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Union Tells Pilots To Stop Slowing Down AA
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – The union representing pilots for American Airlines sent the strongest message yet to its members Thursday night to immediately stop anything they’re doing to slow down the...
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Southwest Airlines Adds Crew Bases In Denver
DENVER (AP) - Southwest Airlines Co. has officially opened new pilot and flight attendant crew bases at Denver International Airport. The bases will serve as offices on the ground for nearly 400 pilots...
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AA Gate Agents Describe Chaos Due To Canceled Flights
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – There were no planes, and no crews to fly them, just hundreds of upset passengers with no way to get where they were going. The scene would fit during just about any North...
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American Airlines Pilots Picket On Lunch Break
American Airlines pilots protest in support of the Allied Pilots Association on October 31 outside Terminal D at DFW (Chuck Schechner/CBSDFW) GRAPEVINE (CBSDFW.COM) - The contract dispute between...
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American Airlines Pilots Hold 2nd Contract Vote
DALLAS (AP) – DALLAS (AP) — Pilots at American Airlines will vote again on whether to approve a contract offer from the company, which has been operating under bankruptcy protection for nearly a year....
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Pilots Union President Warns Members “This Is Not A…Game”
American Airlines pilots stage and informational picket outside The Boeing Company headquarters on April 15, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. (credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images) FORT WORTH (CBS 11 NEWS) - The...
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American Airlines To Start Recalling Furloughed Pilots
FORT WORTH (CBS 11 NEWS) - American Airlines is planning to put dozens of pilots back to work. The airline announced it will start recalling furloughed pilots, beginning in January. Forty pilots are...
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High Court Won’t Stop Union Vote At American Airlines
FORT WORTH (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for a union-representation vote among passenger-service agents at American Airlines. The court has declined to hear Fort Worth-based...
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Union: American, US Airways Execs Meet With Pilots
FORT WORTH (AP) – Top leaders at American Airlines, US Airways, and their pilot unions are meeting to discuss a merger, one of the unions said. The Allied Pilots Association at American Airlines...
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AA Update – Merger Possible
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – The American Airlines’ pilots union approved a plan that could ultimately lead to a merger between American and US Airways inside bankruptcy. The Allied Pilots Association...
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American Airlines Merger Could Be Weeks Away
FORT WORTH (CBS 11 NEWS) – American Airlines’ CEO Tom Horton says it will be “a matter of weeks” before a decision is made about a merger with U-S Airways. Horton made the statement in a letter to...
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AA & US Airways Pilots Agree On Terms In Case Of Merger
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Pilots won’t lose work, will get to fly the same planes and will keep their seniority. They are among the key terms released Tuesday in a memorandum that the pilots unions of...
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2 Small Planes Collide, Land Safely Near College Station
COLLEGE STATION (AP) – Two single-engine planes landed safely after a mid-air collision that damaged the landing gear of one of the aircrafts and shattered the windshield of the other. A two-seat...
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Organizers: The Fort Worth Alliance Air Show Will Go On!
The Black Diamond Jet Team will be performing at the 2013 Fort Worth Alliance Air Show. (credit: blackdiamondjetteam.com) FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Organizers of the Fort Worth Alliance Air Show have...
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AA Pilots Blast Texas AG For Anti-Merger Lawsuit
DALLAS (AP) — Union pilots at Texas-based American Airlines say the state attorney general’s opposition to American’s proposed merger with US Airways doesn’t make sense. The Allied Pilots Association...
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Pilots Union Rejects American Eagle Contract
FORT WORTH (AP) - Union leaders have rejected a contract offer for pilots at American Eagle, raising fresh doubts about the fate of the carrier, which is the regional-flying wing of American Airlines....
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A Guide To CBS’ 2015 Pilot Season Orders
Ladies and gentlemen, the orders are in and pilot season is upon us. So what does that mean for you the viewer? It means that a large number of shows will have at least a first episode produced,...
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Bell Helicopter Responding To Noise Complaints
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter TARRANT COUNTY (CBS11) – Bell Helicopter is planning to ask the Federal Aviation Administration to let pilots at its training academy fly at a higher altitude,...
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Solar-Plane Pilots Say Trip Was Also Test Of Human Endurance
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — The two Swiss pilots taking turns to fly a solar-powered airplane around the world said Sunday the endeavor is not only a...
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Pilots & Air Traffic Controllers Shifting To Text Messages
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter CHANTILLY, Va. (AP) – Airline pilots and air traffic controllers are on schedule to switch to text communications at most of the nation’s busiest airports by the...
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That Pilot In The Cockpit May Someday Be A Robot
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — From the outside, the single-engine Cessna Caravan that took off from a small airport on Monday looked unremarkable. But inside the cockpit,...
