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Topic of the Week: Frontier Lays Off Its Ground Handlers and Reservations Agents
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Frontier has announced it will lay off the only remaining ground handlers employed by the airline, those in Denver, and outsource the jobs. At the same time, it will outsource its reservations agents as well.…
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American’s Remote Terminal at LAX and the Southwest I Love (Trip Report)
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I had to do a last minute day trip up to the Bay Area, and I had a ton of options. After considering everything, I decided to use my BA points to fly on American…
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Why American’s Pilots are Getting Riled Up About the Affordable Care Act
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I can’t say I ever expected to be writing a post about healthcare here on the blog, but sure enough, here we are. I continue to talk to a lot of people about the agreement…
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Let’s See How Well You Know Your US Airports
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We’ve had some heavy stuff on the blog lately, and there’s more coming tomorrow, so let’s take a little break from serious content today. A friend posted a link to the Washington Post’s subway identification…
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Cranky on the Web – The Ontario Airport Feud Continues, More
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Ontario-LA feud over ONT airport reveals limits to regional planning – Inland Valley Daily Bulleting The saga with Ontario Airport continues, and I was interviewed for this piece. This is a lengthy article looking at…
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Topic of the Week: Will Delta’s Flight Attendants Join a Union?
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Seems like a “labor” kind of week after Monday’s post, but let’s talk about Delta this time. Delta is kind of an anomaly in that it’s relatively non-union compared to its peers. That includes flight…
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Airbus Thinks Its New A321LR Will Be Able to Replace the 757
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The 737 and A320 families have grown a lot since they were launched, both in number of orders and in size. But while they’ve been able to handle most missions an airline might want, there’s…
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It’s Time for American’s Pilots To Decide If They Want More Money or Not
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We all know how American’s flight attendant contract negotiations turned out. A slim majority of flight attendants actually decided they preferred a worse contract with less money. In the end, the company gave the full…
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Delta Moves Most Regional Flights to Terminal 4 at JFK Tomorrow
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It looks like Delta’s plan for a better JFK is proceeding along quite nicely. Phase 2 of the project opens tomorrow when most of Delta’s regional jet operation moves over to Terminal 4. Let’s check…
