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Thursday, April 19, 2018

American Airlines President Explains the Downside to Giving Employees Raises and more...

Mechanics at American Airlines don't have a new joint contract yet after the merger. There are US Airways and American legacy work groups, and everyone wants the best of both contracts. That would be far more expensive than the airline is willing to pay ...

 

American Airlines President Explains the Downside to Giving Employees Raises and more...



American Airlines President Explains the Downside to Giving Employees Raises

Mechanics at American Airlines don't have a new joint contract yet after the merger. There are US Airways and American legacy work groups, and everyone wants the best of both contracts. That would be far more expensive than the airline is willing to pay - and more expensive than what competitors pay.

American Airlines President Robert Isom explained to employees in Philadelphia this week that the raises the company handed out make getting to a new contract harder.

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TSA Makes Fun of Silent Bob’s Clothes

Mark Zuckerberg, when he's not testifying before Congress, famously always wears the same t-shirt. He has plenty of them. That way he doesn't have to think about what he's going to wear that day, and can focus all his thinking on Facebook. Or so the story goes.

Kevin Smith, the writer/director of movies like Clerks and Chasing Amy, almost always wears a hockey jersey. So that's what's on his drivers license.

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Cathay’s Improved Business Class Meal Service Won’t Be Dine on Demand

Dine on demand is a great feature. There are many long flights with late departures, some passengers will eat in the lounge and want to go straight to sleep. Others will want to eat on board. However with large business cabins it's a lot of extra work for flight attendants.

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American’s President Wants to Stop Paying Philadelphia Airport Until They Clean Up Filth

At an employee forum in Philadelphia this week American Airlines President Robert Isom was asked when the airline would work with the city to clean up the Filthadelphia airport?

He noted they pay for "75% of the bills around here... at the end of the day it is not right to be paying that for goods and services that are supposed to be delivered." Isom committed to "talk to Doug Parker this week, and we'll figure out how we can get the Mayor and the Airport Director aware of the situation."

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Plastiq Offers a Deal to Pay Your Rent By Credit Card and Earn Points

Plastiq will usually charge 2.5% to bill your credit card and send a check to make payments for you.

I love competition, though. Because now that there's a new player on the scene Plastiq is out with a lower rate promotion to lock in rent payments.

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Video Shows Military Storming Plane and Freeing Captive Flight Attendant

The passenger continued to hold the flight attendant in the galley even as the plane touched down, and even after all of the rest of the plane disembarked. Negotiators came on board while the military prepared to storm the plane.

Eventually the military came in through the cockpit's escape window, entered the cabin through the cockpit door, and took down the passenger. The mission was a success because they managed to take the man without the flight attendant being harmed.

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The Chilling Conversation With Air Traffic Control as Southwest 1380 Prepared to Land

Listening to the pilot talk to air traffic control as they made their descent into Philadelphia for an emergency landing is chilling. My whole body shakes and goes numb as I play this. The pilot did an incredible job, she stayed calm, dealt with everything matter of factly as she must and provided necessary information to the ground so that they could have the priority they needed getting to the ground and emergency services prepared for their arrival.

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