOT – Helpful Or Harmful?
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has proposed new consumer protections for airline customers that seek to encourage transparency in terms of pricing. Are such protections necessary or a step too far? DOT Proposes Additional Airline Consumer Protections Under...
Depraved Passenger Who Struck American Airlines Flight Attendant On Head Is Charged
An American Airlines flight attendant was struck on the back of the head by an irate passenger in a dispute over seating on a flight to Los Angeles. The suspect has now been charged and if convicted, faces up...
Flight Attendants Mock Disabled Woman As She Drags Herself To Lavatory
A bad look for a Spanish charter airline after flight attendants not only indifferently refused to help a disabled passenger to the lavatory but openly mocked her. Disabled Passenger Told To Wear A Diaper, Refused Help To Lavatory By...
German Government Sells Its Lufthansa Stake, Earns $760 Million Profit…While U.S. Taxpayers Left Holding The Bill
To those who blanketly pan “European socialism” I wonder how you feel about Lufthansa paying back its government bailout in full and now the German government completing a sale of its stake in the airline for a profit of...
New Orleans Mayor Flies First Class, Claiming Economy Class Is Unsafe For Black Women
In an amazing display of audacity and arrogance, the Mayor of New Orleans, LaToya Cantrell, has justified her first class travel on the basis that economy class is unsafe for black women. Appalling: How The Mayor Of New Orleans...
Delusional Woman Claims She Was Arrested At Las Vegas Airport For Being Too Voluptuous
Just because you think you are beautiful does not mean you can dine and dodge. Perhaps 28-year-old Hend Bustami has finally learned that lesson. The “voluptuous” woman was arrested at Las Vegas Airport after fleeing a Chili’s restaurant without...
Hotel And Meal Vouchers: A Small, But Substantial Victory For Airline Customers
In the grand scheme of things, most airlines are simply reaffirming what they have long offered: meal vouchers and hotel rooms for delays within their control. Even so, memorializing it in a written policy is a positive step in...
A Perfect Moment For Germany To Ditch Airplane Mask Rule
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is facing understandable backlash for his choice to abstain from wearing a mask onboard a flight. While it is right to question Scholz’s discernment, his actions make clear that it is time for Germany to...
Minimum Seat Sizes On U.S. Airlines?
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is considering minimum seat sizes on U.S. airlines. Is this something we should celebrate or something we should be wary of? Should FAA Mandate Minimum Seat Sizes On U.S. Airlines? In 2018, Congress directed the...
Buttigieg Gives U.S. Airlines An “Ultimatum”
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has warned that if airlines do not improve upon their “unacceptable” performance in terms of operations and consumer protections, new regulations protecting passengers will become necessary. Buttigieg Warns More Consumer Protections If Airlines Do Not...
Delta Air Lines Flight Attendant Terminated For Trump KKK Cartoon, Now Suing For Racial Discrimination
A Delta Air Lines flight attendant who was sacked for sharing a controversial political cartoon on Facebook about former President Donald Trump is now suing Delta, claiming racial discrimination. Delta Flight Attendant Suing For Racial Discrimination After Being Fired...
Ryanair Ordered To Pay Damages After Hot Tea Burns Child Onboard
Ryanair agreed to pay £3,500 in damages after a flight attendant purportedly failed to secure the lid on a hot cup of tea, leading to an eight-year-old being burned on her legs and stomach. Ryanair Will Pay Damages After Child...
Frontier Airlines Throws Off Two-Year-Old Who Wanted To Sit In Her Father’s Lap
Frontier Airlines ejected a father and his two-year-old daughter in a controversy involving whether a toddler can sit in a parent’s lap or must remain in her seat. While Frontier Airlines is legally correct, it probably could have handed...
Black Muslim Men Sue Alaska Airlines After Being Removed From Flight For Arabic Text Messages
Two black Muslim men are suing Alaska Airlines, claiming unlawful discrimination for their removal from a flight after another passenger expressed discomfort over their Arabic text messages. This an interesting case that is a bit more complicated considering the...
Bizarre Delta Air Lines Ghana Flight Prompts Formal Complaint, Threat Of Lawsuit
A group of passengers is threatening a lawsuit against Delta Air Lines after experiencing a bizarre flight to Ghana, with a law firm retained to send a formal complaint to governmental authorities in the USA and in Ghana. Lawsuit...
Dude, At Least Your Cats Are Alive… (Man Wants To Sue Air Canada For Sending Cats To San Francisco Without Him)
A man was delayed in Toronto and missed his flight to San Francisco. Despite assuring him that his cats would not be separated from him, Air Canada sent them on the flight without him. The cats have since been...
