The latest wrinkle in the team s attempt is a ballast problem that will force the team to leave one of its crewmembers behind. Fossett, back home in Beaver Creek, Colo., said each member of the team had brought something unique to the project. We not only got along together, we worked well together as a team. As AVweb reported last week, the job action stranded passengers during the busy holiday rush. Now, the carrier's flight attendants have further enraged the traveling public with their behavior during on-camera interviews with CNN and other networks.
People have sympathy for anyone who is overworked and underpaid.
But not when your memory of Christmas '98 is sitting at the St. Louis airport. Another 3,000 attendants in Australia and the U.S. are also suing airlines over similar circumstances. If the Australian case is successful airlines could face up to billions of dollars in compensation payments. The supposedly deadly fumes are being blamed on faulty air conditioning systems. A private plane and a Continental MD-80 came within seconds of colliding near Giants Stadium during a recent football game between the New York Jets and the New England Patriots.