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Southwest pilots’ union sued the carrier this week, alleging the airline violated federal labor laws by altering work rules during the pandemic travel slump without negotiating the changes. Those included changes to work conditions and pilot pay rules and rates, such as an “emergency” time-off program, according to the lawsuit, which the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association filed in federal court in Dallas on Monday. Southwest denied the allegations that its changed required negotiation with the union. The lawsuit comes as tensions between Southwest’s workers and management are on the rise. Southwest pilots’ labor union this month said it was considering...

United Airlines also announced plans to add back flights, saying it will resume about 130 nonstop routes in July that were suspended when travel collapsed as the coronavirus spread rapidly. American said it plans to operate 55 percent of the U.S. flights that it ran in July 2019. The airline only operated 20 percent of its schedule in April and May.

A 95% plunge in passengers. Billions in losses. A rush for new debt. A recovery that executives expect to take years. Coronavirus is roiling the airline industry and the Oracle of Omaha has seen enough. Warren Buffett told investors Saturday that Berkshire Hathaway has sold its entire stakes in the four largest U.S. airlines — American, Delta, Southwest, United — as the pandemic upends another bet on the sector that the famed investor had shunned for years before a surprise return in 2016. “And it turned out I was wrong about that business because of something that was not in...

In his bathtub, Napoleon decided to sell the Louisiana Territory. His goal wasn't lofty; he just needed cash for his various wars. Fortunately, President Thomas Jefferson did have a lofty goal — a vision of a coast-to-coast America. So he made the Louisiana Purchase.The bathtub tidbit comes from The Epic of America, historian James Truslow Adams' 1931 history of the United States."The character of our new acquisition to the west of 'the river' was not yet well known, but the exploring expeditions of Lewis and Clark in the Northwest and of Zebulon Pike in the Southwest had indicated that the...

Just reported. No link yet. My son told me a friend of his was at Love Field when it happened and a security person told him that they had found explosives. There were police everywhere according to my son's friend and the airport traffic was shut down. The news is reporting that a security dog hit on an unattended package but the authorities are not releasing any info yet on whether or not is was explosives.

Seriously how much fun would it be to have the 40 year old David Holmes as your steward? I might actually pay attention to them more often if they were rappin’ the tips that could save my life in case of emergency.

Texas soldiers get free flights home for the holidays Southwest sends soldiers home for Christmas before deployment to Afghanistan. By Joshunda Sanders AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Southwest Airlines donated about 200 tickets to the Laredo-based 436th Chemical Company, 36th Infantry Division of the Texas Army National Guard this week after the soldiers' deployment was delayed at the last minute. The 171 soldiers had been scheduled to train this week at Fort Bragg, N.C., before deployment. None would have been able to spend time with their families for Christmas. Cortez heard about the delay and realized there would be a break during which...

<p>Fort Bragg — Southwest Airlines picked up the tab to fly 180 soldiers temporarily stationed at Fort Bragg home to Texas for the holidays.</p> <p>The members of the Texas National Guard were stationed at Fort Bragg and expected to be deployed to Afghanistan before the holidays, said John Lucy, assistant director of the United Service Organization's center at Raleigh-Durham International Airport.</p>

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2005 – A clear, comprehensive U.S. strategy is showing solid progress in Iraq and will ultimately defeat terrorists there and ensure a free Iraq that inspires democratic reformers throughout the Middle East, President Bush said today in Annapolis, Md. Bush shared details of the "U.S. National Strategy for Victory in Iraq" today, emphasizing that the United States won't surrender Iraq to terrorists and won't abandon its mission there until it's finished. Speaking to the brigade of midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy, Bush assured the group he wants the same thing all Americans want: to see U.S....