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American Airlines Passenger Arrested For Trying To Storm Cockpit

Posted 05.26.2012

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UPDATE, 2:00pm: Police have identified the man accused of rushing the cockpit as 24-year-old Canadian Ryan Snider. Snider will most likely face federa...

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Offensive Shirt Keeps Woman Off Plane

Posted 05.25.2012

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An unidentified woman claims that she missed her American Airlines flight because staff found her choice of clothing offensive, according to the blog ...

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What Airlines Can Learn From Unintentional Heroes

Christine Negroni | Posted 05.18.2012

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I am skeptical that Carroll's book has done what one jacket review claims, that he has "taught corporate America how to treat people better." I'd like to see some evidence of that.

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Those Scofflaws At American Airlines

Edward Wytkind | Posted 05.15.2012

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Lawbreaker. That is exactly what we need to start calling American Airlines for its blatant refusal to proceed with a union election among its 9,600 passenger service agents.

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AA Revokes Man's Air Pass For Alleged Fraud

Posted 05.14.2012

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This isn't the first time American Airlines has suffered financial woes. Now, the way out looks like a merger, but during a rough patch in 1987, AA tr...

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Bankrupt Airline To Consider Huge Merger

AP | DAVID KOENIG | Posted 05.12.2012

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DALLAS -- American Airlines says it is agreeing with creditors to consider potential mergers while it is still under bankruptcy protection. American ...

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Calling Airport Security On My Banana-Nut Muffin

Lisa Belkin | Posted 05.07.2012

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Had I walked through with my suitcase, purse, and muffin on my own, I would have been treated like I always am -- a frequent business flyer. But I was with a 2-year-old, and a mother who looked a bit like a Sherpa...

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The All-To-Frequent Flyers

Los Angeles Times | Ken Bensinger | Posted 05.07.2012

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There are frequent fliers, and then there are people like Steven Rothstein and Jacques Vroom. Both men bought tickets that gave them unlimited firs...

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Why You Should Have A Say In Airline Mergers

New York Times | Ron Lieber | Posted 04.27.2012

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Every time a company goes through bankruptcy court or gets involved in merger talks, it's disappointing to see who does not have a seat at the negotia...

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How Social Media Made Me Less Of A Cynical Flyer

Lauren DiMarco | Posted 04.27.2012

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This is the story of how American Airlines is doing one thing very right.

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Airline Merger Could Mean Higher Ticket Prices For You

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 04.25.2012

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See those planes in the sky? They're not the only things climbing higher. A proposed merger between American Airlines and US Airways probably would...

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Torture In The Air: A Traveler's Rant

Tom Alderman | Posted 04.25.2012

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Many of us have a genuine anxiety about flying. It's not so much that the plane will fall out of the sky -- although to some of us it's always a possibility -- it's more about the entire truly tortuous air travel experience.

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What A US Airways & American Airlines Merger Would Mean

Peter Greenberg | Posted 04.24.2012

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My advice is to start planning ahead as much as you can so you can start to redeem your American and US Airways miles as quickly as you can.

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Merger Efforts In the Works

HuffingtonPost.com | D.M. Levine | Posted 04.20.2012

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US Airways says it has taken a first step to a potential merger with rival American Airlines. The company has reached an agreement with the three ...

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WATCH: Flight Attendant Rants About Crashing

Reuters | Andrew Stern | Posted 05.09.2012

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By Andrew Stern CHICAGO (Reuters) - A female flight attendant who started ranting about a possible crash over the public address system...

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Ranting Flight Attendant Grounds Plane

Posted 03.09.2012

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An American Airlines flight attendant reportedly had to be subdued by passengers Friday morning after launching into a tirade about the plane crashing...

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How To Miss Your Flight

Sebastian Lindstrom | Posted 05.07.2012

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A wave of dread washed over me as I scrambled to get dressed, screamed at my friend to call a cab and then prepared myself mentally for an upcoming epic failure.

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Why Your Frequent Flier Miles May Soon Vanish

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 05.05.2012

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While consumers are dutifully stacking miles and points, the airlines may be counting on those "rewards" going bad before customers can cash in.

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'To Say That I Am Disappointed Would Be An Understatement'

Reuters | Posted 04.29.2012

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* Pilots union: AMR does not intend to reach consensual deal * AMR plans to cut labor costs by $1.25 billion * Pilots un...

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Ask Airfarewatchdog: Your Airline Conundrums Answered

George Hobica | Posted 04.24.2012

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Answering an interesting question about frequent flyer miles -- and is China really worth a trip?

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PHOTOS: What's Inside First-Class Amenity Kits?

Conde Nast Traveler | Posted 04.19.2012

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One of the best parts about flying in the front of the plane is that the airlines dole out amenity kits packed with all those little things that make long-haul flights more comfortable

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Airline Workers: 'We're Not Going To Back Down Without A Fight'

AP | By DAVID KOENIG | Posted 02.15.2012

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FORT WORTH, Texas -- Flight attendants and ground workers marched in picket lines Tuesday to protest American Airlines' plans to outsource jobs and cu...

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WATCH: Flight Attendant Mocks American In YouTube Skits

Posted 03.16.2012

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UPDATE 3/15/12: Gailen David, the American Airlines flight attendant who mocked the airline in a series of YouTube videos, has been fired, reports NBC...

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American Airlines' Creditors: Company Should Weigh Merger

Reuters | Posted 04.09.2012

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* AMR creditors committee open to exploring merger * Want merger-resistant managers to look at all options * AMR has exc...

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American Airlines Wants To Cut 13,000 Jobs

AP | By DAVID KOENIG | Posted 02.02.2012

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DALLAS -- The parent of American Airlines wants to eliminate about 13,000 jobs – 15 percent of its workforce – as the nation's third-bigge...

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