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American Airlines Worker Fired For Reply To Web User

The Telegraph | Tom Chivers | Posted 11.09.2009 | Technology

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American Airlines has been caught in a row over customer engagement after it fired a contract worker for responding to a complaint about their website...

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Amazon Wal-Mart Price War: Who's The Battle Really Against?

The New Yorker | James Surowiecki | Posted 11.02.2009 | Books

Amazon and Wal-Mart hardly seem reckless, though. So why did they go to war? The answer is that they didn't, really. Sure, Wal-Mart is making a statem...

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Denver's Halloween Blizzard Shuts Down DIA: Vote For The Scariest Airline Horror Story

Posted 10.30.2009 | Denver

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Airlines cancelled dozens of flights and 3-4 hour waits this week as DIA struggled to clear nearly two feet of snow off of runways. The ordeal create...

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Richie Notar, Nobu Co-Owner, Has Meltdown On Red-Eye Flight

nypost.com | Posted 10.29.2009 | New York

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Richie Notar -- the globe-girdling co-owner of the Nobu restaurant chain -- will be more careful mixing sleeping pills with alcohol after a meltdown o...

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United, US Airways Face Millions In Safety Fines From FAA

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 10.14.2009 | Denver

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WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday proposed levying multimillion-dollar fines against United Airlines and US Airways for safety violations, including flying a plane after mechanics stuffed shop towels into an engine.

The agency said it has proposed a $5.4 million fine against US Airways of Tempe, Ariz., for operating eight planes on a total of 1,647 flights from October 2008 to January 2009 in violation of safety directives or the company's own maintenance rules.

The agency also said it is proposing a $3.8 million fine against United of Chicago for operating one of its Boeing 737 aircraft on more than 200 flights with shop towels covering openings near where oil collects in the bottom of the engine instead of using protective caps required by the carrier's maintenance procedures.

Under FAA rules, the airlines have 30 days to present mitigating evidence before the agency can impose the fines. It's not unusual for fines to be reduced as the result of negotiations.

The hefty fines reflect the large number of flights that were allowed to carry passengers in violation of safety requirements, FAA spokeswoman Alison Duquette said. The agency doesn't know how many passengers were on the flights, she said.

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Logan Bomb Note: Plane Inspected At Boston's Logan International Airport After Threatening Note Found

The Boston Globe | September 30, 2009 04:16 PM | Posted 09.30.2009 | Home

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An American Airlines plane is being held at Logan International Airport this afternoon for inspection after a threatening note was found in the lavato...

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American Airlines Expands Chicago, New York, LA Flights With New Financing

AP | HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 11.17.2009 | Chicago

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ATLANTA — American Airlines' parent company said Thursday it is taking on significant new debt at a time when revenues are being hammered, but t...

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Smell Of Smoke Forces American Airlines Flight To Make Emergency Landing

AP | Posted 08.25.2009 | Home

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BOSTON — An American Airlines flight bound for San Juan, Puerto Rico, has returned to Boston for an emergency landing about an hour after takeof...

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Is Software Management Obsolete?

Tim Berry | Posted 08.21.2009 | Business

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Committees don't make great software. It takes a single person, an author. Maybe he gets some help. Teams don't do it.

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Bird Hits LaGuardia-Bound Airliner, Plane Lands Safely

NBC New York | Jennifer Millman | Posted 07.31.2009 | New York

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A bird strike has once again endangered a plane flying near LaGuardia Airport -- an incident that recalls the near-miss celebrated as "The Miracle on ...

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Is American Airlines the New G.M.?

Annie Roboff | Posted 07.26.2009 | Business

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Like the American auto industry, our airlines were the first and the best. But now it's other countries and the Richard Bransons of the world that are leading the way in delivering a great product.

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Airlines Adding Even More Extra Fees

AP | JOSHUA FREED | Posted 07.21.2009 | Business

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MINNEAPOLIS — As if charging $15 to check a bag weren't enough, two airlines are asking for $5 more beginning this summer if you pay at the chec...

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American Airlines To Cut Capacity Further

AP | DAVID KOENIG | Posted 07.12.2009 | Business

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DALLAS — American Airlines said Thursday that advance bookings through late summer are down from last year, and it will cut about 1,600 jobs as ...

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World Airlines To Lose $9 billion This Year

AP | EILEEN NG | Posted 07.09.2009 | Business

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The world's airlines will collectively lose $9 billion this year _ nearly double the previous projections _ and face a ...

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Airlines Cut Legroom, Add Seats In New Planes

wsj.com | SCOTT MCCARTNEY | Posted 07.05.2009 | Business

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If you thought legroom on commercial airlines was already cramped, get set to be squeezed some more. New Boeing 737-800s now being delivered to Ame...

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American Airlines Pilot Fails Breath Test Before London Flight

AP | Posted 06.21.2009 | World

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LONDON — An American Airlines pilot failed a breath test at London's Heathrow airport, the airline said Thursday. Fort Worth, Texas-based Ameri...

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Airline Survey: Southwest, Continental Are Top

Yahoo! Finance | Joshua Freed | Posted 06.19.2009 | Business

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Airlines are doing a better job of taking care of the passengers they still have, according to a new study. The increase came as ...

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American Ends Most Stopovers On 'Awards'

Washington Times | Nicholas Kralev | Posted 06.18.2009 | Business

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Do you rely on the media to tell you about changes in your preferred frequent-flier program? If you did that when American Airlines introduced its one...

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American Airlines Doles Out Bonuses Despite $375 Million Loss: Unions

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.17.2009 | Business

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American Airlines is bleeding money, and its unions say they are subsisting on peanuts in coach while corporate executives sip champagne in first clas...

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American Airlines, Citibank In Talks To Boost Cash

Reuters | Posted 05.04.2009 | Business

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(Reuters) -- AMR Corp's (AMR.N) American Airlines is in early talks to raise cash from its credit card partner, Citigroup (C.N), by selling it frequen...

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American Airlines Union Goes Viral Against Executives

AP | DAVID KOENIG | Posted 05.03.2009 | Business

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DALLAS — Unions at American Airlines have picketed, worn buttons and rented billboards to protest what they consider unseemly management bonuses...

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Fix the Airlines Instead of Bailing Out Wall Street

Don McNay | Posted 05.02.2009 | Business

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I used to schedule an out of town trip then meetings the next day. Now I can't. I am not sure if I will get back or if I will get home exhausted and stressed.

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Big Brother Flies The Friendly Skies Too

Lora Somoza | Posted 04.27.2009 | Living

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I was flying out of New York the other day and was pleased as punch to find I could get a little web surfing done. So as your friendly neighborhood sex columnist, I went looking for some sex.

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Too Much Information!

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 04.24.2009 | Business

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When is enough of a good thing way too much? When you're flying American (AMR). Somewhere along the line somebody must have done a focus group or some...

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Slapped by the Invisible Hand

Mike Papantonio | Posted 04.12.2009 | Business

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As Sullenberger continues to speak out, he should make it clear that all the pilots and crews who are still operating in the deregulated airline industry are truly heroes.

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