The latest excuse offered by the pilots of Northwest flight 188 for missing the Minneapolis airport by 150 miles is, my laptop made me do it! Kinda. Actually in pilot-speak, they claimed they “lost situational awareness.” According to federal investigators, the wayward crew blamed their oversight on a perfect storm of individually trivial events that [...]
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It’s now been reported that on Wednesday night a Delta (Northwest) plane headed from San Diego to Minneapolis overshot its destination by about 120 miles. The two pilots, who were out of contact with controllers for over an hour, blamed the mistake on a heated argument about ‘airline policy’ (never mind that the number one airline policy should be to land where you’re supposed to). Here are 10 reasons they may have missed the airport.
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Despite a government-appointed task force cutting its debt relief request for Japan Airlines to JPY250 billion ($2.8 billion) from JPY300 billion, creditors still rejected the plan.
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A Singapore Airlines A380 from Paris to Singapore had to turn back mid-flight because of an engine failure.
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Delta filed suit to end its contract with Mesa Airlines subsidiary, Freedom Airlines, citing “material breach.”
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A row has erupted within Delta’s flight attendant ranks about the merged airline’s new uniforms — not about the designs or other regulations — about which flight attendants gets to wear hot red uniforms and which must wear a dreary, darkish blue.
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Crowds at Budapest, Hungary foiled Wizz Air’s plan to release a thousand balloons when they found out what was attached.
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Delta Air Lines has been touting their merger with Northwest and Skyteam alliance as a benefit for consumers. On the Skyteam site, along with some of the other self-promotion, is the claim, “SkyTeam helps make your travels smoother, simplified and informed.” Yeah, right.
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JetBlue, Frontier, Northwest and United are among the airline leaders in the art of upsell. This practice allows the airlines to keep a low price available in sales channels to entice customers to buy, then they offer upgrades for larger seats, inflight entertainment and food.
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