Delta Air Lines And Rex Begin Interline
Agreement
Steven Walker –
Delta Air Lines has begun its interline agreement with Australian
carrier Rex. The agreement came into force
on October 25th, and allows passengers to seamlessly connect from one airline
to the other, under one booking, and using a single baggage drop.
Following Delta Air Lines’ split with Virgin Australia last
year, the carrier was left without a partner in Australia until the agreement
with Rex was announced. Virgin Australia has since entered into an interline
agreement with United Airlines.
Increased
connectivity in Australia and the US
The agreement gives Rex passengers access
to 40 cities in the US via Los Angeles, such as San Francisco, New York JFK,
and Atlanta. In return, Delta Air Lines passengers can now connect via Sydney
to one of Rex’s 58 destinations throughout Australia, including Melbourne,
Brisbane, and Adelaide.
To coincide with the
launch of the interline agreement, Delta Air Lines will increase the frequency
of its Los Angeles to Sydney service from December 16th, from seven to 10 flights
per week. Flights will be operated by the airline’s flagship Airbus A350-900 aircraft, of which the airline currently
has 24 in its fleet, with a further 20 on order.
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Delta Air Settles With Pilot Who Raised Safety Concerns
Delta
Air Lines has settled a case involving a pilot who says she was grounded in
retaliation for raising safety concerns at the airline.
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Oct. 21, 2022, at 7:29 p.m.
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Delta Air Settles With
Pilot Who Raised Safety Concerns
FILE - A Delta Air Lines plane leaves the gate on July 12, 2021,
at Logan International Airport in Boston. On Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, Delta Air
Lines settled allegations by a pilot who said the airline ordered her to
undergo a psychiatric examination and barred her from flying in retaliation for
raising safety concerns to company executives. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer,
File) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
By DAVID KOENIG, AP
Airlines Writer
Delta Air Lines has
settled allegations by a pilot who said the airline ordered her to undergo a
psychiatric examination and barred her from flying in retaliation for raising
safety concerns to company executives.
The settlement
approved Friday ends a long-running dispute in which a federal arbiter agreed with
many of the pilot's claims and said Delta failed to show any faults in her
flying ability. In 2019, the case threatened to derail former President Donald
Trump's choice to lead the Federal Aviation Administration.
Terms of the
settlement were confidential, although the pilot's law firm said they were
“consistent with” the arbiter's 2020 ruling, which said Karlene Petitt deserved
to get $500,000 in compensation for damage to her career.
Atlanta-based Delta
declined to comment.
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The
future of Aviation during severe pilot shortage across the country
By: Kristina Davis
Posted at 9:24 PM,
Oct 27, 2022
Airlines continue to
ground planes and ultimately we're currently facing one of the greatest
shortages of commercial pilots in the history of aviation.
Aviation experts are
saying that the severe shortage can have a negative impact on the
infrastructure of this country.
“As many of you may know,
the airlines are laying off aircraft because they don’t have enough pilots to
fly," Carson Pearce, Aviation Director at Texas A&M Central Texas
said.
Many might think, one way
to overcome the shortage would be to encourage other students to enter the aviation
field, but Angie says it should be something you have passion for.
Angie Griffin is a woman
filled with passion for the helicopter, and the Aviation field in general.
“Aviators are just the
luckiest people in the world, to get to do what they love, to work three days a
week, to get these incredible salaries, to see the world and see it in such a
beautiful light," said Griffin.
There are currently 281
thousand airline pilots in the world, Boeing estimates 558 thousand airline
pilots will be in demand over the next 17 years.
Though that seems far
away, experts predict the time is coming quickly, already it's been estimated
that there will be a shortage of 18 thousand pilots each year for the next
decade. The only thing that's bound to change it is to get more pilots on board
or perhaps self-flying planes!
“It's definitely one of
the best times to become a pilot right now, even though it does come at the
frustration of the poor passengers experiencing flight cancellations,"
said Jarrod Roberts, a current student in Texas A&M's Central Texas' online
program.
Some students are seeing
the benefits of joining the field, but that's still not enough to fix the
severe shortage.
Angie Griffin recommends
absolutely joining the field if it's a passion of yours.
“... That helicopter
lifted off the ground and everything just went into this wild color and I mean
vibrant, it was just fantastic and at that moment I said I have to do this
every day in my life," said Griffin.
Texas A&M Central
Texas has an affordable flight program if you're interested in starting your
aviation journey.
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