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Why American Airlines' Big Public Sad Meltdown is Good

John Ridley | Posted 04.11.2008 | Business

Read More: American Airline Cancellations, Southwest Airlines, Aloha Airlines, Faa, American Airlines Delays, Oil, Oil Prices, Faa Safety Inspections, Gerald Arpey, FAA Safety, American Airlines, American Airlines Repairs, Canceled American Airlines Flights, Skybus, Ata, Business News
John Ridley

If you travel with any regularity you know aside from the AA mess this is a crappy time all around for the airline industry. It pretty much seems like air travel as we know it is done. Thank God.

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Southwest Flew Cracked Planes, Say FAA Inspectors

NYT Via CNBC | Mathew L. Wald | Posted 04.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Airlines, Southwest Safety Problems, Faa, Airline Safety, Cracked Southwest Planes, Business News

The Federal Aviation Administration may know considerably less about the state of airline safety than it claims, a parade of witnesses and lawmakers s...

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FAA Inspectors Say Concerns Ignored

AP | DAN CATERINICCHIA | Posted 04.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Southwest Airlines, Faa, Whistleblowers, Douglas Peters, James Oberstar, House Hearings, Federal Aviation Administration, Congress, Business News

WASHINGTON — The whistleblowers who exposed maintenance and inspection problems at Southwest Airlines told Congress their jobs were threatened a...

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It's Time to Reregulate Business

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Economy, Greenspan and Mortgage Crisis, Subprime Lending, Faa, Lead Paint Toys, FAA Southwest Airlines, Faa Safety Inspections, Federal Reserve, Regulation, Beef Recall, Sub Prime Lending Crisis, Toy Recalls, Southwest Airlines, Predatory Lending, Regulators Subprime Wall Street, Cpsc, Southwest Airlines Fine, Edward Gramlich, FAA Safety, Consumer Product Safety Commission, American Airlines, Airline Industry, Product Safety, Lending Practices, Sheila C. Bair, Wall Street Regulators, JP Morgan, American Airlines Cancels Flights, Deregulation, Southwest Safety, Product Recalls, American Airlines Inspections, Food Recall, Alan Greenspan, Meat Recall, Airlines, Canceled American Airlines Flights, Business News
Hale

Between toys that might kill our children, a food safety system that isn't working, airlines that might be flying unsafe airplanes, and our entire financial system, it's clear something isn't working.

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FAA Checking Maintenance Records Of All US Airlines After Missed Safety Inspections

AP | avid Koenig | Posted 03.18.2008 | Home

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The Federal Aviation Administration, under fire for its handling of missed safety inspections at Southwest Airlines Co., said Tuesday it is ordering a...

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Southwest Airlines Still Tops, Despite Recent Woes

ABC News | Kate Barrett | Posted 03.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Bureau of Transportation, FAA Southwest Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Southwest Airlines Best Service, Department of Transportation, Southwest Airlines Fine, Business News

Despite coming under fire recently for missed inspections, Southwest Airlines carried more passengers in 2007 than any other U.S. airline. New number...

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Southwest Grounds Dozens of Jets

AP | DAVID KOENIG | Posted 03.12.2008 | Business

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DALLAS — Southwest Airlines Co. canceled flights Wednesday and temporarily grounded 43 planes to examine if they were sound enough to carry pass...

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Southwest Suspends 3 Following Safety Fine

New York Times | JEFF BAILEY | Posted 03.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Southwest Safety, Southwest Airlines, Southwest, Southwest Fine, Business News

Southwest Airlines, initially combative in the face of a $10.2 million fine from the Federal Aviation Administration for inspection lapses, took a mor...

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Airlines: Pack Light Or Pay Up

Wall Street Journal | Scott McCartney | Posted 03.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Luggage Restrictions, Southwest Airlines, Airline Upgrades, First-Class Service, US Airways, Fuel Prices, United Airlines, Baggage Pricing, Business News

Pack light or pay up. Forcing customers to pay for service previously included with ticket purchases, UAL Corp.'s United Airlines and US Airways Grou...

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Southwest: I Can Really Fly for Only $99?

Jessie Gaskell | Posted 03.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Southwest Airlines, FA Fine, Faa, Southwest Airlines Fine, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Regulators, Southwest, Business, 236.Com, Business News
Jessie Gaskell

Congressional investigators deemed the planes "not airworthy." Sounds serious! But if I give you 99 American Dollars, in exchange, you can (most likely) get me to New York today, right?

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FAA Moves To Fine Southwest Airlines

AP | DAVID KOENIG | Posted 03.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Southwest Airlines, Faa, FA Fine, Southwest Airlines Fine, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Regulators, Boeing 737, Southwest, Business News

Federal regulators will seek a penalty of at least $3 million against Southwest Airlines Co. for failing to inspect older planes for cracks. The airl...

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Southwest's Quirky Ways Keep It Profitable

New York Times | Jeff Bailey | Posted 02.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Gary Kelly, Gary C. Kelly, Southwest Airlines, Southwest, Airline Industry, Business News

Southwest Airlines, with a raucous corporate culture that is the exception in the grim airline industry, stands to look even wilder as some of its big...

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Plane Crazy: Airline Delays Expected To Increase In 2008

New York Times | Jeff Bailey | Posted 01.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Continental Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, Airlines, Airplane Delays, Air Travel, Business News

The miserably full flights of 2007 might seem like a good reason for airlines to roll out a few more planes and ease the crowding. But passengers sho...

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Southwest CEO Channels "Hairspray" Diva For Halloween

Southwest Airlines' "Nuts About Southwest" Blog | Brian Lusk | Posted 11.03.2007 | Business

Read More: Gary Kelly, Halloween, Southwest Airlines, Hairpsray, Edna Turnblad, Business News

A lot of you have been wondering "who" Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly will be this Halloween. The answer is in, and he revealed his outfit at a ga...

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Southwest To End Family-First Boarding Policy

Bloomberg Via Houston Chronicle | Posted 09.19.2007 | Business

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Southwest Airlines Co., the only major U.S. carrier that doesn't assign seats, will stop letting people with small children board first, reducing the ...

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Woman Booted By Southwest For Skimpy Outfit Sees Red Over New Ad Campaign

ABC News | Hanna Siegel | Posted 09.15.2007 | Home

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The woman who was singled out by Southwest Airlines for wearing an outfit deemed too skimpy by a flight attendant says she's been victimized a second ...

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Second Woman Says Southwest Asked Her To Cover Up

AP Via CNN | Posted 09.13.2007 | Business

Read More: Southwest Airlines, Air Travel, Passenger Complaints, Business News

A second young woman has come forward to claim that Southwest Airlines employees made her cover up on a recent flight, leading jet-setters to ask: Wil...

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