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FAA refers 43 more unruly passenger cases to FBI for possible prosecution
Human Factors

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has referred 43 additional cases of unruly passenger behaviour to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for potential criminal prosecution over the past year. This brings the total number of serious cases referred to the FBI to over 310 since late 2021, as part of a partnership aimed at ensuring

Australian cabin crew launch ‘Fatigue Doesn’t Fly’ campaign, calling for mandatory rest regulations
Human Factors

On International Cabin Crew Day, the Flight Attendants’ Association of Australia (FAAA) has launched the “Fatigue Doesn’t Fly” campaign, urging the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) to introduce mandatory flight time and rest regulations for cabin crew. More than a decade after the initial consultation process and five years after the introduction of regulations for

Man who inspired ‘The Terminal’ dies at Paris airport
Human Factors

Mehran Karimi Nasseri, an Iranian exile, has called Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport home for the past 18 years after falling into legal limbo in 1988.

‘Discrimination plain and simple’: Union pushes back at start-up Breeze’s hiring policy
Airlines

A branch of one of the US’ most prominent flight attendant unions has called out aviation veteran David Neeleman’s latest start-up airline venture over its hiring policy. Neeleman’s latest airline, Breeze, has reportedly teamed up with Utah Valley University in order to recruit a team of solely junior part-time flight attendants, ahead of the carrier’s

‘Bad apple’: Wizz Air head of flight operations under fire after stepping down
Airlines

Budapest-based low-cost carrier Wizz Air has hit a storm of controversy over the recent replacement of its chief of flight operations, who is alleged to have encouraged his team to target people who take sick days or don’t accept shifts on their days off for redundancies. According to a report by Reuters, voice recordings from

Delta returns all pilots to ‘active flying status’
Airlines

Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines has informed staff that it will return all of its pilots back to ‘active flying status’ by October this year, as it banks on increasing demand for domestic leisure and business travel. According to an internal memo sent to staff by Delta senior vice president and chief of operations John Laughter,

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