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  • Portland man arrested after incident on flight from Amsterdam to Portland Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 10:42PMDonald Robert Welty, 48, was allegedly drinking while on board a Delta Airlines flight and became unruly, according to NYCaviation.com.
  • Baggage fees cause ripple effect Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 1:21PMBaggage fees cause ripple effect
  • Air Marshals Arrest Portland Man Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 11:05PMPORTLAND - Federal sources say 48-year-old Donald Welty apparently downed a few too many drinks while aboard a long flight from Amsterdam, in The Netherlands, to Portland.
  • The Funded’s Adeo Ressi Arrested After Virgin America Flight Incident Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 1:20AMThe Funded founder Adeo Ressi was arrested and briefly detained earlier this evening over an altercation with a flight attendant. The airline? Virgin America, which I've been holding up as virtually the only airline that doesn't suck (See Virgin Airlines Fails To Commit Atrocities On Flight VX746 and Delta Flight 1843 From JFK To Hell ). Ressi's description of the incident is below, and he has ...
  • Union vote date set for Delta flight attendants Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 2:35PMFlight attendants at Delta Air Lines will begin voting later this month on whether to join a union. The vote will be the first under new rules that are widely seen as making it easier for transportation unions to win. The Association of Flight Attendants says... Delta Air Lines - Association of Flight Attendants - Flight attendant - Trade union - United States
  • Union Vote Date Set for Delta Flight Attendants Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 2:28PMDelta Air Lines flight attendants to vote on union starting Sept. 29 Delta Air Lines - Flight attendant - United States - Labor - Aviation Unions
  • Editorial: Too Much Capacity or Not Enough? Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 7:27PMThe dramatic exit of a JetBlue Airways flight attendant from his aircraft via an emergency slide after unleashing a foul-mouthed tirade over the intercom, allegedly after an encounter with a badly behaving passenger (see Odds & Ends, p. 88), says much more about the breakdown of civility and self-control in 21st century America than it does about flight attendants or airline passengers ...
  • Roy Exum: A Skywriter's Story Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 11:51PMEvery year about this time I still get a bunch of emails and telephone calls asking if the old stories about the SEC Skywriter's famous trips are really true.
  • Virgin Airlines Fails To Commit Atrocities On Flight VX746 Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 8:50PMThis isn't tech related, other than the fact that I'm writing this post 20,000 or so feet in the air thanks to Gogo on Virgin Flight VX746 from San Francisco to Seattle. But if I'm going to rightly trash Delta for their atrocious behavior on a recent set of flights then it is only fair that I give a high five when I see an airline fail to fail its customers. Virgin and Southwest Airlines tend to ...
  • Help wanted: San Pablo Bay lighthouse keeper Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 1:28AMTwo people on a tiny, isolated island, their only means of escape to the mainland a 20-minute boat ride through the mist. Plot of a horror movie? Nope. It's a description of one of the more unusual job openings in the Bay Area and maybe the United States:... Lighthouse keeper - San Francisco Bay Area - United States - California - Metro Areas
  • Earl Newton Thomas, decorated WWII pilot who later flew for Delta Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 3:21PMEarl Newton Thomas, decorated WWII pilot who later flew for Delta
  • Flight attendants' union sues Delta, alleging contract violations Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 8:25PMA union representing former Northwest workers says Delta is ignoring scheduling rules.
  • Northwest Airlines union sues Delta Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 5:06PMUnion for former Northwest flight attendants sues Delta, claiming contract breaches
  • Northwest Airlines union sues Delta Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 5:05PMThe union for Northwest Airlines flight attendants has sued Delta Air Lines Inc., saying their new managers are breaking the contract with the union.
  • Northwest Airlines Union Sues Delta Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 3:44PMUnion for former Northwest flight attendants sues Delta, claiming contract breaches Northwest Airlines - United States - Labor - Aviation Unions - Airline
  • Northwest Airlines union sues Delta Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 2:21PMThe union for Northwest Airlines flight attendants has sued Delta Air Lines Inc., saying their new managers are breaking the contract with the union. The federal lawsuit filed in Washington claims Delta is violating rules about scheduling and other issues.... Delta Air Lines - Washington - Flight attendant - Airline - Northwest Airlines
  • Flight attendants union files suit against Delta Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 12:41PMFlight attendants union files suit against Delta
  • Otis L. Sanford: Looking for civility? It slid down the chute Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 12:02AMEarlier this month, just days before fed-up flight attendant Steven Slater somehow became a hero to disgusted working stiffs everywhere, I had my own bout of exasperation at a New York airport.
