There has been a lot of bad economic news for the airline industry for a long while now. But many individuals are starting to feel the pain of the suffering economy by losing their jobs. To assist those unfortunate people who lose their jobs, JetBlue Airways is offering a full refund to anyone “who experiecnes […]
Stories by David Parker Brown
If you have been following the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, you have probably been pretty frustrated with the delays. I always love the day when a new airliner is able to come out of the hanger, taxi out, and fly. Boeing says the Dreamliner is on target (well the newest target) to start deliveries in the […]
I notice I seem to avoid having to write about stories in the news that aren’t so positive in the airline business. I know those of us interested or that work in this business hate to see when a plane goes down and lives are lost. Flight 3407, a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400, crashed at […]
Last September an Aeroflot-Nord Boeing 737-500 crashed and killed all 88 on board. The final report released today shows that the pilot lost “spatial orientation”, banking the plane on its left wing, causing rapid decent into the ground. It seems the pilot had been overworked, drinking alcohol, and not trained well on the Boeing’s altitude […]
There have been some changes to TheAirlineBlog.com. There is now a new look and format to the blog. You can now reply to other’s comments and have your own profile, a better layout, and I just think it is more awesome! Unfortunately I am having to manually move over all the blog posts from the […]