After initially defending its actions, Qatar has apologized for subjecting women from at least 10 flights to deeply invasive physical exams in search of evidence surrounding the attempted murder of a baby girl. How should we weigh the apology...
Was Qatar Justified In Strip Searching Female Passengers After After Baby Found Abandoned In Airport Bathroom?
An airport cleaning crew found a premature baby abandoned in a bathroom at Doha’s Hamad International Airport. Acting quickly, authorities attempted to locate the mother. The result: international outrage over an invasive strip search of at least 13 female...
Should A Muslim Flight Attendant Be Exempt From Serving Alcohol?
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...
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
UPDATE: EasyJet Settles With Passenger 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...
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...
Keep Calm: Virgin Atlantic Will (Likely) Carry On
Virgin Atlantic filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection in the United States yesterday. Should you be concerned about the airline going out of business and losing your miles? Not at this point. Virgin Atlantic Files For Chapter 15 Bankruptcy...
A Petition To Help 800 American Airlines Flight Attendants
An American Airlines flight attendant forwarded me a change.org petition, which merits discussion from a perspective of legality and equity. Should flight attendants who accepted an early exit package receive the same favorable terms as their colleagues who held...
American And Southwest: No More Medical Exemptions To Mandatory Mask Policy. But Is It Legal?
American Airlines and Southwest Airlines will no longer offer medical or other exceptions to their mandatory face mask policies. All passengers two and over will be required to wear a mask for the duration of the travel journey, both...
Black Woman Sues American Airlines After Being Accused Of Kidnapping White Child
A Black social worker has filed a lawsuit against American Airlines, claiming that flight attendants accused her of kidnapping a White child she was escorting to Southern California. Black Woman Accused Of Kidnapping White Toddler On American Airlines Files...
Norwegian Accuses Boeing Of Fraud And Breach Of Contract
Escalating beyond harsh words, Norwegian filed a lawsuit against Boeing on Monday alleging “gross negligence, fraud and breach of contract.” Lawsuit Details: Norwegian Sues Boeing Norwegian recently cancelled orders for 97 aircrafts, a mix of 92 Boeing 737 MAX...
Scary: Emirates Flight Attendant Remains Jailed In Dubai
It really is concerning that 23-year-old Emirates flight attendant Derrin Crawford remains jailed in a Dubai prison. Either we are missing something from the story or you really need to watch your company when visiting the UAE. Emirates Flight Attendant...
Passenger Sues American Airlines After Flight Attendant Shook Her “Violently” For Using Extra Blanket
A passenger is suing American Airlines for what seems like a horrific example of a flight attendant named Thor abusing his authority. Woman Claims American Airlines Flight Attendant Violently Shook Her And Accused Her Of Blanket Theft Nathalie Sorensen...