  • TSA: Knife Gets Past Security At Newark Airport Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 3:32PMA passenger carrying a knife in a carry-on bag was able to pass through security at Newark Liberty International Airport Wednesday, according to the TSA.
  • Newark airport security let passenger by with knife in carry-on, TSA says Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 3:30PMNEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A passenger carrying a knife in a carry-on bag was able to pass through security at Newark Liberty International Airport on Wednesday.
  • Pan Am fans want a Miami museum of airline's legacy Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 10:28PMFormer employees of Pan American World Airways are looking to establish a permanent museum of the airline somewhere in Miami. The airline was based in the city from 1927 until the mid '40s, and its former seaplane terminal is now Miami's City Hall.
  • Donna Lee Flynn, 64: Delta flight attendant "one of the good ones" Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 3:21PMDonna Lee Flynn, 64: Delta flight attendant "one of the good ones"
  • [VIDEO] 'F*** you. I've had it. That's it' Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 9:34AMThe flight attendant who had a meltdown over a fight with an agitated traveller has been charged. But Steven Slater's outburst has also elevated him to folk-hero status.
  • Delta Air flight attendants closer to union vote Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 3:21PMA federal agency has taken another step toward a union vote for flight attendants at Delta Air Lines Inc. Flight attendants who worked for Delta before it absorbed Northwest were nonunion. Their colleagues who came from Northwest are unionized. Delta bought... Delta Air Lines - Trade union - United States - Flight attendant - Labor
  • Federal labor board takes another step toward flight attendant union vote at Delta Air Lines Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 3:11PMMINNEAPOLIS - A federal agency has taken another step toward a union vote for flight attendants at Delta Air Lines Inc. Flight attendants who worked for Delta before it absorbed Northwest were nonunion. Their colleagues who came from Northwest are unionized. Delta bought Northwest in late 2008.
  • Delta/Northwest Flight Attendants to Participate in Historic, Democratic Election Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 2:10PMWASHINGTON, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Mediation Board (NMB) today granted the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA's (AFA-CWA) recent request to declare that the Delta/Northwest merger has created a single transportation system. As a result, a representation election has been triggered and, for the first time, the over 20,000 flight attendants at the merged carrier will ...
  • Flight attendants: Bartenders or bad cops? Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 9:07AMSteven Slater’s intercom-cussing, double-fisted slide into resignation has launched a fresh examination of the two-faced persona all flight attendants are asked to master. Flight attendant - Steven Slater - JetBlue Airways - Airline - Aviation
  • Should the PGA have adjusted for Johnson ruling? Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 12:09AMFirst, a quick, personal story so you'll know from where I'm coming. A week ago, my wife, Patsy , and I had airplane tickets to leave Dayton, Ohio, at 6 a.m. We got moving (?) at 4... read more
  • Survivable plane crashes are not miracles Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 3:36PMLuck is more likely at work. Plus: It's time to put the silly Steven Slater story behind us
  • Stress in the air Sunday, August 15, 2010 @ 12:02AMWas the incident on JetBlue Airlines last week — where a flight attendant threw a tantrum after an argument with a passenger — bound to happen sooner or later? Do travelers really treat flight attendants that poorly? Those are just two of the questions many people are asking in light of the theatrics of 38-year-old Steven Slater, who cursed over the loudspeaker and exited the plane via the ...
  • Airlines sweeten credit-card-mileage deals Saturday, August 14, 2010 @ 9:07PMConsidering an airline credit card that earns extra frequent-flier miles? Now might be the time to shop around.
  • Pillow Fight: I’m betting you wouldn’t see this on Delta Saturday, August 14, 2010 @ 11:04AMGee we seems to be getting some rather weird airline related stuff getting posted this week. First we have Steve Slater doing the Slater Slide and wanting his job back (good luck with that) and now we have a pillow fight breaking out on a Lufthansa flight from Tel Aviv to Frankfurt. As fun as [...]
  • Suit: Delta employee was fired due to HIV status Saturday, August 14, 2010 @ 8:10AMCHICAGO (STMW) - A man filed a lawsuit Friday claiming that Delta Airlines fired him because he was HIV positive, had a sleep disorder and was a recovered drug addict. The suit claims that John Doe, 45, of Chicago was employed by Delta Airlines, Inc., namely as a flight attendant, for 23 years. In 2004, [...]
