My struggles on United Airlines last year were well-chronicled (here and here) and I wasn’t alone. After the March reservation system switch-over a good number of people saw a dramatic change in their upgrade percentage. So, until Doug Parker ruins my favorite airline, American…
I mean, it’s not like US Airways has been unable to agree on a contract with their pilots and settle the seniority issue over, say, the last 7 years. A small group of pilots at AA is making known their concern with a possible…
The AA pilot’s union continues to think that they’ll get a better deal from US Airways. Their union head thinks that’s the way things are headed right now. This still continues to baffle me. I’ve written before that Doug Parker isn’t really to be…
Might not be important for everyone, but hey, I thought they were all newsworthy. 🙂 American Airlines is talking expansion. They’re talking international expansion, which is music to my ears. I prefer to redeem my miles to cool places all over the world, so…
View From the Wing posted a very detailed summary of the current “goings on” with American Airlines. The big update here from my last post is that British Airways has confirmed their involvement in the process. They’ve publicly stated they would be open to…
Definitely a bit of a surprise to me. WSJ is reporting that AMR (parent of American Airlines) will look at merger and investment opportunities in the next few weeks. It’s even more surprising considering AA won the right last week to continue to control…
I’ve never been the biggest Doug Parker fan. I think he says thing sometimes just to make headlines, and frankly I think he has something of an ego. So, to see stories like this one keep popping up is a bit annoying. Doug says…
US Airways flight attendants rejected yet another contract to give them pay raises and consolidate them into one seniority list. Flight attendants from the old US Airways are still working under pay cuts they took under a 2005 contract while the airline was still…