Once again, United Airlines has gone to the federal well and
come up with less than it had hoped. After being turned down for
$1.6 billion in loan guarantees by the Air Transportation
Stabilization Board, United asked a Chicago federal judge for four
more months before creditors could file competing reorganization
plans.
After he was denied boarding on flights between Washington and
Boston five times, it took Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) three weeks
of calling Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge to get off the
government's no-fly list. So imagine how tough it is for an average
citizen to get off the watch list.
TAP Airbus Makes Drastic Maneuvers To Avoid Mid-Air
More than two dozen people were injured when a TAP-Air Portugal
aircraft entered a sudden, steep dive to avoid a mid-air collision
near Lajes Field in the Azores.
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