Northwest Airlines

Today’s Huckleberry Commentary“Ignoring last week’s Republican blowouts in Virginia and New Jersey might qualify Obama to be a pilot for Northwest Airlines.”

I Hate The Media (Free subscription) | yesterday

Huckleberry: "Ignoring last week's Republican blowouts in Virginia and New Jersey might qualify Obama to be a pilot for Northwest Airlines." Related posts: Today’s Huckleberry Commentary “The Obama administration is like a Colorado flying saucer: Full of hot air, spinning aimlessly in circles and completely empty.”'> Today’s Huckleberry Commentary “The Obama...

Delta Air Lines moves ticket counters, docks

Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Delta Air Lines will move its ticket counters and arrivals/departures from the North Terminal to the South Terminal at Anchorage's international airport on Tuesday, the airline said. Delta was operating out of the North Terminal while the A and B concourses of the South Terminal were being renovated over the last two years. Delta recently acquired Northwest Airlines, which will continue to operate...

Keep those eyes on the skies

Times of India (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009

Distracted drivers have become a hazard on roads. Has the problem spread to airliner cockpits? It seems a reasonable question after two Northwest Airlines pilots flew 150 miles past their destination last month.

Greyhound bus driver heads wrong way: Where's a GPS when you need one?

Gadling (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Filed under: Stories , Transportation , Budget Travel Greyhound bus drivers generally don't make national news. Pilots who overshoot airports, however, end up having their story told over and over again on about every entertainment vehicle there is. How many places did you hear or read about the Northwest Airlines pilots who missed Minneapolis and didn't figure out their mistake for 150 miles? Now,...

Northwest Pilots: We Want to Fly

Cheapflights.com Flight News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

After a week of discussions, debates and closed-door conversations, the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration revoked the licenses of the Northwest Airlines pilots who missed their Minneapolis mark by 150 miles because they were distracted by...

Pilots appeal license revocations

The Eagle Business (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

WASHINGTON -- The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles are appealing their license revocations with the National Transportation Safety Board.The appeals were filed late Wednesday, said board spokesman Ted Lopatkiewicz. He ...

Flyover pilots appeal license revocations

Denver Post (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles are appealing their license revocations with the National Transportation Safety Board, said board spokesman Ted Lopatkiewicz.

Pilots to appeal yanked licenses

Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

WASHINGTON - First, they overlooked Minneapolis. Now, they've overlooked common standards of humility. Yep, those Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot the Twin...

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Northwest Airlines was an Inside Job!

Screw Loose Change (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

David Ray Griffin, and other truthers have been insisting for years that any plane which is off course will be intercepted by the Air Force in a matter of minutes . In the first few days, military officials said that no fighter jets were sent up by NORAD until after the strike on the Pentagon at 9:38, even though signs that Flight 11 was in trouble had been observed at 8:15. That would mean that although...

Northwest pilots appeal revocation of licenses

Reuters (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

ATLANTA (Reuters) - The two pilots of a Northwest Airlines flight who overflew their destination for more than a hour last month have appealed the revocations of their licenses in a filing with the National Transportation Safety Board.

When a pilot loses his license - the nasty letter from the FAA

Gadling (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Filed under: North America , United States , Airlines When two Northwest Airlines pilots were screwing around on their laptop computers and overshot Minneapolis airport , most people knew these guys wouldn't be flying any time soon. Aviation news web site Jetwhine.com managed to snag a copy of the letter the FAA sent to the pilots explaining why their licenses were being revoked. It is a pretty interesting...

Overflying NWA pilots appealing license revocation

The Pacific Business News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot the Minneapolis airport while apparently talking and working on personal laptops are appealing the revocation of their flying licenses, according to reports.

Northwest 'overshot' pilots appeal license revocation

Today In the Sky (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

In a story just crossing the newswires, The Associated Press reports "the Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles have filed appeals of their license revocations with the National Transportation Safety Board. The appeals were filed late Wednesday,...

Wayward Northwest Pilots Fight License Revocation

Fox News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles are appealing the revocation of their licenses to fly.

Northwest pilots appeal license revocation

Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

The two Northwest Airlines pilots who dropped out of radio contact and overshot the Twin Cities airport by about 100 miles have appealed their license revocations, the National Transportation Safety Board said today.