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JetBlue Creditors Hire Bankruptcy Advisers—As $2 Billion In Frequent Flyer Debt Hits 42 Cents On The Dollar viewfromthewing.com/jetblue-…

JetBlue Creditors Hire Bankruptcy Advisers—As $2 Billion In Frequent Flyer Debt Hits 42 Cents On...

Creditors are organizing as JetBlue burns cash waiting for its premium turnaround to pay off. United could find parts of the airline attractive after a restructuring, but that wouldn’t necessarily...

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U.S. Fines Air France And KLM $425,000 For Flights Over Iraq—They Say Pilots Were Just Following Orders viewfromthewing.com/u-s-fine…

U.S. Fines Air France And KLM $425,000 For Flights Over Iraq—They Say Pilots Were Just Following...

Air France and KLM operated more than 130 Delta Air Lines codeshare flights through restricted airspace over Iraq. The airlines say their pilots were following air traffic control instructions. The...

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‘In one experiment, we asked agents in separate VMs, created and managed by OpenAI’s sandboxing software on shared host machines, to exchange synthetic secrets without the use of network connections or shared writable files—something that our systems are meant to prevent. The agents found a way to communicate using the processor’s cache’
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Delta Fought Over Detroit’s Iceland Route—Then Canceled It Once The Competition Was Gone viewfromthewing.com/delta-fo…

Delta Fought Over Detroit’s Iceland Route—Then Canceled It Once The Competition Was Gone

Delta added a flight from Detroit to Reykjavik, Iceland after Icelandair added the route. It's not a route that really works with two airlines in the market, and Icelandair couldn't make it last....

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American Airlines Confirms Pilots Get First Class Upgrades Ahead Of Its Best Customers—Should They? viewfromthewing.com/american…

American Airlines Confirms Pilots Get First Class Upgrades Ahead Of Its Best Customers—Should They?

An American Airlines passenger posted a photo of a uniformed pilot sitting in first class and complained about employees getting these seats ahead of customers. The customer compared it to Apple...

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Chase Offers Seattle Airport $135 Million In Rent—But Its Board Needs Lounges Explained viewfromthewing.com/chase-of…

Chase Offers Seattle Airport $135 Million In Rent—But Its Board Needs Lounges Explained

Chase is offering Seattle airport $135 million in rent for a new Sapphire Lounge, but the airport’s governing board delayed the project over equity and concerns that lounge guests would spend less...

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Delta Passenger Threatens "Death To America," Makes Gun Noises—Shouts ‘Put It On Instagram’ As Police Take Him Away viewfromthewing.com/delta-pa…

Delta Passenger Threatens "Death To America," Makes Gun Noises—Shouts ‘Put It On Instagram’ As...

A Delta passenger being escorted off a flight at New York JFK had a request for the people filming him: “Put it on Instagram!” He continued shouting racial slurs as police walked him through the...

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American Airlines Quietly Orders Five More Airbus Jets—And Buys Two Used Boeing 777s viewfromthewing.com/american…

American Airlines Quietly Orders Five More Airbus Jets—And Buys Two Used Boeing 777s

American’s quarterly filing reveals five additional Airbus commitments, two off-lease 777 purchases and changes in Airbus delivery timing. Its existing 787 schedule is unchanged, with only nine new...

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United Airlines Is Opening A Crew Base At American’s Biggest Hub—Here's Why viewfromthewing.com/united-a…

United Airlines Is Opening A Crew Base At American’s Biggest Hub—Here's Why

United Airlines is opening flight attendant bases at Dallas–Fort Worth and Sacramento, according to aviation watchdog JonNYC—fueling speculation about a challenge to American’s home turf and a new...

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Delta Is Expanding Across The Pacific—But Even American Airlines Is Beating It With Passengers viewfromthewing.com/delta-is…

Delta Is Expanding Across The Pacific—But Even American Airlines Is Beating It With Passengers

Delta is expanding across the Pacific, but United and even American Airlines are growing ticket revenue faster. That’s an awkward result for an airline that sells itself as the premium choice....

