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This UAL guy made some coin
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... -
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JetBlue Ranks #1 again
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Help, Please?
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. -
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Jetblue and Vueling
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... -
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Will NWA strike?
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... -
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Kreskins 2006 Predictions
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Labor is being slowly killed
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... -
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Pilot sticks it to mgmt!!!!
$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... -
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UAL November Losses
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... -
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DOT says no to DAL and NWA
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... -
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NWA Update
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... -
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Fatigue?
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... -
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NWA to hose Pinnacle
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... -
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NWA to hose Mesaba
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... -
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UAL 2 quarter losses bigger than last years
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... -
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More UAL BS
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... -
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The TSA at their finest
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. -
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JBLU Upper Mgmt. Invested in another airline
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. -
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Citizen group and UAL
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... -