FAA demanding more transparency from U.S. airplane manufacturers - testimony

"We are prioritizing oversight of manufacturers and working to focus that oversight on safety-critical areas. We are delegating fewer responsibilities and demanding more transparency from them, and evaluating key assumptions prior to delegating functions in certain areas." (www.reuters.com) Ещё...

Southwest Airlines Not Done Yet With Boeing 737 MAX Orders

Southwest Airlines continues its buying-mood by adding more Boeing MAX 7s to its fleet. During the third quarter, the carrier exercised options on eight aircraft for delivery in 2022 while on the first day of Q4 on October 1, it did the same for another eight for delivery in 2023, it said in its Q3-results. More firm orders are likely this year, as Southwest is not done yet with MAX orders. (airinsight.com) Ещё...

Airplane Drops Human Waste On Man While Flying Over His Garden

he said the man's "whole garden, and garden umbrellas, and him" were splattered in human waste dumped from a plane flying overheard. "I know a number of incidents happen every year with frozen sewage from planes, but this wasn't frozen and his whole garden was splattered in a very unpleasant way," she said, according to BBC. (www.ndtv.com) Ещё...

American Airlines' Q3 cargo yields double from pre-crisis levels

American Airlines saw strong growth in cargo revenues. Why is that? (www.freightwaves.com) Ещё...

Ex-Alitalia Flight Attendants Strip Off Uniforms In Protest

Dozens of former flight attendants from defunct Italian airline Alitalia stripped off their uniforms Wednesday, wearing only undergarments in a silent, choreographed protest in central Rome (abcnews.go.com) Ещё...

Ex-NYC surgeon confesses to throwing wife’s body from an airplane over Atlantic in 1985

“I went flying. I opened the door and then took her body out of the airplane over the ocean,” Bierenbaum told the parole board in December 2020, according to a newly obtained transcript. (nypost.com) Ещё...

Amazon lease at Newark Airport rapped for being fast tracked, bad for minority workers

A proposal to lease two buildings at Newark Airport to Amazon for a 250,000-square-foot global air cargo campus was criticized in a report that charged the plan will hurt minority communities, take away high-paying union jobs and that it was done at the last minute without a chance for public comment. (www.nj.com) Ещё...

American, Southwest Airlines Update Plans for Unvaccinated Employees

American Airlines won’t automatically fire employees who aren’t vaccinated by the airline’s deadline, and Southwest Airlines won’t place unvaccinated employees on unpaid leave, according to recent updates by airline officials and unions. (www.webmd.com) Ещё...

United Airlines makes more cargo revenue with less cargo

Cargo capacity is very tight and United Airlines is benefitting from its widebody fleet. (www.freightwaves.com) Ещё...