Carrier's Chief Says He May Have To File Chapter 11
Just 14 months after it was launched, Washington, DC-based
Independence Air's CEO said his company would file for bankruptcy.
USA Today reports the carrier could liquidate.
NWA Promises It Will Continue Operations As Usual If Mechanics
Strike
Perhaps it's the idea that a strong offense is the best defense.
Or perhaps it's whistling in the dark. Either way, Northwest
Airlines Thursday promised it would keep flying without
interruption -- even if more than 4,000 mechanics carried out their
threat to walk off the job next Friday.
AD NUMBER: 2005-16-11
MANUFACTURER: Boeing
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2005-16-11
SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness
directive (AD) for certain Boeing transport category airplanes
listed above. This AD requires repetitive inspections for cracks of
the upper surface of the aft lower spar web of the inboard and
outboard struts, as applicable; and repetitive inspections for
cracks of the upper surface of the intermediate web bay of the aft
lower spar.
ANN REAL TIME NEWS: 1555 EDT -- British Airways began a
resumption of service Friday night, after striking baggage-handlers
began returning to work. But authorities said it would be several
days before the international traffic jam caused by the wildcat job
action could be resolved.
Airline Chief Pilots Summoned To Boston For Safety Summit
The number of near-miss incidents on the ground at Boston's
Logan International Airport have gone from zero to 14 in just a
year. Wednesday, authorities unveiled a stop-gap safety plan they
hope will reduce the number of runway incursions, as the search for
solutions continues.
As Northwest Airlines continues to suffer from financial ills
and rocky labor relations, the tension at headquarters in Eagen,
MN, is so thick you could cut it with a knife. Now, new trouble has
arisen over the company's use of a Champion Air plane and crew on a
flight from Detroit to DFW.
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