This past week a catering truck put one of their planes out of commission. The MD-80 was on the roster to make six flights per day over the long holiday weekend, but instead, is spending a quiet 4th in the maintenance hangar. Paging Newark airport to the red courtesy phone, please. Airlines are going to need all the gee-whiz technology they can get to stave off regulations imposed by lawmakers irritated at poor service and delays. Last year air carriers promised Congress to improve customer service.
Lawmakers say their patience is running thin.
AVweb's NewsWire Has GBA's timeline for Hawk certification and delivery. AVweb's NewsWire includes links to Tiger Aircraft and the American Yankee Association. Some chickens at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nev., didn't run fast enough. Seems that one of the airport vendors is doing something just a tad, well, different. A Burger King there recently started serving airplane-shaped Chicken Tenders.