Always heard the question "Why would anyone jump out of a perfectly good airplane." Now I guess one could ask why would anyone jump into a perfectly good airplane?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=YL9sNrOlK-I
Not exactly a home built but definitely experimental. Six turbines, 500,000 pounds, 230 foot long with 28 tires. Well, if it doesn't pan out on the business model end of things, Paul will still have plenty of money. Scaled Composites has developed and built some really neat stuff. Burt's...
http://www.seattletimes.com/business...say-in-survey/
"The pilots who work for an air-cargo contractor scheduled to become a big part of Amazon.com's budding air force are chafing under what they say are lackluster compensation packages, attrition and a looming pilot shortage and they...
http://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/original-boeing-727-prepares-for-its-final-takeoff/
Delivered to United in 1964, in service until 1991 when it was donated to the Museum of Flight, and residing at Paine Field for 25 years. Now restored and prepared for a final flight to...
Looks like Amazon wants to step up their air cargo ops.
http://www.seattletimes.com/business...argo-business/
Amazon.com is negotiating to lease 20 Boeing 767 jets for its own air delivery service, cargo industry executives have told The Seattle Times.
The online retail giant wants to...
And lucky timing with the picture...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CQGv167UcAA48s7.png:large
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Regional-Jet-Scrapes-Wing-on-Runway-During-Landing-330035481.html
What an industry. An American Eagle flight, operated by Mesa Airlines, in a plane with US Airways...
Pictures and video
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/09/british-airways-plane-catches-fire-on-las-vegas-runway-photos-videos/
First report is left engine fire, aborted t/o. No serious injuries.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/08/us/las-vegas-british-airways-fire/index.html
http://nypost.com/2015/08/31/pilots-...owned-netjets/
Warren Buffett's peaceful summer stand-off with NetJets pilots is about to end, The Post has learned.
The union representing 2,700 professionals at the fractional private-jet operators is expected to set up pickets lines at seven...
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-united-airline-invests-in-company-that-turns-garbage-to-fuel-20150702-story.html
"Fuel costs are one of the biggest expenses for an airline, but United Airlines hopes to get some help controlling those costs by investing in a California company that can...
So, DOJ allows the mergers and then marvels at the effect on capacity constraints and fares? Looks like window dressing to me.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/01/politics/doj-subpoenas-airlines-unlawful-coordination/index.html
http://www.wsj.com/articles/jetblue-...oom-1416406199
Who's next; Southwest?
"JetBlue Airways Corp. is adding baggage fees and cutting passenger legroom to improve its lagging financial results, concessions by one of the last holdouts against industry tactics that have frustrated many...
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/17/politics/flights-narrow-miss-in-chicago/index.html
"Southwest flight 3828 was cleared for takeoff and started on the runway, but simultaneously Delta Air Lines 1328 also began on an intersecting runway without proper clearance according to a statement released by...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/ct-united-airlines-protest-0611-biz-20150610-story.html
"Frustration among United Airlines' 9,000 unionized maintenance technicians, some of whom demonstrated outside the carrier's headquarters in Chicago on Wednesday, spilled over to the...
Felling the Luv... or at least not feeling the hate.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/is-this-the-most-loved-airline-in-the-us/ar-BBk207n?ocid=mailsignout
"According to a March 2015 report from the U.S. Department of Transportation, American flyers really, really like Southwest (or at...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...ing-commercial
Great headline, huh? Check out the lead sentence;
"In fatal crashes involving private or charter flights, investigators usually blame careless pilots."
A sample;
"Airline crashes have become rare because carriers take steps to protect...
http://www.foxbusiness.com/business-...homes-critics/
Buffett told Fox Business late this afternoon pilots are well compensated. "They're doing well and we're doing well. What we pay is higher than most of our competitors. They have terrific working conditions. If we have an opening, we...
http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/screaming-heard-cargo-area-plane-seatac-aircraft-d/nkshk/
"An Alaska Airlines flight was forced into an emergency landing after a worker was heard screaming from the cargo hold.
The worker told investigators he took a nap in the part of the cargo hold where the...
Nice video showing the deployment. Looks like it worked as advertised
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/2-small-planes-crash-land-off-hawaii-all-aboard-survive/ar-AA8AoR9?ocid=mailsignout
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/haw...id=mailsignout
"Pilots from Island Air were probably pretty happy when they got a $4,000 Christmas bonus ? that is, until the airline wanted the money back."
"The regional airline owned by billionaire Larry Ellison said it paid the bonuses prematurely...
Don't tell us how to run our airline;
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/topstocks/delta-to-wall-street-dont-tell-us-how-to-run-our-airline/ar-BBablgg?ocid=mailsignout
Fresh from hounding JetBlue CEO Dave Barger out of a job because the carrier provided too many luxuries to its coach-fare...
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