A variety of groups have come together recently to try to do something about the fact that many pilots and flight attendants are worked so hard that they hardly have enough time to sleep, resulting in poorer job performance. This problem came to a head on Wednesday night when a Northwest Airlines flight ended up overshooting the airport by 150 miles because of the possibility that the pilot nodded off.
Air traffic controllers at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport lost contact with the Airbus A320 for more than an hour, the time period in which it is suspected that the pilot …read more

Following Delta’s acquisition of Northwest, employees of both companies knew that there would be some job maneuverings. On Wednesday, Delta made a big splash by letting go five executives. Additionally, Delta said there could be future job cuts due to the airline deciding to limit their international flights.
The executives who were cut were Anna Schaefer, Tammy Lee Stanoch, Todd Anderson, Crystal Knotek and Laura Liu. Knotek and Anderson were in customer service, Liu was in international, Stanoch was in corporate affairs and Schaefer was a vice president of Northwest.
As with most businesses around the world, Delta blamed the job losses …read more