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American Air Sues Worker Behind Parody Videos

Rob Quinn — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:21:58 CDT

American Airlines is suing a former flight attendant who has mocked the airline's management in a series of YouTube videos. Gailen David, who was fired a few weeks ago, revealed the flight plans of several airline execs and claimed that the airline had bumped frequent flyers from first class to...

Ryanair Asks Crews to Lose Weight to Cut Fuel Costs

Kevin Spak — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:23:05 CDT

With fuel costs on the rise, Ryanair is desperately trying everything it can think of to shave some weight off its planes—including slimming down its in-flight magazine, serving less ice, and even telling its flight crews to watch their weight, the Telegraph reports. "We cut costs wherever possible," a...

'Erratic' Delta Attendant Pulled From Flight

Kate Schwartz — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:43:05 CDT

It seems everyone's "erratic behavior" antenna is up these days: A Delta flight attendant was pulled from a Buffalo-to-Atlanta flight after a TSA agent observed, you guessed it, erratic behavior, and was worried he wasn't fit to work the 6:15am flight. The questionable actions haven't been detailed, but a...

JetBlue Flight Diverted After Pilot's Meltdown

Matt Cantor — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:14:10 CDT

A pilot tore through the cabin of a JetBlue plane yelling about terror threats, warning passengers about al-Qaeda and bombs on board, passengers tell the Amarillo Globe-News . The captain started "shouting, ‘Iraq, al-Qaeda, terrorism, we’re all going down,'" witnesses said. Passengers tackled him and held him down, and the...

Flight Attendant Freaks Out Passengers, Is Detained

John Johnson — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:12:03 CST

Details are still sketchy, but something seriously weird and unpleasant happened aboard an American Airlines flight set to take off from Dallas to Chicago today. Early accounts suggest that one of the flight attendants got on the PA system and began ranting about how the plane was going to crash...

Flight Attendants Want Baldwin's 30 Rock Off Airplanes

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:54:55 CST

American Airlines flight attendants are so furious with Alec Baldwin they want his sitcom banned from their airplanes. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants has asked that 30 Rock be removed from all American Airlines flights in the wake of the very public squabble that erupted when he got booted...

Pilot Suspended for Broadcasting Crude Rant

Rob Quinn — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 06:28:00 CDT

A Southwest Airlines pilot was suspended without pay after he accidentally broadcast a rant about his failure to score with the airline's flight attendants to dozens of air traffic controllers and fellow pilots. The airline hires a "continuous stream of gays and grannies and grandes," the man told his co-pilot,...

Staff, Passengers Subdue Would-Be Paris Hijacker

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 04:45:00 CDT

Flight staff and passengers tackled and subdued a would-be hijacker yesterday after he held a small knife to the throat of a flight attendant and ordered an Alitalia flight from Paris to fly to Tripoli. The plane and all 131 passengers landed safely in Rome. The attacker was identified as...

Toddler Stashed in Overhead Bin on Virgin Flight

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 05:57:00 CST

A mom is still sputtering in fury after a Virgin Blue airlines steward stashed her baby boy in an overhead bin during a flight from Sydney to Fiji. Natalie Williamson says the flight attendant placed her 17-month-old son, Riley, in the bin and closed the latch, leaving him in there...