Jul
30
Northwest Cancellations Surge…Again!
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Reports from Detroit newspapers that Northwest has canceled over 200 flights this past weekend due to pilots working their maximum amount of hours for the month. Northwest’s pilot contract allows their pilots to only work 90 hours per month. The FAA limit for a pilot per month is 100 flight hours. If a pilot worked [...]
Jun
29
Northwest Airlines continues to cancel flights as pilot staffing is inadequate. ALPA the airline union is blaming it on management’s operational decisions! Passengers are being extremely inconvenienced. I feel for the passengers because it can be such headaches for them to get them where they need to go. Management said the cancellations of flight were [...]
Jun
26
Northwest Flight Cancellations
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The pilot union for Northwest Airlines blames a pilot shortage for a recent wave of flight cancellations. The airline has canceled 193 flights on Sunday and 163 on Sunday according to airline pilots association. They also said there has been at least 450 cancellations since Saturday. The airline is blaming the cancellations on weather related [...]