Union yields to Northwest
The mechanics union that went on strike at Northwest Airlines in late August only to see replacements fill its jobs, is to let members vote directly on the airline’s offer. Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association negotiator Jeff Mathews told the 4,400 members of AMFA Local 33 that they “will be hard-pressed to find anything good in this contract offer”, which would save at most 539 jobs for the machinists.
Source: Airline Business
Investigators are probing an in-flight oscillation at cruise altitude which affected a South African Airways Airbus A330-300 operating a domestic service. The aircraft – flying from Cape Town to Johannesburg on 27 October – had been cruising at 41,000ft when it started to oscillate in pitch, between nose-up and nose-down. ...
Pilots of a Boeing 737-800 did not notice that the aircraft’s bleed-air system was not active before the jet took off from Manchester, triggering a cabin-altitude warning that remained active for over 40min. UK investigators found that the bleed-air switches had incorrectly been left off during air-conditioning pack maintenance, and ...
GE Aerospace is partnering with NASA to carry out a series of flight tests designed to improve the industry’s understanding of contrails.
