Nov 29 Watch Employees Expected to ‘Bear the Burden’ of American Airlines Bankruptcy After 81 years of flying, American Airlines landed in federal bankruptcy court Tuesday, filing for Chapter 11 protections against its creditors. Judy Woodruff discusses what's behind the bankruptcy with Ben Mutzabaugh of USA Today. Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch Pentagon Attack Widower: ‘We Need to Go on’ in Spite of Needless Suffering Pentagon Attack Widower: 'We Need to Go on' in Spite of Needless Suffering… Continue watching
May 21 Fuel Prices Reach Records Amid Supply Concerns By PBS News Hour Oil and gas prices once again surged into record territory Wednesday after a U.S. government report showed a surprise drop in crude stockpiles and stoked fears of a worsening supply crunch. Continue reading
Apr 10 Watch FAA Audits Deal New Blow to Airline Industry, Travelers American Airlines canceled some 900 flights Thursday for a third day of deep-reaching schedule changes due to a new round of tighter FAA safety inspections. An airline safety expert and an FAA representative examine the impact on the airline industry… Continue watching
Apr 10 Flight Cancellations Continue Amid FAA Checks By PBS News Hour Flight delays continued Thursday as American Airlines moved to cancel another 900 flights and expectations grew that cancellations are likely to spread to other U.S. carriers as regulators tighten their safety audits of airlines. Continue reading
Apr 09 American Airlines Cancels 850 Flights Due to Wiring Concerns By PBS News Hour American Airlines, the world's largest carrier, cancelled 850 additional flights on Wednesday after cancelling nearly 500 on Tuesday in order to reinspect and possibly rework the wiring of its widely-used MD-80 fleet. Continue reading
Apr 03 Watch FAA Inspectors Claim Agency Was Lax on Safety Enforcement Veteran Federal Aviation Administration inspectors told a House committee Thursday that safety violations by Southwest Airlines were ignored by their supervisors due to the "cozy" relationship between FAA officials and the airline. An analyst examines federal oversight of commercial airlines. Continue watching
May 08 Watch FAA Reconsiders Pilot Retirement Age Current law requires American pilots to retire once they turn 60, but the federal government is considering changing the age to 65. The NewsHour reports on the law's impact on the airline industry. Continue watching
Apr 25 Unions Agree to Pay Cuts As American’s CEO Resigns Following the resignation late Thursday of American Airlines chairman and chief executive Donald Carty, flight attendants at the struggling carrier agreed Friday to the wage and benefit concessions that the airline said it needed to avoid bankruptcy. Continue reading
Sep 19 American, United Airlines Each Lay Off at Least 20,000 Employees Layoffs of tens of thousands of employees at American and United Airlines, which come in response to slow traffic after last week's hijackings, are the latest blow to the crippled aviation industry. Continue reading