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WATCH: New Uniforms Sicken Flight Attendants?

Posted 05.04.2012

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A group of Alaska Airlines flight attendants says their new uniforms are literally making them sick. In a letter to the airline president last mont...

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Bad News Psalms

David Van Biema | Posted 04.02.2012

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David Van Biema

It's been a bad few weeks for Psalms in the news. Some perfectly good verses got dropped from a 35-year airline promotion, and a disturbing verse achieved a new prominence. Both are part of the same melancholy trend: the death of civil religion.

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Sarah Palin To Airline: 'Please Don't Discontinue' Prayer Cards

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 03.27.2012

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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has turned her attention to an issue fusing together food, religion, travel and her home state. Palin spoke out on...

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Alaska Airlines Getting Rid Of Meal Time Prayer Cards

AP | By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP | Posted 01.25.2012

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SEATTLE -- After 30 years of giving passengers spiritual words to reflect on while they eat their meals, Alaska Airlines announced Wednesday it will b...

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Alaska Airlines Canceling 38 Flights Due To Snow

AP | Posted 01.18.2012

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SEATTLE -- Alaska Airlines says that in response to snow forecasts, it has decided to cancel 38 flights into and out of Seattle and Portland, Ore., be...

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Easyjet Forces Man With Disability Off Plane

Posted 01.18.2012

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A passenger who uses a wheelchair was asked to leave his Easyjet flight because of safety concerns by the airline. Martin Sabry, 39, was heading f...

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Bomb Scare Forces Plane To Make Emergency Landing

Posted 11.19.2011

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A reported bomb threat forced Alaska Airlines flight 342 to land under heightened security circumstances Monday morning at Oakland International Airpo...

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Dogs On Runway Delay Airplane Landing

Posted 11.13.2011

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Two dogs loose on a runway at Juneau International Airport caused an Alaska Airlines jet to delay its landing. The plane, attempting to land in Ala...

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Man Rushes Cockpit Door, Bites Crew Member

Posted 11.06.2011

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An unidentified 39-year-old Alaska Airlines passenger on an Anchorage to Seattle flight reportedly rushed the cockpit and bit a crew member once the p...

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Red Eye Passenger Stung By Scorpion Mid-Flight

AOL Travel News | Posted 08.30.2011

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An Alaska Airlines passenger got the surprise of a lifetime when he was stung by a scorpion on a flight from Seattle to Anchorage. Jeff Ellis was f...

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Airlines' Newest Threat: Scorpion Attacks

AP | NIGEL DUARA | Posted 11.15.2011

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PORTLAND, Ore. — All Jeff Ellis could do was wait as he sat terrified 30,000 feet in the air staring at the wriggling scorpion that stung him on...

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Toilet Paper Discovery Forces Plane's Evacuation

AOL Travel News | Posted 06.23.2011

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Yes, the headline was written error-free: An Alaska Airlines jet was evacuated Friday afternoon after a 'suspicious powder' was found in the plane's l...

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Praying On Planes: Rights And Responsibilities

Rabbi Aaron Alexander | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rabbi Aaron Alexander

Our freedom to pray in the public square comes with parallel obligations: we must communicate with others so they can understand and we must understand how our obligations should change so we can co-exist with others.

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Alaska Airlines Met By FBI In Los Angeles After Group Of Passengers Perform Jewish Ritual

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES -- Pilots on an Alaska Airlines flight locked down the cockpit and alerted authorities after three passengers conducted an elaborate ortho...

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Flight From Seattle To Denver Delayed By Rat On Plane

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SEATTLE — Alaska Airlines had to delay a flight about to leave Seattle-Tacoma International Airport when a rat was seen scurrying in the cabin. T...

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Advice From Mom on How to Improve Air Travel

Christine Negroni | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christine Negroni

This ongoing dispute between airlines and their customers sounds familiar, like the sound of siblings fighting. What I don't hear is the sound of either side trying to understand the position of the other.

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Eagle Sucked Into Alaska Airlines Engine, Flight Aborted

AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 05.25.2011

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An eagle was sucked into an engine of an Alaska Airlines jet as the aircraft was taking off from a small southeast Alaska to...

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Alaska Airlines Joins Boeing's Biofuel Group

Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle): | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alaska Airlines has joined Boeing Co.'s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group, which the aerospace giant formed to accelerate the commercialization of...

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