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JetBlue removes 18 month from departing flight. Reason? The toddler’s name appeared on TSA’s NO FLY list. Fort Lauderdale, FL ~ Eighteen month old Riyanna and her parents had just boarded a JetBlue flight when an airline employee approached requesting they leave the plane and return to the inside gate area. The New Jersey family was told representatives from the Transportation Security Agency wanted to speak to them…… Full story from South Florida’s WPBF.com (click here)
Deal may let Virgin America, other airlines land at O’Hare Upstart carrier sees opening to challenge United, American The city of Chicago has struck a deal that could open O’Hare International Airport to Virgin America and other new entrants, providing fresh competition to United and American airlines. After lengthy negotiations, Delta Air Lines Inc. is poised to hand the city control of the L Concourse in O’Hare’s Terminal 3, including five gates that the city could rent to Virgin America, JetBlue Airways or even...
Embarrassing JetBlue snafu! Airline pilot loses gun and flight gets grounded Airlines losing luggage is nothing new, but at JFK Airport Thursday, a JetBlue pilot lost his bag - and his handgun. The Transportation Security Administration is probing Michael Connery Jr. after an embarrassing mixup nearly sent his government-issued firearm to Florida, while he was due to fly to Pennsylvania. Connery, who is licensed by the TSA to pack heat in the cockpit, was the scheduled co-pilot on an 8:10 a.m. flight out of JFK to Pittsburgh, law...
Ex-JetBlue worker tells court he feels ‘overwhelmed’ New York Post Quitting his job in dramatic style hasn’t eased the stress for former JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater. “I am a little overwhelmed,” Slater said in Queens Criminal Court today, where he updated a judge on the progress of his substance abuse treatment. Slater, 38, pleaded guilty in October of two counts of criminal mischief — one of them a felony — for an incident last August when he deployed...
Jet landed with parking brake on at Sacramento SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – A JetBlue airliner apparently landed with its parking brake on when its main tires blew and caught fire at Sacramento International Airport last month, a federal safety agency said Wednesday. Recorded flight data show the Airbus A320-232′s parking brake was engaged during approach at an altitude of 5,100 feet and stayed on throughout the Aug. 26 landing, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary finding....
Flight Attendant Stress: Keeping Cool on the Plane Flight Attendants are the Human Face of Airlines and Often Deliver Bad News Column By RICK SEANEY FareCompare.com CEO What’s with all the yelling and screaming on airplanes these days? Yes, I’m talking about the alleged extreme bad behavior by JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater — the cursing of a passenger, that dramatic exit down an emergency slide, beer in hand — but I’m also talking about nutty passengers, too (and more...
Somehow, this nearly blind cat has seen it all. Or at least experienced more in the last year than most domestic ‘sighted’ cats will see in a lifetime. Great story from SFGate.com. Thanks to all who participated in returning Jack to his hometown. Abducted cat’s trek from S.F. to N.Y. a mystery San Francisco — If Jack Daniels could talk, he could probably explain everything. Carolyn Jones- Chronicle Staff Writer But alas, Jack can only meow. So it remains...
Plane-iac’s foe faces 25G hit FAA: JetBlue bag lady broke a slue of rules New York Post – By Philip Messing and Doug Auer The woman whose oversize luggage sparked a tarmac tirade by a JetBlue flight attendant is in the cross hairs of federal officials mulling stiff penalties and heavy fines for her temper tantrum, authorities said yesterday. The unidentified passenger could be slapped with a fine of up to $25,000 fine for bringing down an overhead bin’s door...
Flight attendant’s job: Harder than it used to be? By Matt Rocheleau, Contributor / Christian Science Monitor August 11, 2010 Flight attendants, including JetBlue’s now-famous Steven Slater, often deal with annoyed or irate passengers. But the climate in which they work is more stressful than it used to be, experts say. Whatever caused JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater to make perhaps the most memorable “departure” in airplane history is no doubt more complicated than an unpleasant run-in with a passenger. After all,...
Fed-Up Flight Attendant is Out of Jail, Says He is Appreciative NBC New York, by TIM MINTON, JONATHAN DIENST, PEI-SZE CHENG and HASANI GITTENS A flight attendant who was arrested after arguing with a passenger on a JetBlue flight – making a grand exit from the aircraft by grabbing some beers and pulling the emergency chute — posted $2,500 bail and is out of jail. Video- Steven Slater released from jail Jet Blue employee Steven Slater, 38, of Belle Harbor, Queens, was arraigned Tuesday on reckless endangerment...
NY judge grants bail for angry flight attendant By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A judge granted bail for a flight attendant accused of cursing out a passenger on an airplane public-address system, grabbing some beer from the galley and exiting on an emergency slide. Steven Slater wore a slight smile Tuesday as he was led into a Queens courtroom to be arraigned on charges of criminal mischief, reckless endangerment and trespassing. The judge set his...
“The person was so distraught that he was threatening to harm himself in spectacular fashion,” Naccara said in an interview with WBZ-TV. “Never did he threaten the aircraft or the passengers or anybody involved with the plane itself.” BOSTON (AP) — A JetBlue pilot who threatened to “harm himself in spectacular fashion” surrendered a gun to authorities in Massachusetts after they confronted him just before he boarded a flight at Logan International Airport, law enforcement authorities said Friday. The...
