United VP Hacker resigns after suing airline over bonuses
Lisa Treon
4/17/2006
United Airlines executive vice president of strategy Doug Hacker will leave the company effective May 1. Hacker has held a variety of management positions at UAL since 1993 and was chief financial officer from...
My medical examiner retired unexpectedly. I need a new guy in the Minneapolis area. Any person all you NWA guys use? Has anyone ever used the doctors at the airport clinic on 34th ave?
Thanks for your help.
Members of the Board
Dave BargerPresident, Director, Chief Operating Officer (COO) and co-founder of JetBlue Airways, New York, USA Nicolás BonillaAssociate of Apax PartnersFerran ContiInversiones HemisferioJosé CreuherasGrupo PlanetaCesar Gonzalez-BuenoCEO of ING Direct España Javier...
Northwest promotes Newco internally; ALPA threatens strike
Lisa Treon
1/9/2006
Northwest has launched an internal public relations campaign to promote its idea of a separate regional airline. Newco would fly more than 100 jets with 76-100 seats, focused on smaller cities in the U.S. Heartland...
UPS pilots must continue mediation
Robert P. Mark
12/29/2005
Today’s Wall Street Journal says the National Mediation Board declined to end federally supervised contract negotiations between United Parcel Service Inc. and its pilots union, effectively blocking any possible labor disruption for...
$12.5 million jury award in termination/whistleblower case
Robert P. Mark
12/23/2005
A Superior Court jury in Oakland, California returned a verdict of over $12.5 million against North American Airlines (“NAA”), a wholly owned subsidiary of World Air Holdings, Inc. for the wrongful termination...
UAL Corp. posts $187 million net loss for November
Lisa Treon
12/21/2005
UAL Corp. reported a $187 million net loss for November today, citing continuing reorganization charges and high fuel costs as its three-year stint in bankruptcy court nears its end.
Last November’s net loss for United...
DOT says no to Northwest and Delta
Robert P. Mark
12/22/2005
The US government on Thursday tentatively denied a bid by Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines to substantially enhance their marketing ties with three European carriers. The Justice Department recommended in August that the...
Northwest pilot negotiations update
Robert P. Mark
12/2/2005
A union newsletter today reported that Northwest Airlines MEC Chairman Mark McClain joined the MEC negotiating committee members Wednesday in a meeting with management to discuss scope issues. ALPA was originally expecting to receive...
NTSB Identification: DCA06WA006
Scheduled 14 CFR Part 121: Air Carrier operation of USAirways, Inc
Incident occurred Sunday, November 06, 2005 in London, United Kingdom
Aircraft: Boeing 767-200, registration: N653US
Injuries: UnavailableOn November 6, 2005, at 0745 local British time, the flight...
Pinnacle asked to park some jets
Judy Tarver
9/27/2005
In an SEC filing yesterday, Pinnacle Airlines Corp. stated it has received a request from its airline partner, Northwest Airlines, Inc., to remove 15 CRJ aircraft from service, effective October 31, 2005.
Pinnacle expects its block hours...
Northwest asks Mesaba to remove jets from service
Judy Tarver
9/27/2005
In an SEC filing last week, MAIR Holdings, Inc., parent company of Mesaba Airlines, said Northwest provided the company with a flight schedule that calls for reduced flying.
The schedule provides that nine of the Avro...
UAL Second Quarter Still Red
Robert P. Mark
7/29/2005
United Airlines Thursday reported wider losses in the second quarter this year than a year ago. The airline said its net loss increased to $1.43 billion, or $12.33 per basic share, from $247 million, or $2.25 per share.
In a company...
A rockier road might be ahead for United
5/6/2005
United Airlines may be anything but united next week if the bankruptcy court approves the carrier’s request to dump the contracts of 41,000 mechanics, machinists and flight attendants.
The airline plans to use federal bankruptcy laws when...
I just saw on the news that at DIA the TSA made 2 penguins that were being transported by a zoo be taken out of their cages and made to walk through the metal detector. You have got to me kidding me. What is this aganecy coming to? Quit wasting our time and start profiling.
This is kind of interesting. Folks in upper mgmt. are a 7% holder in a new airline called Vueling Airlines which is a new Spanish LCC. This could be interesting down the road.
Citizen group urges ATSB to reject United loan
June 3, 2004 -- The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) yesterday urged the Air Transportation Stabilization Board (ATSB) to ground United Airlines' request for $1.6 billion in federally backed loans.
In a council-issued news...
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