Thursday, April 28, 2005
Comair mechanics approve new contract
By James Pilcher
Enquirer staff writer
ERLANGER - Comair's mechanics union today announced that its 500 members have ratified a new contract that gives them a 2 percent raise.
The deal also improves several bonuses they can...
Comair mechanics reject contract
By Alexander Coolidge
Post staff reporter
Rank-and-file Comair mechanics have rejected a five-year contract proposal that would have awarded them a 2 percent pay raise.
The development might kill the airline's plan to add 35 new jets, a plan that was contingent...
Last update: October 28, 2004 at 11:06 AM
startribune.com traveler: Not even a lockout will stop this Delta 'fan fare'
Troy Melhus, startribune.com
Obviously they're not hockey fans.
The robots at Delta Airlines apparently didn't get the memo last month -- or haven't consulted a sports...
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Pilots' chief says salaries not main woe
The Air Line Pilots Association, the nation's largest pilot union with more than 64,000 members, including nearly 8,000 at Delta Air Lines, held its board of directors meeting last weekend in Hollywood, Fla.
The meeting was at...
Am I the only one who has a problem with the way this story is presented? Especially in the second to the last Paragraph.
Pilot treads water for 8 hours awaiting rescue
Associated Press
October 5, 2004 PILOT1006
HONOLULU -- A 67-year-old pilot whose small plane crashed in the Pacific was...
Airline mogul to offer space flights in 3 years
Jill Lawless, Associated Press
September 27, 2004 SPACE0928
LONDON - Airline mogul and adventurer Richard Branson announced plans today to boldly go where no private transport company has gone before - into space.
Branson's Virgin Group said it...
I know I feel 'safer' due to the diligence of the TSA screeners. How about you?
Concealed weapon at airport turns out to be bookmark
Associated Press
September 17, 2004 BOOKMARK0918
TAMPA, Fla. -- A weight may soon be lifted off a Maryland woman charged with carrying a concealed weapon in an...
With airline pilots being force to retire at age 60, and their pension plans being put at risk, how are you all going to make it? Many now must wait until 67 for full social security benefits, and it's always been 65 for medicare.
Below is an article from todays papers of Alan Greenspan's...
This from the Associated Press this morning.
I wonder if Putin might join the coalition fighting Islamic terroists with the U.S. as a result of this development.
Last update: August 27, 2004 at 8:50 AM
Explosives traces reportedly found in Russian airliner wreckage
Jim Heintz, Associated...
Bombardier faces uncertainty
Wednesday August 25, 1:35 pm ET
By Bernard Simon in Toronto and Caroline Daniel in Chicago
Bombardier, a Canadian transport equipment group, said it might further scale back production of its regional jets, depending on the financial health of US Airways and Delta...
Last update: August 24, 2004 at 5:05 PM
2 Russian airliners crash; more than 100 aboard
Associated Press
August 24, 2004 RUSSIA0825
MOSCOW -- Two Russian airliners carrying a total of more than 100 people crashed south of Moscow, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported Tuesday. There was no word on...
Last update: July 14, 2004 at 8:32 AM
Passenger drops trousers at MSP airport screening
July 14, 2004 SHORTS0714
Travelers are used to removing their shoes at security checkpoints at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, but one passenger took it a step further and dropped his shorts...
Anglers turn up plane missing in Minnesota lake since 1958
Associated Press
July 5, 2004 PLANE0706
SPICER, Minn. -- Anglers using an underwater camera appear to have stumbled onto the wreck of a small military plane that crashed into Green Lake in 1958.
Divers who photographed the plane...
Sunday, June 20, 2004
Comair's fate hinges on Delta
Options weighed for carrier if parent goes bust
By James Pilcher
Enquirer staff writer
As Delta Air Lines contemplates whether to seek bankruptcy, Comair keeps churning out money.
The Erlanger-based regional carrier's success, contrasted...
From today's online edition of the StarTribune.
NWA seeking less in pilot pay cuts
Liz Fedor, Star Tribune
June 19, 2004 ALPA0619
The price for labor peace and lower pilot costs may be going down at Northwest Airlines.
The carrier's management has told pilots it wants $300 million in annual...
Pretty good article here with referance to the Majors, LCC's and regional partners. Duane is quoted extensively about up coming pay negotiations, and the problems facing these two carriers.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/4830583.html
Although I personally don't like the term "small plane" for a vintage WWII P-51 Mustang, that is how KSTP-TV reported it this afternoon. I saw the footage on TV, and the airlpane looked like a total loss. It crashed in someones backyard, and the pilot was airlifted to a hospital by Helicopter...
As George Clooney might say, "Oh Brother, where for art thou.....
http://media.euniverse.com/funpages/cms_content/1956/squirrel_revival1.swf
Turn up your volume!
The article linked below gives some interesting data on the relatively small LCC based at MSP. They fly only 737 a/c
They're making money. Some of the ways they've cut costs are stated.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/4781472.html
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