American Says More Planes Need Repairs To Seats
American Airlines says it will do repairs on 49 more planes to prevent the seats from coming loose during flight.
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American Airlines says it will do repairs on 49 more planes to prevent the seats from coming loose during flight.
Just weeks ago, American Airlines was working its way through bankruptcy court, on schedule for one of the fastest turnarounds in aviation history
American Airlines says it will cut passenger-carrying capacity by 1-percent in the first half of November as it tries to recover from widespread delays and a spike in cancelations.
There were no planes, and no crews to fly them, just hundreds of upset passengers with no way to get where they were going. It's how AA gate agents described most of their September.
American Airlines' CEO acknowledges that passengers have had a rough few weeks on the airline but says the carrier is working through its issues.
While the fate of negotiations between AMR and pilots for American Airlines remain up in the air, the company has reached a deal with pilots for regional carrier American Eagle.
About 450 mechanics and fleet service workers at American Airlines' Tulsa maintenance base will be laid off by February, the company and union officials announced Friday.
American Airlines says it has repaired 42 of 48 planes that were pulled aside and inspected because the seats could come loose.
There are new developments with American Airlines and the problems with loose seats on three flights, including one headed to DFW Airport. CBS 11 News has learned a second round of voluntarily inspections will be conducted.
American Airlines said that it has finished inspecting 48 planes and fixing loose seats on some of them. The airline added that all of the planes are back in service now.
After inspecting 48 Boeing 757 aircraft for seats that could potentially loosen during flight, American Airlines says all of the planes are back in service and all necessary repairs have been made.
A federal appeals court has overturned a judge's ruling that had blocked a union election among nearly 10,000 employees at American Airlines.
American Airlines says a jet returned to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport shortly after takeoff because of a cockpit indicator that showed a problem with the landing gear.
The pilots' union at American Airlines is moving to resume stalled contract negotiations with the carrier.
American Airlines says passenger seats on a third flight came loose as the plane was airborne, and it's continuing to inspect other jets with similar seating.
American Airlines says a Boston-to-Miami flight had to make an emergency landing at New York's JFK airport over the weekend due to a row of seats that became loose.
The union representing pilots for American Airlines sent the strongest message yet to its members Thursday night to immediately stop anything they're doing to slow down the airline.
After flying in to try to re-start contract negotiations with American Airlines, today the Allied Pilots Assn board of directors walked out of their offices and went home.
American Airlines parent AMR Corp. said Thursday that it lost $82 million in August, the tail end of the key summer travel season.
American Airlines has sent a letter to the Allied Pilots Association, threatening legal action if the company is forced to continue cancellations due to an increase in pilot sick calls and maintenance requests.
A possible breakthrough with American Airlines and its pilots union. The Allied Pilots Association says it will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday to formally consider whether to re-open contract negotiations.
American Airlines has told the state it could be cutting nearly three thousand jobs here in North Texas by November.
American Airlines officials say they want to resume contract negotiations with pilots, but the union wants a written invitation.
The back and forth continues between American Airlines and its pilots, with the pilots union firing the latest shot. Pilots say they are not disrupting American operations with trivial maintenance requests.
CBS 11 News has confirmed that 2,000 American Airlines flight attendants applied for the carrier's early-out incentive. That response, the company said, means that it will not need to furlough any flight attendants.
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