  • Runaways show if you're 15, the sky's the limit Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 7:39AMThree kids wanted to get away, so they bought tickets at the counter and flew to Nashville, Tenn., on Southwest Airlines. Now their parents are wondering how the trip was possible.
  • Air rage soars as airlines cut back Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 1:08AMAirline employees are doing more work in worse conditions, and passengers are paying more and getting less. It's no wonder tempers are boiling over in the "friendly skies."
  • Prosecutors: Gitmo inmate took pride in slaying Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 10:15AMA Canadian former child soldier told jailers he comforted himself in his first days at Guantanamo by thinking about killing an American soldier, military prosecutors said Thursday in opening arguments at the war-crimes trial...
  • Flight Attendant Hero or Zero? Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 10:13AMLove him or hate him, rogue JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater has gained instant notoriety across U.S. YOU DECIDE: Slater Deserve Celebrity?
  • Delta to allow passengers to book through Facebook Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 9:55AMWinners in both parties highlight their inexperience in politics. Ramadan tradition goes high-tech; users can get prayer time reminders, find direction of Mecca.
  • Steven Slater wants to be a flight attendant again while he works out deal with DA's office: lawyer Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 8:49AMSo much for quitting his job. Flight attendant Steven Slater hopes he can work at JetBlue again and is currently in talks with Queens prosecutors in an effort to hammer out a plea deal, his lawyer said this afternoon. Slater's lawyer Howard Turman said his client "wants to return...
  • Advertisers Consider Steven Slater For Service Industry Endorsements Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 8:40AMWhen surveyed about the future of former flight attendant Steven Slater, talent and branding agency officials told Reuters that he should capitalize on his recent fame with a talk show circuit. Then the ad men chimed in and suggested that he be a spokesman for things. Beer endorsements were a natural suggestion, and one managing director mulled using Slater for a 2011 campaign centered around ...
  • Man arrested at Atlanta airport in stabbings spree Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 6:54AMA possible suspect in a string of 20 stabbings that terrorized people across three states and left five dead was arrested at an airport as he tried to board a plane for Israel, officials said Thursday.
  • Suspect in Mich., Va. stabbings nabbed in Atlanta Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 6:48AMA man suspected in a series of stabbings in Virginia and Michigan was arrested at the Atlanta airport as he tried to board a plane bound for Israel.
  • JetBlue, the comeback kid of the skies Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 4:31AMAs rogue JetBlue airline attendant Steven Slater hits the talk shows this week to discuss his freakout on Monday, it's quite clear that he has the sympathy of the man on the street. All of us have wanted to quit a job with a flourish -- grabbing two beers and hopping on an inflatable slide will be hard to beat -- and all the ninnies talking about his putting potential ground crews in danger by ...
  • Engine problem forces Delta jet back to LA airport Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 9:35PMA Delta Airlines spokesman says a Detroit-bound jetliner was forced to return to Los Angeles International Airport after experiencing problems with an engine.
  • Engine problem forces Delta jet back to LA airport Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 9:27PMWinners in both parties highlight their inexperience in politics. More>> Ramadan tradition goes high-tech; users can get prayer time reminders, find direction of Mecca.
  • The Drunk, Injured and Bizarre World of Air Rage Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 2:17PMWhy we love Taiwanese news shows: hilarious re-enactments of things like Steven Slater's (alleged) meltdown. See it here.
  • The Steven Slater Song (NSFW) [Video] Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 12:35PMIt was almost exactly one year ago that Jonathan Mann won the Bing Jingle contest with his, well, awful song. At the time, no one seemed to know who he was and I was perhaps a little harsh in knocking him down for it. But he got me back -- not with the song he wrote about me , but rather the creative tear he's been on recently. You could make an argument that no one has benefitted more from ...
  • JetBlue Flight Attendant a Hero or 'Bag Nazi'? Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 10:07AMSteven Slater, the JetBlue flight attendant and self-professed "bag Nazi" who made a dramatic exit on an emergency slide Monday, is now free and told reporters he is looking forward to "a little down time, a little beach time, enjoying the rest of the summer." JetBlue Airways - Flight attendant - Steven Slater - Nazism - Airline
  • Steve Slater and Other Airplane 'Freak Outs' Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 9:41AM(CANVAS STAFF REPORTS) - JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater may end up spending some time in jail after his dramatic departure from his job on Monday.
  • Meltdown hostie is hot property Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 9:00AMTV producers flanked fiesty flight attendant Steven Slater on his release from police custody.