Tag: crew
NEWS May 12, 2026 United's 30,000 Flight Attendants Have Just Voted Themselves into the Highest-Paid Cabin Crew in America United Airlines flight attendants voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new five-year contract on May 12, 2026, ending nearly six years without a pay raise and making United the last of the major US carriers to reach a post-pandemic labour settlement with its cabin crew. Read More →
NEWS Apr 30, 2026 British Airways Just Made It a Contractual Offence to Film Cabin Crew Without Permission British Airways has quietly but consequentially updated the legal contract that every passenger enters when they buy a ticket with the airline, adding an explicit prohibition on photographing, filming, or live-streaming cabin crew without their express consent. Read More →
NEWS Apr 24, 2026 ICE Boarded a Man on the Wrong Flight to Alaska and Ignored the Crew Who Tried to Stop Them A deeply troubling incident from May 2025 has only now come to light following a detailed investigation by The Seattle Times, one that reveals how federal immigration officers boarded a deportee onto entirely the wrong Alaska Airlines flight at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, ignored repeated warnings from flight attendants, and then compounded the error by re-detaining the man for a further 16 days after an airline captain used his own money to help him. Read More →
ROUTES Apr 07, 2026 Allegiant Air Shuts Down Two Crew Bases as the Airline Braces for a Major Merger Allegiant Air has confirmed it will permanently close crew bases at two U.S. airports: Bellingham International Airport (BLI) in Washington State and Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (SAV) in Georgia Read More →
NEWS Apr 02, 2026 Final Flight Home for Slain American Airlines Crew Member Honored by Colleagues A somber silence fell over the ramp at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport as American Airlines flight attendants gathered to welcome one of their own home for the last time. Read More →
NEWS Mar 20, 2026 Severe Turbulence Jolts Sydney Bound Delta A350 Leaving Flight Crew Hospitalized Emergency responders met Delta Air Lines flight DL41 on the tarmac at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport early Friday morning after the aircraft encountered a significant and "brutal" pocket of turbulence during its final descent. Read More →
NEWS Mar 04, 2026 United Airlines Evacuates Crew Stranded in Middle East Conflict, Some Driven Across Saudi Desert United Airlines has successfully concluded a high-stakes extraction operation to repatriate the final members of its flight crews who were caught in the crossfire of the rapidly escalating conflict in the Middle East. Read More →
NEWS Oct 14, 2024 Korean Air Launches Cabin Crew Cultural Immersion Program Korean Air has introduced “Dive into K-style,” a cultural immersion program designed for its new international flight attendants. The initiative offers new hires an opportunity to experience Korean culture, values, and the airlines’s corporate culture through various hands-on activities. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Mar 27, 2024 Why Pilots Never Eat the Same Meal Imagine you are onboard a long-haul flight, and dinner has just been served. There are usually a variety of options to choose from; chances are, one of the pilots may have also had a similar meal. The key word is "one," as there is a common myth that the pilots of a flight never eat the same meal. Read More →
NEWS Mar 06, 2024 Qatar Airways to Revolutionize Passenger Experience With World's First AI Cabin Crew Qatar Airways introduced the worlds first AI Cabin crew at ITB Berlin 2024. The use of AI is the first to create a holographic user experience. The airline also announced greater frequency to 15 destinations, and the expansion of the QVerse. Read More →