It would be interesting to see how big part of those salaries is tied to quarterly results reported to shareholders.Meanwhile in Japan
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how do they even survive?! This must be why no successful Japanese companies exist.
Shit that happens with Airlines, thread
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Maybe best to just avoid anything with 737 in the name, older planes likely to have engine issues after being covid stored...
A whole bunch more unique realities.
United to drop contract with ExpressJet, dealing potentially fatal blow
United Airlines said on Thursday it has decided to drop its contract with ExpressJet, and consolidate all of its outsourced flying on 50-seat planes with regional rival CommutAir. The decision could be a fatal blow to ExpressJet, which will begin to wind down its operations, according to a memo...
news.yahoo.com
Find something new.A whole bunch more unique realities.
United to drop contract with ExpressJet, dealing potentially fatal blow
United Airlines said on Thursday it has decided to drop its contract with ExpressJet, and consolidate all of its outsourced flying on 50-seat planes with regional rival CommutAir. The decision could be a fatal blow to ExpressJet, which will begin to wind down its operations, according to a memo...news.yahoo.com
Advertise beans from your daddy's office?
Insecure satellite Internet is threatening ship and plane safety
Attacks that worked 10 years ago have only gotten worse despite growing use.
arstechnica.com
Insecure satellite Internet is threatening ship and plane safety
Attacks that worked 10 years ago have only gotten worse despite growing use.
Ghost ships, crop circles, and soft gold: A GPS mystery in Shanghai
A sophisticated new electronic warfare system is being used at the world’s busiest port. But is it sand thieves or the Chinese state behind it?
www.technologyreview.com
Chinese vessels off Galapagos 'cloaking' in New Zealand
The Galapagos Islands are facing an invasion of Chinese trawlers – but some are cloaking their location by pretending to be in New Zealand waters.
www.stuff.co.nz
United actually follows up in 3....2....
Air Canada - the worst airline I have ever been on.
They are always in the news for fucking their passengers, and not in a good way.
Did you read the article?
"The new sanitization fee joins the lengthy list of other add-on fees when flying Air Canada including the checked baggage fee, early check-in fee, and the fee to spray down the wings before take-off with an “anti-gremlin coating”, referred to as the William Shatner Fee."
Yup the Harold.
Still does not change the fact that it is the worst airline I have travelled on and they are in the news quite often for bending their customers over, the latest was refusing to issue refunds... Fuck them.
Well, if that's gorilla-tape, good luck ever getting it off...
So it begins.......
www.cnbc.com
amp.cnn.com
American Airlines to cut 19,000 jobs when federal aid expires in October
They are the latest mass job cuts to hit the aviation industry as it reels from a plunge in demand and billions in losses.
www.cnbc.com
Delta Air Lines to furlough nearly 2,000 pilots in October
Delta Air Lines is planning to furlough 1,941 pilots in October as the airline industry struggles to rebound from coronavirus-related fallout.
amp.cnn.com
Did this airliner land in the North Sea? No. So what happened? El Reg probes flight tracker site oddity
All is well. Unless you trust everything you see on the internet
www.theregister.com
I got nothing....
The human race is doomed.
www.cnn.com
The human race is doomed.
Qantas seven-hour flight to nowhere sells out in 10 minutes
With international flights restricted, Australian carrier Qantas is the latest airline to offer a flight to nowhere, taking in local sights to passengers paying up to US$2,700.
www.cnn.com
Hopefully does not hit the giant volcano this time...I got nothing....
The human race is doomed.
Qantas seven-hour flight to nowhere sells out in 10 minutes
With international flights restricted, Australian carrier Qantas is the latest airline to offer a flight to nowhere, taking in local sights to passengers paying up to US$2,700.
Ethernet failure on Swiss business jet prompted emergency descent, say aviation safety bods
Solution? A software update, natch
www.theregister.com
Unique realities abound.
As rough as it would be, we need to (but won't) let them fail, break up the hub system and go back to much smaller regionals.
Our economy is fucked and right now, all it's doing is increasing the divide between those that have and those that do not. It's going to collapse at some point since we are propping it up with funny money and the further we go, the worse that will be, but no one wants to be the fall-guy at this point...If no aid comes through, that just might be the "reset" that is needed.
The airline industry has largely already ditched the hub and spoke model.
I've been watching a lot of 80s Kurt Russell movies to familiarize myself with the clothing, firearms, and catch phrases that will be needed in the new american wasteland coming soon.
Queue upcoming Democratic government (we hope), being blamed for the measures they need to introduce to rescue the country from the mess they inherit from the previous administration.
I can honestly say that this is the pattern that has occurred literally my entire life.
So, I might have to fly back east and visit my dad with my kiddo. What is flying protocol in regards to Covid these days? Are people getting rapid tests before seeing vulnerable loved ones?
I’m not flying Delta.
So what do we do besides hugging the loved ones one last time?
Where and when in the East?
Syracuse, probably early November or Early December (avoiding the holiday travel).
if the weather, my shoulder, and schedule cooperate, maybe a ride in Western Mass or Upstate NY might be in order?
if the weather, my shoulder, and schedule cooperate, maybe a ride in Western Mass or Upstate NY might be in order?
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I had to sit on a four hour flight recently. Thankfully near the front with an empty middle seat.
It was an older 737-800 so actually had airflow through the vents, unlike the newer asthmatic planes. Those were turned up full and I only removed my N95 mask for a few seconds mid-flight to take a drink of water to stifle a cough.
4/10 would not bang
It was an older 737-800 so actually had airflow through the vents, unlike the newer asthmatic planes. Those were turned up full and I only removed my N95 mask for a few seconds mid-flight to take a drink of water to stifle a cough.
4/10 would not bang
That’s probably what’s going on with my trip.
How did you get onboard with an expired driver's license?
Unique realities.
www.theguardian.com
Inside the airline industry's meltdown
The long read: Coronavirus has hit few sectors harder than air travel, wiping out tens of thousands of jobs and uncountable billions in revenue. While most fleets were grounded, the industry was forced to reimagine its future
www.theguardian.com