American Airlines is boarding flights again after nationwide groundstop(cnn.com)

47 points by jbegley 1 year ago | 36 comments

US hires over 2k video gamers as air traffic controllers(cbsnews.com)

162 points by shagie 2 months ago | 129 comments

Teslas crash more than gas-powered cars. Here's why(cnn.com)

4 points by belter 2 years ago | 3 comments

Apple knew AirDrop users could be identified and tracked as early as 2019(edition.cnn.com)

120 points by giuliomagnifico 2 years ago | 33 comments

Americans are rallying against data centers. Surprisingly few are getting built(cnn.com)

30 points by mapping365 2 months ago | 21 comments

Electric-truck maker Nikola files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection(cnn.com)

21 points by everybodyknows 1 year ago | 10 comments

Airlines will make $118B in extra fees(fastcompany.com)

363 points by thunderbong 2 years ago | 283 comments

Fast Company article reporting airlines will earn a record $118 billion in extra fees in 2023 and explaining how their websites use design to pressure fliers into paying.

Missiles are now the biggest killer of airline passengers(wsj.com)

496 points by JumpCrisscross 1 year ago | 352 comments

Wall Street Journal article reporting that missile shootdowns have become the leading cause of airline passenger deaths; the page loaded a captcha instead.

LaGuardia pilots raised safety alarms months before deadly runway crash(theguardian.com)

330 points by m_fayer 7 months ago | 266 comments

Guardian news article reporting that NASA safety reports show pilots warned of close calls at LaGuardia months before a deadly runway crash that killed two pilots.

UK air traffic control meltdown(jameshaydon.github.io)

875 points by jameshh 3 years ago | 289 comments

A blog post analyzing the NATS incident report on the 28 August 2023 UK air traffic control system failure caused by a flight plan processing bug.

US airlines are pushing to remove protections for passengers and add more fees(travelandtourworld.com)

589 points by duxup 1 year ago | 555 comments

Travel and Tour World news article on American, Delta, Southwest, United and other US airlines lobbying to roll back passenger protections and add fees.

The FAA’s Hiring Scandal(tracingwoodgrains.com)

574 points by firebaze 1 year ago | 498 comments

A Substack essay by Tracing Woodgrains recounting the decade-long story of the FAA's air traffic controller hiring scandal and efforts to expose it.