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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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Yesterday the Las Vegas Sun reported that Steve Wynn would announce who would be a long-time tenant to at the Encore Theater after the death of Danny Gans. It’s no longer a mystery.
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US Airways is still struggling to merge seniority list of pilots. Theory of outsourcing is being tested by the Boeing 787 problems. Big casino may turn around Vegas economy.
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FAA works on new rules for tired pilots. JetBlue joins with Lufthansa in a big code-share deal. Global airlines lose $2 billion according to an international airine association.
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Ned has surveyed almost 100 business and leisure airline passengers to determine their air travel peeves and frustrations with some surprising results.
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The president of the Airline Pilots Association, John Prater, had some sobering words about pilot fatigue before the Senate Subcommittee on Aviation, Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, yesterday. His testimony about the realities of a pilot’s life and duty time are eye-opening, to say the least.
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Yesterday’s Senate Aviation Operations, Safety and Security subcommittee hearing Chairman Dorgan noted, “We can see the entire history of an aircraft.” He then asked can we easily see the complete flight records for a pilot.” The answer: not really.
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Boeing has its engines roaring and is juggling the 787 delivery schedules for various airlines. American’s are learning that the pilots life is not all it’s cranked up to be. And is airfare according to weight coming?
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The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation heard from the FAA, pilots and air traffic controllers regarding the state of NextGen, the new air traffic control system (ATC) to be deployed across the U.S., this week. It’s not a pretty picture.
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Mesa Air Group fired two pilots on its Hawaii inter-island carrier Go for overshooting a runway by 15 miles while trying to land on the state’s Big Island.
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