US Pilot Erwin Washington Arrested For Being Drunk Before Flight

Erwin Washington, a 51-year-old United Airlines pilot, has been arrested in London's Heathrow Airport for being drunk before his scheduled flight from London to Chicago on Monday. Before the flight, Washington colleague smelled alcohol in his breath, so the pilot was made...

Authorites remove two from United flight

In what turned out to be an apparent false alarm,  airport officials at the Los Angeles airport removed 2 men from a United Airlines flight after a flight attendant noticed a panel had made moved in the...

Gerry McNamara Recalls Flight 1549 Crash in Hudson River: E-Mail

Gerry McNamara was a passenger on Flight 1549 that crashed in the Hudson River in New York on January 15 earlier this year. Well now an e-mail has surfaced that was sent from Gerry McNamara desdribing what it was...

United Breaks Guitars: Dave Carroll Defeats United with YouTube

United has finally apologized to Dave Carroll for breaking his guitar. AMeanwhile United breaks Guitars has surpassed 3 million views in just ten days. The American airline industry took notice, however, and has...

Muslims Oppose Design of Flight 93 Memorial

The phrase, "better late than never," applies to the good news offered in a post at the Error Theory blog. Today, blogger Alec Rawls shares news of a strongly-worded news release, dated March 17, in which Khalim...

United Airlines Seating Policy: Obese Hit With Second Seat Charge

United Airlines has a new seating policy regarding obese passengers and it is causing controversy.  The new seating policy was first announced on March 4, 2009 and went into effect on April 15, 2009. The...

United Airlines will double second-checked bag fee to $50

United Airlines has just announced they will now DOUBLE its current second-checked baggage fee.  It was $25, and as of this Tuesday that will jump to $50.  This new fee will affect all travel on or after...

united airlines invests in new seats and cut costs on lavatories

united airlines is proud of its new seats but apparantly cut costs on its lavatories , as seen on UA flt 901 from frankfurt/FRA to san francisco/ SFO. on this flt was no running water i the lavatories in UF and...

BREAKING NEWS: No More Delta Air Lines?

"ATLANTA -- The Associated Press has learned that United Airlines and Delta Air Lines have been discussing a combination between the nation's second- and third-largest carriers that would keep the United name and the corporate headquarters in the Chicago area. An official...

5 Years Later Another Plane Diverted

"Federal authorities diverted a San Francisco-bound United Airlines jet to Dallas as a precautionary security measure on Monday after finding an unclaimed BlackBerry on board. Officials had also found and removed...

UK-US flight in emergency divert

"A London to Washington flight diverted to Boston with a fighter escort after the pilot declared an emergency following a disturbance on board. A woman passenger on the United Airlines flight is said to have been...

Comedian Mo’nique a Kicked off Airline

Mo’Nique says flight attendants treated her ‘like an animal.’ flight attendants threw her off the plane without giving her a reason why, referring to her as a “threat.”

civilian airlines as military recruiters

But not on board flights to Iraq or Afghanistan. Copy & Click this URL: http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2006/0508/biz/stories/7maymilitaryjob.htm   

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