The Anti-Media – by John Vibes To comply with the 2005 Real ID Act, which the U.S. government has been slowly implementing for the past decade, citizens in a number of different U.S. states will now be forced to obtain a passport if they want to board an airplane — even for domestic flights. The… [Read More]
Muslim flight attendant suspended for not serving booze
Jazz Shaw, I watched an interview on CNN this weekend with Lena Masri, the attorney for Charee Stanley, which had me ready to shut off the television by the time it was over. Stanley is the recently converted Muslim flight attendant who was suspended from her job because she refused to serve alcoholic beverages to… [Read More]
A Terror Suspect On The No Fly List Was Just Granted A Shocking Privilege By One State
He cannot legally fly on a commercial aircraft because the Department of Homeland Security says he’s a terror threat, but now a Minnesota man has just been given his Class A commercial driver’s license. That means he can get behind the wheel of a cargo-hauling big rig — he might even be allowed to drive… [Read More]
US govt. employees spent extra $1M to fly first class: Report
What would your boss say if you submitted an expense report that included a $9,000 travel upgrade? That’s exactly what at least one government employee did in the past few years. Government employees spent an extra $1 million tax dollars to fly first class between 2012 and 2014, and based on a sample, more than… [Read More]
MH370 debris exposes divisions over air crash investigations
Air crash investigators risk being sidelined in a tussle to unlock the secrets of lost flight MH370, fuelling concerns that their role in making flying safer could be diminished. By drifting on to Reunion Island, the barnacled remains of a Boeing wing part from the Malaysia Airlines jet have given the upper hand to a… [Read More]
White House reportedly pushing for deal allowing flights to Cuba by year’s end
The Obama administration reportedly is working to reach a deal with Cuba that would allow regularly scheduled commercial flights between the two countries by the end of this year. The Wall Street Journal reports that a possible agreement would allow airlines to establish service between the U.S. and Cuba as soon as this December. Administration… [Read More]
Feds spent $160 million on body scanners that don’t work and everyone hates
Mary Katharine Ham, Government is just a word for incredibly expensive, ineffective, and inconvenient things we do together. It’s now becoming clear exactly how many tens of millions of dollars the TSA spent on body scanners that have missed airport security threats, outraged passengers and brought the agency under congressional scrutiny.The $160 million bill includes… [Read More]
Watch as Typhoon lifts Boeing 747 off the ground
A video has captured the incredible moment when a Boeing 747 was lifted off the ground by Typhoon Soudelor in Taiwan. The typhoon is shown repeatedly lifting the nose wheel of a China Airlines Cargo jet in a MrOutofcontrolvideos YouTube video. Soudelor made its first landfall in Taiwan on Aug. 8. The Typhoon’s top wind… [Read More]
Bad weather hampers bid to reach Indonesian plane crash site
Bad weather hampered efforts Monday to reach debris in remote eastern Indonesian mountains believed to be from a plane that crashed carrying 54 people and cash worth almost half a million dollars. More than 250 rescuers had tried to battle through dense forest to reach what is thought to be the wreckage of the Trigana… [Read More]
Indonesian plane with 54 people on board missing in remote Papua region
An Indonesian domestic passenger aircraft carrying 54 people lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday in the remote eastern Papua region, the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) said. “Lost contact with plane,” BASARNAS chief Bambang Soelystyo told Reuters by phone. According to the official BASARNAS Twitter account, the aircraft belonging to Trigana Air… [Read More]
Glitch that canceled more than 400 U.S. flights is fixed - FAA
Disrupted air travel along the heavily populated U.S. East Coast was resuming normal operations on Saturday after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said it had fixed an automation problem at an air traffic center that led to hundreds of flight cancellations. The FAA said an air traffic center in Leesburg, Virginia was thought to be… [Read More]
Flight control problem keeps flights grounded in NY and DC area
Officials reported big delays Saturday at New York and Washington airports because of an air traffic control issue. Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport reported that a computer outage was limiting flight arrivals and departures there as well as Washington’s Reagan National Airport and Dulles International Airport. The problem also affected flights leaving New York’s LaGuardia… [Read More]