FlightStats.com says airlines have canceled 1,848 flights as as they deal with the nor’easter rolling across the Northeast. FlightAware.com’s count is a bit higher: 1,861. In a 3 p.m. update, FlightStats.com said airlines have grounded 1,593 flights Wednesday and 255 flights Thursday. As earlier posted, the New York area airports are hardest hit. Here are […]
Posted on November 8th, 2012 by admin
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FlightAware.com in its afternoon update put the number of North American flight cancellations tied to Hurricane Sandy at 18,100. That’s from Sunday through Wednesday. That includes 7,043 flights canceled Tuesday as of its 3 p.m. CDT analysis, with New York LaGuardia and Newark each having around 1,200 cancellations. FlightAware put Wednesday’s cancellations “so far” at […]
Posted on October 31st, 2012 by admin
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FlightAware.com in its afternoon update put the number of North American flight cancellations tied to Hurricane Sandy at 18,100. That’s from Sunday through Wednesday. That includes 7,043 flights canceled Tuesday as of its 3 p.m. CDT analysis, with New York LaGuardia and Newark each having around 1,200 cancellations. FlightAware put Wednesday’s cancellations “so far” at […]
Posted on October 31st, 2012 by admin
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We have updates from two flight-tracking services: – At 7 p.m. CDT Monday, FlightStats.com reported 7,656 flights cancelled in North America on Monday and, at that point, 3,810 cancellations for Tuesday. “Hurricane Sandy has caused 13,119 flight cancellations for North America since Saturday,” FlightStats.com said. – FlightAware.com had a higher number at its 4:30 p.m. […]
Posted on October 30th, 2012 by admin
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I recently had the opportunity to be a featured guest on Simple Flight Radio, a weekly two hour online radio show focused on general aviation. Hosts Al Waterloo and Marc Epner are on a quest to find amazing people doing amazing things in aviation and share their stories with Simple Flight listeners. Last week they […]
Posted on October 13th, 2012 by admin
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On my most recent cross country flight I tested out the CloudAhoy app to track and store flight data including route of flight, altitude and speed for the entire flight. CloudAhoy is a free app for the iPhone and iPad that lets you keep a visual record of each flight. For whatever reason I have […]
Posted on October 6th, 2012 by admin
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We’ve been looking over the list of flight attendants who signed up for American Airlines’ early-out option, and found some interesting factoids: – Of the eight most senior flight attendants now working at American, seven signed up for the “voluntary early-out program.” That is, the ones holding seniority #s 1 through 8, with the exception […]
Posted on September 24th, 2012 by admin
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Leaders of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants and the Association of Flight Attendants have issued a joint letter pledging to work together … [visit site to read more] Tweet This Post
Posted on August 31st, 2012 by admin
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American Airlines said Friday that it will begin accepting applications Monday from flight attendants who want to take the “voluntary early out program,” or VEOP. All applications have to in by Thursday, Sept. 20, the airline said. “We are pleased that the ratified agreement with our flight attendants allowed us to offer this option, which […]
Posted on August 25th, 2012 by admin
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Flight attendants at American Airlines Inc. have approved the company’s “last, best and final” labor contract offer. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants announced today on Twitter that 59.5 percent of its members voted in favor of the offer and 40.5 percent voted against it. Voting ended at 10 a.m. “In light of last week’s […]
Posted on August 20th, 2012 by admin
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