NEWS Frontier Airlines strands flyers for 18 hours
850 mile journey took 18 hours? This is exactly what happened to passengers originally scheduled to fly on Frontier Flight 287. Link
NEWS Alps Crash Site 'Freakishly Close' to 1953 Disaster
As investigators head to the remote site in the French Alps where Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed yesterday, aviation experts are remembering an air disaster that happened in what the International Business Times calls a “freakishly close” location near the village of Barcelonnette. Link
NEWS Op-Ed: Responsible Journalism and the Air Crash Du Jour
As a 20-year veteran of the A320 cockpit for a major U.S. airline, including the last 15 in the Captain’s seat, I have cringed at the utter misrepresentation of aviation facts often disseminated by news outlets and their self-proclaimed “aviation experts” endlessly paraded across the TV screen during coverage of the latest air disaster. Coverage…
NEWS Germanwings Co-Pilot Deliberately Crashed Airbus Jet, French Prosecutor Says
PARIS — The chief Marseille prosecutor handling the investigation into the crash of a Germanwings jetliner said on Thursday that evidence from the cockpit voice recorder indicated that the co-pilot had deliberately locked the captain out of the cockpit and steered the plane into its fatal descent. Link
NEWS Frustration with U.S. airlines is soaring
For flight changes or cancellations, which can run into the hundreds of dollars. For seat assignments, which can cost around $50 per seat. For checked bag, usually around $25 per bag. For priority boarding, about $50. Link
NEWS Norwegian changes cockpit procedures
Norwegian has decided to change its cockpit procedures so that two crew members always are present in the cockpit. Link