Federal safety officials have some concerns about Pratt & Whitney engines and are requesting that the FAA orders inspections. The concern stems from when a Delta Airlines plane loss power at the time of take off and had to turn to the gate back in August. However to date, no inspections has occurred. Personally I […]
A first officer of United Airlines was arrested in London’s Heathrow Airport after having a failed breathalyzer. Authorities were alerted by concerned ground staff moments before the plane was to take off. He was in the cockpit of the Boeing 777. Passengers witnessed the pilot being escorted off the plane. This had to be a […]
From caribb on flicker: Air Canada ran their Tango division for a short while. It was a discount airline with fixed fares that has since disappeared into the Air Canada brand. It now only exists as a fare structure. It had a nice livery though. Image: caribb
Four flights were diverted by a few traffic controllers to help train a newbie (new hire). Although no safety was compromised and in the whole scheme of things it wasn’t the biggest mess-up in the airline industry in a long while, but it did break quite a few rules and caused un-needed delays on four […]
In a time where gas makes major headlines daily (or at least the consequences of gas prices) who doesn’t want to save a little money on it? An analysis by the Associated Press found that if the airline industry could switch from their current (and completely aged) air traffic control system to a new satellite […]