Brazil has reinstated its mandatory mask rules at airports and on airplanes. Will other nations follow? Mandatory Mask Rule Returns On Airplanes, At Airports In Brazil Earlier this week, ANVISA, Brazil’s health authority, announced the new regulation, which went...
Jailing Innocent LATAM Pilots Was A Miscarriage Of Justice
As if the stress of being involved in a collision with a fire truck was not bad enough, two LATAM A320 pilots spent a portion of their weekend in jail despite all evidence suggesting neither was at fault. LATAM...
United Airlines Will Pay $305,000 To Buddhist Pilot In Religious Discrimination Settlement
United Airlines will pay $305,000 and reinstate a pilot who identifies as Buddhist after refusing to let him attend an alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous as he battled alcohol addiction. Buddhist Pilot Will Receive $305,000 From United Airlines In Religious...
American Who Made Bomb Threat Onboard Singapore Airlines A350-900 Is Released From Jail
UPDATE: La Andy Hien Duc has been released from prison, despite confessing to consuming a marijuana-laden chocolate bar prior to his flight. During a Singapore Airlines flight from San Francisco to Singapore, Hein Duc insisted there was bomb onboard, prompting...
Frequent Flyer Claims She Was Thrown Off United Flight Simply For Verbalizing Her Nut Allergy
Nut allergies are real and U.S. law also takes them seriously when it comes to commercial flying. Sadly, a frequent traveler shares of a less-than-acceptable experience on a United Express flight followed by a poor follow-up from United Airlines....
Supreme Court Declines To Overturn TSA Mask Mandate On Planes, Trains
The Supreme Court refused to overturn a lower court ruling upholding the broad power of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to require masks onboard planes, trains, and other modes of public transport. TSA Authority To Issue Mask Mandate On...
Woman Arrested At Airport For “Being Too Beautiful” Now Accused Of Murdering Her Mother
Here’s a plot twist. The delusional woman who claimed she was arrested at Las Vegas Airport for being too beautiful now has been arrested again and this time is accused of murdering her mother. If Looks Could Kill –...
United Airlines Asks California For Crew Rest Exemption
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...
