As the spouse of a flight attendant employed by a profitable air carrier, I like to keep a watchful eye on the airline industry. Today, one of my twice-weekly trips to St. Louis’ Lambert International Airport afforded me the opportunity to get a firsthand look at some airline employees making news without leaving the ground. [...]
American Airlines Pilots Walk Picket Lines
April 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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TB Scare Prompts Federal Quarantine Order
May 29th, 2007 · 6 Comments
In the headline of a Bob McCarty Writes post May 3, I raised this question: Will Liberals View Terrorism, TB in Similar Way? Today, it seems officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta are one step closer to having to answer that question. At 2 p.m. Eastern today, CDC officials held [...]
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