A JetBlue flight attendant left his job in dramatic fashion yesterday, allegedly cursing out passengers on his flight before exiting via the plane’s emergency exit — beer in hand — and eventually driving off in a car he had parked at the airport.
As you might expect, the story has become the talk of the industry, [...]

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Mwhahahah, good luck

A while back I did an Ultimate Livery Challenge and thought no one would get them. HA! Eight people ended up knowing the answers and I gave out eight prizes (Future of Flight hats). Well, I realized I had to make it harder…and I think I have. Here is the challenge:
GUESS [...]

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Over the past few months, the readership on AirlineWorkersunite.com has been growing…a lot. Thank you all so much for your support, comments and putting up with my sense of humor.
Since some of you are new to reading, I wanted to point out the other ways you can also connect to me and my blog:
* Twitter
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An aerial photo of Atlanta International Airport in the 1930s.

On this date in 1930, Delta Air Lines started service with a Travel Air S-6000-B with five passengers to Atlanta International Airport (ATL) from Birmingham, Alabama. At the time, the ticket would only cost your $9.80 (which is about $150 in today’s dollars). Delta moved their [...]

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It took 9,500 flowers to make this lei for the Hawaiian Airlines A330

Last week I showed a photo of Hawaiian Airline’s brand spanking new Airbus A330 and it had a fancy lei on it. I asked how many flowers do you think it took to make the lei?
Via the comments and people emailing me I [...]

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Some of the snacking goodness you will find in the box! Photo from Clint @ Horizon — Thanks!

I love watching TV on the internet. I don’t even have cable anymore. Yea I still have to sit through a few advertisements, but totally worth it to get 100% free online shows. There have been many instances [...]

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Can you find all 16 US Airways tails in this photo? (there is a bigger version in the links). Photo by Drew V.

Last week I put the challenge out to find photos with lots of airline tails. When I put the photos of a bunch of Qantas Airline’s tails, I only saw nine. However a [...]

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It’s been nearly two months since I last wrote about American here. Maybe it’s that American Airlines Labor Painsthey haven’t had much news or maybe it’s just that they don’t really reach out to bloggers very often. Either way, I thought it would be good to check in on them. One of the biggest issues [...]

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Delta Air Line's DC-3, Ship 41 in flight

The DC-3 is a classic. It was the workhorse of commercial aviation. Delta Air Lines, via their blog, shared the restoration of Ship 41, which was the second DC-3 delivered to the airline. She entered service in December 24, 1941 and served a reliable 18 years with Delta [...]

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Harry Windsor's airplane design

Who hasn’t doodled a few aircraft designs before? I know I have and I also know they kinda bite! But who cares? The passion for aviation doesn’t care if the plane can fly or not (Boeing and Airbus probably care a bit more). Inspired by Harry Windsor’s drawing of a new Boeing [...]

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