American Airlines' pilots union is reporting a significant spike in safety and maintenance-related problems at the carrier, telling pilots to be vigilant. The union's concerns, spelled out in a memo obtained by CBS News, include tools left in wheels, more aircraft collisions while they are bein...
In order to take care of flight crews, American Airlines has designed and installed a computer system which can monitor pilot health and safety. The reason why airline pilots make a good salary is because they are hired by airlines. If a pilot is not hired by a company, he or she would...
Reports that AMR Corporation's American Airlines reached a tentative agreement with its pilots union to extend their labor contract one year to 2002. Benefits of the deal for the pilots; Details on the negotiations toward a contract extension....
First and foremost, let me address the issue of mask refusal. As we all know, 2021 was a challenging year for the aviation industry due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Airlines across the globe had to implement stringent safety measures, including mandatory mask-wearing, to pr...
Pilots reported more than 17,000 wildlife strikes in the U.S. last year, which is a fraction of the more than 36 million flights monitored by the FAA. Planes are designed to be able to fly with just one engine, CBS News aviation safety analyst Robert Sumwalt said....
before the planes are re-certified by regulators. The union has been highly critical of Boeing, saying it did not inform the pilots of the additional software in the plane until after the first crash, in Indonesia, in October and expressed safetyconcernsbefore a House aviation panel last ...
The findings are reminiscent of a scandal a decade ago involving the FAA after inspectors at Southwest Airlines Co. lodged whistleblower complaints because their manager had allowed the airline to skip critical safety checks. In 2009, a year after congressional investigators revealed the lapse, Southw...
On April 5, two elderly passengers were removed from an American Airlines flight because the gate agent wouldn’t let them fly with their cello – even though they’d purchased a seat for the cello from the airline and flown with it on the first segment of their tri...
American AAdvantage systemwide upgrades are valid for one year from the date of issue. One important thing to keep in mind is that there’s often a long window where you can select your Loyalty Point Rewards, so there’s value to not making a selection right away. That way you can pot...
Airlines are working closely with their pilots as they look ahead to resuming flights and expect to enlist pilots in testifying to plane safety when the time comes. Shares in American closed down one percent on Friday while Southwest lost 0.7 percent. ...