Cockpit error sent 737 into Pacific nose dive

Oh! Someone gets to sit at the big table .... and he's the one without the glass of water. The knobs are not even close in shape or size. (www.cbsnews.com) More...

FAA orders 737 inspections to prevent fuselage holes

It only took 3 years!! WASHINGTON -- The Federal Aviation Administration is ordering $5 million in new inspections for Boeing 737s in response to a hole larger than a football that was torn in the roof of an aging Southwest Airlines plane during a flight in July 2009. The order, which will be published Wednesday in the Federal Register, calls for repetitive inspections for cracking in the top of the fuselage of 109 planes in the 300, 400 and 500 series. Most of these models are flown by… (www.usatoday.com) More...

Delta sends Minnesota family to Japan to care for sick relative in the Marines

Delta, along with a Minnesota community, will help send a family to Japan to be with a sick loved who is serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, MyFox9 reported Thursday. (www.myfoxtwincities.com) More...

Delta Pilots Ratify Tentative Agreement

Pilots at Delta Air Lines Inc. say they have approved a new contract that will bring them raises and also allows the airline to fly more 76-seat regional jets. Pilots will get raises of almost 13 percent over the life of the contract. It takes effect on Sunday and runs through the end of 2015. It was approved by 62 percent of voting pilots. Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/29/4599535/delta-pilots-ratify-new-contract.html#storylink=cpy continue in full force and effect through… (www.sacbee.com) More...

Delta Air Lines to serve as national sponsor Medal of Honor Foundation

Delta Air Lines steps it up a to support our heroes. (news.delta.com) More...

Delta Air Lines returns lost shirt

A boy leaves his deceased Dad's T-shirt on a flight. I'm amazed that they made it through the gauntlet of automatic phone systems to reach a live person. But it's nice to know that people will still help. (www.wday.com) More...

Loss of leg, not loss of heart. Delta Captain returns to cockpit

I didn't even know that you could fly with a prosthetic. (dlnet.cc) More...

January airline cancellations reach 49,000, study says

It's going to be a rough quarter for the airlines that serve the mid west and northeast US. (www.latimes.com) More...

Atlanta still busiest airport in the world

A lot has to do with airspace and not having to share with other major airports/ restrictions like JFK-LGA-EWR-PHL, ORD-MDW, IAD-DCA-P76, LAX-many. But the ATL controllers do a fantastic job. (www.businessweek.com) More...