The federal government has no fly and enhanced screening lists, where they check the names of passengers and decide under what conditions someone is allowed to travel, if at all. Its a form of pre-cr
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A lot of federal pandemic rules relied on executive action rather than legislation. Rather than passing laws giving authority to the President, administrations took aggressive readings of existing au
Flight attendants are mandatory on commercial aircraft for safety reasons, primarily but not exclusively in the event of an evacuation. Most flight attendants, though, never face true life and death s
Testimony continues this week in the federal governments anti-trust trial to break up the American Airlines-JetBlue Northeast Alliance. The government shifted its focus Monday morning away from the p
A week and a half ago Indonesian flag carrier and SkyTeam member Garuda Indonesia revealed its plan to drop first class and most international service. It was losing money flying long haul, so planne
The Department of Transportation has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the display of airline fees. Most coverage has simply rewritten the DOT press release, perhaps with a reaction co
A teenager on board an easyJet flight from London Gatwick to Menorca, Spain posted a fake bomb threat to social media. The Spanish government set a fighter jet to intercept the aircraft making its 80