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American Airlines Boeing 737 crash in Jamaica
Aircrew Buzz | 18 hours ago by B N Sullivan
by B. N. SullivanA Boeing 737-800 aircraft (registration N977AN) operated by American Airlines has crashed in Jamaica. According to a statement from the airline, Flight AA 331 overran the runway on landing at Kingston, Jamaica's Norman Manley Intern read more
Tis the season... for de-icing
Aircrew Buzz | December 19th 2009 by B N Sullivan
by B. N. SullivanA wicked snowstorm in the eastern United States caused the cancellation of many hundreds of flights today. Several airports closed while snow removal got underway, and at others, air traffic was greatly reduced.'Tis the season for s read more
Northwest Flight 188 incident: Pilots' appeal documents
Aircrew Buzz | December 10th 2009 by B N Sullivan
by B. N. SullivanAre you ready for another update on the Northwest Flight 188 incident? Readers will recall that shortly after the incident (in which the pilots of the Airbus A320 were out of radio contact with air traffic control for an extended pe read more
Northwest Flight 188 incident: ATC audio and transcripts released…
Aircrew Buzz | November 27th 2009 by B N Sullivan
by B. N. SullivanYou may have read some news reports today about the FAA's release of air traffic control audio and transcripts related to the incident in October in which Northwest Airlines Flight 188 was NORDO for over and hour and overflew Minneap read more
Video: US Airways Flight 1549 flight attendants recall Hudson Riv…
Cabin Crew News | November 4th 2009 by B N Sullivan
by B .N. SullivanDonna Dent and Sheila Dail -- two of the three flight attendants who evacuated US Airways Flight 1549 after it was ditched in the Hudson River on January 15, 2009 -- were interviewed recently by David Learmount, operations and safety read more
FAA revokes licenses of Northwest Airlines 'laptop pilots'
Aircrew Buzz | October 27th 2009 by B N Sullivan
by B. N. SullivanThe U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has revoked the licenses of the two Northwest Airlines pilots who overflew Minneapolis in an Airbus A320 after having been out of radio contact with the ground for a period of time. The read more
Northwest pilots lose situational awareness, overfly destination
Aircrew Buzz | October 23rd 2009 by B N Sullivan
by B. N. SullivanThe U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating an incident in which a Northwest Airlines A320 aircraft overflew its destination by approximately 150 miles. The two pilots attributed the incident to a loss of s read more
NTSB investigating Delta Air Lines Boeing 767 taxiway landing at…
Aircrew Buzz | October 21st 2009 by B N Sullivan
by B. N. SullivanYesterday, the Web was abuzz with rumors about a Delta Air Lines Boeing 767 that had mistakenly landed on a taxiway at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL). Word of this incident generated a lot of chatter on Twi read more
For 472 American Airlines flight attendants, involuntary furlough…
Cabin Crew News | September 2nd 2009 by B N Sullivan
by B .N. SullivanAmerican Airlines announced details of its current round of flight attendant furloughs yesterday. Although the airline initially sent furlough warning notices to 1,200 flight attendants, the flight attendants' union, the Associatio read more
Judge: American Airlines pilots' union cannot advise members to a…
Aircrew Buzz | August 28th 2009 by B N Sullivan
by B. N. SullivanEarlier today, the Allied Pilots Association (APA), which represents the pilots at American Airlines, announced a ruling by federal appeals court Judge Alexander Williams, Jr. that the union would be violating the Railway Labor Act i read more
United Airlines and flight attendants' union file for mediation o…
Cabin Crew News | August 7th 2009 by B N Sullivan
UAL Corp., the parent company of United Airlines, and the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA), the union representing United's flight attendants, have jointly petitioned the National Mediation Board (NMB) requesting the assistance of a federal med read more
The crash of Continental Flight 1404: Part 2, Evacuation details
Aircrew Buzz | July 21st 2009 by B N Sullivan
by B .N. SullivanThis is the second in a two-part series about the post-crash conditions and evacuation of Continental Airlines Flight 1404, a Boeing 737-500 that crashed and burned following a runway excursion at Denver on December 20, 2008. Part read more
The crash of Continental Flight 1404: Part 1, Post-crash conditi…
Aircrew Buzz | July 21st 2009 by B N Sullivan
by B .N. SullivanOn July 17, 2009 the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) made public a slew of documentation related to their investigation of the Continental Airlines Flight 1404 disaster at Denver International Airport (DEN) late last read more
Video: How to remodel the passenger cabin of a Boeing 747
Aircrew Buzz | July 20th 2009 by B N Sullivan
This video was produced earlier this year by United Airlines. In a time lapse sequence, it shows the remodeling of "the first and business class cabins on its Boeing 747, adding new lie-flat beds and 15-inch personal TV screens that have more than 1 read more
United Airlines grants voluntary furloughs to 1,926 flight attend…
Cabin Crew News | July 20th 2009 by B N Sullivan
United Airlines flight attendants learned today that 1,926 Voluntary Furloughs have been awarded in the current round. The furloughs range in length from 10 months to 30 months. Last month the airline announced a need to have 2,150 flight attendan read more
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