News and notes from around the interweb:
- American Airlines invests $1 million in pilot scholarships to honor retiring Executive Vice President Elise Eberwein, a sometimes commenter on this blog. She oversaw HR and Communications and was responsible for executives holding regular employee town halls.
- ‘Abandoned’ Boeing 747 to be auctioned off
- Emirates Passenger Did This ‘Incredibly Offensive’ Thing With Her Feet On Flight And Cabin Crew “Didn’t Say a Word”
The person next to me on my flight. pic.twitter.com/6qw8ZQGSU7
— Paul Stothard (@paul_stothard) June 27, 2022
- As I told you to expect a week before it was announced American Airlines is ending its split operations at London Heathrow, moving flights currently at terminal 5 back to terminal 3.
For customers this reduces confusion (which terminal?) but for those whose flights will no longer be in and out of terminal 5 that means less convenient connections.
Starting on July 12, our operations at London Heathrow (LHR) will be consolidated in Terminal 3. The temporary partial co-location of our operation with our Atlantic Joint Business partner British Airways was planned only for the summer season and we continue to explore options for joint operations with all of our AJB partners at LHR in the future.
Customers whose connecting flights may be impacted as a result of this adjustment will be contacted directly with alternate travel options that get them to their destinations.
- Nuclear-powered sky hotel. (HT: Paul H)
- Russia wants to switch to over 80% domestically-produced aircraft since they can’t buy Boeing or Airbus – or parts for existing planes and are cannibalizing existing ones (in addition to leaning on black market part). (HT: Paul H)
- Alaska Airlines mileage redemption for Air Tahiti Nui flights is now live
Why is it always the responsibility of flight attendants to police bad behavior? I guess that is the norm today whenever liberals break every written and unwritten laws and guidelines.
David Miller.
For your stupidity and edification, white trash trumptards are creating moat disturbances in airlines.
Your homework is to look up Dunning-Kruger and then hate your mother.
One of many problems with the Nuclear-powered sky hotel, nuclear fusion is not yet a reality. And it doesn’t have retractable landing gear?
K Helldodge – what are “moat” disturbances? I am sure you know all about “stupidity,” as your reply demonstrates. Do yourself a favor, go back to you “safe place” and let the adults answer my question.
Can’t understand why some low budget people think everything is a political debate when it has zero to do with any of the articles!
But in the case of the girl with her feet up on the back of her seat, I should think that’s a safety issue and should be something the flight attendants take a shoe with. The first thing that comes to mind is there a turbulence…..
Politics aside (as if it was even relevant in this case), is the fact that this incident took place on Emirates. This jerk of passenger could easily file a complaint about the flight attendant, claiming that she was being harassed if asked to act like a normal person. Emirates flight attendants are volnurable to any complaint they might receive from passengers. A complaint (regardles of the complaint being justified or not) could have serious consequences on the fa‘s future career with the company. That‘s why they (the flight attendants) might pretend they don‘t see it….if it is not a safety issue.
Now, if this was on an American – or European – airline….the bitch would undoubtedly have been told off by the crew.
@Hashi “….something the flight attendants take a shoe with” Heh, heh, heh…..
Flight attendants should be armed with squirt guns. Bad behavior should be awarded with a squirt. It worked for my kids’ fourth grade teacher! 🙂
Jaybird – I believe a “cattle prod” would be more fitting…
Why is your headline often MISLEADING and has NOTHING to do with the article itself ???
That flying hotel looks like a 5 year old child designed it
With AA flights at T5 – If you were connecting from MAN/GLA/EDI – Not only did you not have to contend with the 15 min Bus ride from T5-T3 – you also didn’t have to re-clear Security. IMHO It was worth the payoff of not being able to access the Cathay Pacific/Qantas Lounge
Looking forward to Russia weaning itself off of foreign planes, making their own. They have a great history of great planes.
Doesn’t the water in the moat slosh to the back on take-off? Sounds pretty unstable. Maybe Bernie needs to add it to his suggestions.