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New Southwest Flight Attendant Told To Collect ‘Air Samples’—So She Took A Trash Bag Down The Aisle viewfromthewing.com/?p=25879…

New Southwest Flight Attendant Told To Collect ‘Air Samples’—So She Took A Trash Bag Down The Aisle

A new Southwest Airlines flight attendant was told the pilots urgently needed an air sample. So she went into the cabin wearing gloves, scooped air into a white trash bag, and carefully carried it...

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JetBlue Adds Free First Class Upgrades—But Turns Repeat Travel Perks Into One-Time Passes viewfromthewing.com/jetblue-…

JetBlue Adds Free First Class Upgrades—But Turns Repeat Travel Perks Into One-Time Passes

BlueFirst upgrades will clear an hour before departure, with Mosaic members ahead of cardholders without status. The 2027 overhaul also adds repeatable rewards and richer premium card benefits—but...

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United Passenger Says Seatmate Pleasured Himself In First Class—She Got 50,000 Miles viewfromthewing.com/united-p…

United Passenger Says Seatmate Pleasured Himself In First Class—She Got 50,000 Miles

A woman bought first class on a United Airlines redeye from San Diego to Newark so she could recline and sleep. She says the man beside her watched porn and masturbated instead. She wound up with...

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United Airlines CEO Doubles Down On Wealth Taxes, Wants Compulsory National Service viewfromthewing.com/united-a…

United Airlines CEO Doubles Down On Wealth Taxes, Wants Compulsory National Service

Scott Kirby is defending his tax proposals and calling for compulsory national service. But young people already contribute through work, startups, and caregiving—and counting the benefits of...

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United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby wants wealth and near-100% inheritance taxes: "Should @ElonMusk be able to pass on over a trillion dollars? I don’t think so.” liveandletsfly.com/scott-kir… - Musk building Tesla, SpaceX et al does not take away from society - it adds to it - The 'near-100%' inheritance tax is a huge incentive to consume everything you earn rather than save and invest

I Asked United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby About Inheritance Taxes, And He Brought Up Elon Musk - Live...

I asked United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby about inheritance taxes and his seven children. He explained his views on fairness and brought up Elon Musk.

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American Airlines Revenue Jumps 19%, Losses Grow—But Signs The Premium Pivot Is Working viewfromthewing.com/american…

American Airlines Revenue Jumps 19%, Losses Grow—But Signs The Premium Pivot Is Working

CEO Robert Isom says the airline's investments are working, with “premium performance leading the way.” Seeing losses when Delta, United and Southwest made money - indeed, slightly worsening losses -...

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Passenger Banned For Inflating Life Vest During Safety Demo—Police Meet Him On Arrival viewfromthewing.com/passenge…

Passenger Banned For Inflating Life Vest During Safety Demo—Police Meet Him On Arrival

A Jetstar passenger watched the safety demonstration, pulled the inflation handle on his own life vest, and sat there with the yellow flotation chambers ballooning around his neck.

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Delta CEO Says He Refused To Put Starlink On Planes If He Had To Call It Starlink —“No, It’s Gotta Be Delta” [Roundup] viewfromthewing.com/delta-ce…

Delta CEO Says He Refused To Put Starlink On Planes If He Had To Call It Starlink —“No, It’s Gotta...

Delta CEO Ed Bastian says Starlink’s name was a sticking point: he wanted the Wi-Fi called Delta. Also, a Hyatt Place guest finds Hampton Inn branding, passengers report feet and a discarded diaper,...

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JetBlue Stock Fell Below $3—How Close Is Bankruptcy, And Will United Buy It? viewfromthewing.com/jetblue-…

JetBlue Stock Fell Below $3—How Close Is Bankruptcy, And Will United Buy It?

JetBlue shares closed Tuesday at $2.91, and on Wednesday United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby was asked whether he might buy the airline that still has to finance a turnaround while losing money.

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Southwest Touts Its Transformation—But Asset Sales And Credit Card Drive Most Of Its Profit viewfromthewing.com/southwes…

Southwest Touts Its Transformation—But Asset Sales And Credit Card Drive Most Of Its Profit

Southwest Airlines says its transformation is working. Its latest earnings are improved compared to last quarter and last year. But $214 million of its $428 million in adjusted pretax profit came...

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