Southwest Fined $140 Million For 2022 Holiday 'Meltdown' BBC reported the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has fined Southwest Airlines a whopping $140 million for last year’s holiday meltdown that canceled roughly 17,000 flights and stranded more than 2 million passengers. The media outlet noted the penalty imposed on Southwest[…] Read this article
In Spite Of Everything, We Feel Safe When you boil it all down, just about every magazine, podcast, video and article about aviation has a single central theme. With the exception of some cool stuff coverage, we’re all about safety and the pursuit thereof. So, I was[…] Read this article
Best Of The Web: Holiday ATIS It sucks to work on Christmas Eve, even in paradise, but controllers in Hawaii injected some levity into the 24/7 reality of keeping everyone flying. Read this article
FAA Panel To Study Controller Fatigue This week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) introduced a panel of experts tasked with investigating air traffic controller fatigue as the agency works to improve aviation safety in the wake of several close calls at U.S. airports. Mark Rosekind, former National Transportation[…] Read this article
Qatar Airlines Bans YouTuber After Tough Review Aviation YouTuber Josh Cahill says he was banned from flying with Qatar Airways after posting an unfavorable review of the flagship airline. Known for his aviation content and unbiased airline reviews, Cahill has garnered a following of 655,000 YouTube[…] Read this article
'Pardo's Push' Pilot Dies Bob Pardo, the fighter pilot behind one of the best known—and for decades officially least recognized—aviation exploits of the Vietnam war died in a hospital in College Station, Texas, from lung cancer complications in early December. He was 89. According[…] Read this article
