Two more officers involved in dragging a United Airlines passenger off a plane have been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement provided to Yahoo News. “The Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) continues reviewing the details surrounding the incident,” the CDA said in a statement released late Wednesday afternoon. “As part of our review, two additional officers have been placed on […]
United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz on Monday night defended the forcible removal of a passenger as “established procedure” as critics — ranging from late night comics to the Merriam-Webster dictionary — teased or outright mocked the company’s statements. “As you will read,” wrote Munoz in an email to employees, “this situation was unfortunately compounded when […]
Many frequent flyers in the U.S. have strong opinions about what makes an airline great– and what can make them horrible. Now a new study has made it official– until the next ranking comes out. Alaska Airlines is the best domestic carrier and Spirit is the worst. That’s according to ThePointsGuy.com‘s annual survey. Alaska earned the […]
There’s apparently just one way a baggage handler locked in the cargo hold of an outbound Charlotte flight could have survived his weekend ordeal, an aviation expert said Tuesday. With two cargo compartments on-board, he would have needed to be in the heated one, said Glenn Harmon, a former airline pilot, expert on human physiology […]