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Pilots File Fatigue Grievance Against American Airlines
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter FORT WORTH (KRLD 1080) – American Airlines pilots have filed a labor grievance, claiming the airline is making pilots fly, despite risk of fatigue. In a letter...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines, Pilots Reach Deal To Avoid Canceling Flights
NEW YORK (AP) — American Airlines reached an agreement Friday with its pilots’ union to avoid having to cancel thousands of flights during the Christmas holiday season because of a glitch with the...
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JPMorgan: Pilot Scheduling Mix-Up Could Cost American $10M
FORT WORTH (AP) – A prominent airline analyst says American Airlines will pay about $10 million to fix the pilot-scheduling mix-up that left thousands of unstaffed flights around Christmas. (credit:...
View ArticleFormerly Furloughed AA Pilots Hoping For Pay Scale Increase
FORT WORTH (CBS11) – For years, about 2,000 American Airlines pilots once furloughed after the September 11 terror attacks, have waited to have their pay scale adjusted to the industry standard. Gregg...
View ArticleTwo Airline Pilots Report Seeing UFO While Flying Over Arizona
DENVER (CBSNEWS.COM) – Two airline pilots traveling over Arizona claim they were passed by an unidentified flying object while flying at over 30,000 feet in the air. CBS Denver reports that both...
View ArticleThe U.S. Is Facing A Serious Shortage Of Airline Pilots
WASHINGTON (CNN) – The national security of the United States relies on a healthy airline industry. That requires modern reliable airplanes, and highly skilled pilots to operate them. However, the U.S....
View ArticleRecording: American Airlines Pilots Demand Quick Action From Boeing In...
DFW AIRPORT (CBSDFW.COM) – We’re hearing the first unscripted moment between pilots who fly the 737 max planes – and officials for the company that creates them. In it, the pilots Boeing about the new...
View ArticleFAA Calling For Pilots To Test Changes To Boeing 737 Max Jets
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The planes have been grounded since March, with return to service dates continually pushed back, now federal safety officials are recruiting pilots from airlines around the...
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Navy Official Confirms ‘Unidentified Aerial Phenomena’ In Videos
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CBSNEWS.COM) — In December 2017 and March 2018, The New York Times released three allegedly declassified videos showing U.S. Navy pilots trailing some unidentified flying objects. The...
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Southwest Airlines Pilots Association Sues Boeing Over Grounding Of 737 MAX
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association filed a lawsuit against Boeing on Monday for “deliberately misleading the organization and its pilots about the 737 MAX aircraft.” The...
View ArticleSouthwest Pilots President Thinks Boeing Is Rushing The 737 Max Return
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Should they take their business elsewhere? The president of the pilots association thinks so when it comes to the Boeing 737 Max jets and Southwest Airlines. Jon Weaks,...
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North Texan Among 2 US Servicemen Killed In Afghanistan Chopper Crash
KABUL, Afghanistan (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Tarrant County native Chief Warrant Officer 2 David Knadle was among two servicemen killed when their helicopter crashed in Afghanistan. David Knadle and family...
View ArticleFAA Reports Nearly 100 Laser Light Cases In North Texas Distracting Pilots In...
WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – The Federal Aviation Administration issued a warning Thursday that holiday laser-light displays aimed at houses become potentially dangerous when aimed into the sky. The...
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American Airlines Pilots Picket Outside DFW Airport Over Contract Negotiations
DFW AIRPORT (CBSDFW.COM) – Hundreds of American Airlines pilots demonstrated outside DFW International Airport on Wednesday. The pilots union said in a news release, “This display of pilot unity comes...
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Pilots Sue American Airlines To Stop All Flights To China Amid Coronavirus...
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM/CNN) – The union representing some 15,000 American Airlines pilots is suing the company to try and immediately stop all of the carrier’s U.S.-China service, because of...
View ArticleWith Stimulus Ending Fort Worth-Based American Among U.S. Airlines Bracing...
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) — In just a few days, some 40,000 airline workers could see their jobs evaporate as the industry continues to be decimated by the coronavirus pandemic. Unless Congress acts to...
View ArticleCombined American Airlines, United Set To Furlough 32,000 As Pandemic Federal...
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) — Fort Worth-based American Airlines and United Airlines say they will begin to furlough some 32,000 employees after lawmakers and the White House failed to agree on a broad...
View Article‘We Have Flight Attendants Sleeping In Airports’: American Airlines Crews Say...
FORT WORTH, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Flight attendants and pilots working for Fort Worth-based American Airlines say the airline is failing to secure hotel rooms, sometimes forcing employees to sleep in...
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Southwest Apologizes For Cancelled Flights, Denies Rumors Of Pilot Protest
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas-based Southwest Airlines is apologizing to customers, after cancelling more than a thousand flights and delaying even more. The airline cancelled more flights on Sunday and...
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