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Aviation-3 (here)
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Aviation-4 Boeing Corruption
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Aviation-5 Parts Corruption
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Aviation-6a Crashes
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Aviation-6b 1979 AA Flight 191
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Aviation-7 Union
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Aviation-8 Links List
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See also TWA 800
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9/11 start with 1-General
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Port Authority
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Labs
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Los Alamos Labs
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Sandia Labs (Lockheed and latest Honeywell)
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Note: Not every airline is covered nor every related corruption and issue - a few are listed for a variety of reasons
LINKS LIST
AMERICAN/US AIRWAYS MERGER AMERICAN AIRLINES
Merger Related Information
Dates: Merger and Bankruptcy Related
2013/12 --American Airlines merged with U.S. Airways
2011 Summer-- AMR President Tom Horton and U.S. Airways CEO Doug Parker were having merger
talks prior to AMR’s November 2011 bankruptcy filing
2011/11--AMR’s bankruptcy filing
Some Terms
Bridge Agreement Laura Glading agreed to an expedited negotiations process with U.S. Airways CEO
Doug Parker to reach a single-carrier contract with the newly formed airline. That agreement, initially
referred to as the “Bridge Agreement,” was later called the Conditional Labor Agreement (CLA)
Conditional Labor Agreement (CLA), and it outlined how the APFA would negotiate with the newly
merged airline.
Some Names discussed in Calling the DOJ-2015 est. below
William J. Baer, Esq, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice
John P. Cronan, Esq, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice
Laura Glading, APFA President
Doug Parker, U.S. Airways CEO
Tom Weir, U.S. Airways Treasurer
Articles
Calling on the DOJ
2015 est. How Collusion and Nepotism Defrauded the Flight Attendants at American Airlines and
Cheated Them Out of Their Pension Contributions, Retiree Health Benefits and Profit Sharing. By Rock
Saloman likely author, see below.
https //callingonthedoj wordpress com/
Excerpt: Calling on William J. Baer, Esq, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of
Justice. I am writing you today as a flight attendant with American Airlines represented by the
Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) with the intent of filing a complaint. As you know,
American Airlines merged with U.S. Airways last year. As part of that merger, APFA President Laura
Glading agreed to an expedited negotiations process with U.S. Airways CEO Doug Parker to reach a
single-carrier contract with the newly formed airline. That agreement, initially referred to as the
“Bridge Agreement,” was later called the Conditional Labor Agreement (CLA), and it outlined how the
APFA would negotiate with the newly merged airline….Respectfully, Rock Salomon, American Airlines
Flight Attendant, Association of Professional Flight Attendants Member
https //callingonthedoj wordpress com/
[Note from PF: As of 2021/02/05, this website “Calling On the DOJ” is still up on the Internet; there does
not seem to be a date on the website, but it looks like the letter was written in 2012, and the website
might have gone up in 2015 given the dates of the first blog responses, although it is hard to say]
LA Times
2017/04/22 Confrontation
2017/04/22--http //www latimes com/business/technology/la-fi-american-airlines-confrontation-
20170422-story html
Anticorruption Digest
(04/28/2017)
American Airlines workers were targets of alleged $17 million hearing aid scam
2017/04/28--http //anticorruptiondigest com/news-topics/american-airlines/#axzz4n5zmPqf8
UNITED AIRLINES CORRUPTION
New York Times
2017/05/31 United Faces $435,000 Fine, Accused of Flying Plane 23 Times Without Inspecting Repair,
F.A.A. Says. By Christine Hauser
2017/05/31--https //www nytimes com/2017/05/31/business/united-airlines-faa-
fine.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FBoeing%20Company&action=click&contentCollection=busi
ness®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=4&pgtype=collection
The Atlantic
2015/09/08 Another Corruption Scandal in New Jersey: The CEO of United Airlines has stepped down
amid a federal investigation.
2015/09/09--https //www theatlantic com/national/archive/2015/09/united-airlines-corruption-
christie/404341/
Chicago Tribune
2015/09/09/Jeff Smisek's United golden parachute: At least $8.4 million. By Coroline Shropshire
http //www chicagotribune com/business/ct-united-smisek-severance-0910-biz-2-20150909-story.html
Defrauding America
United Airlines/FAA
http //www defraudingamerica com/faa_corruption html
Excerpt: he problems with arrogance and corruption in the FAA air carrier operations branch were only
part of the problems that Stich faced. These problems within the FAA would not have surfaced if
certain key people at United Airlines had not engaged in corrupt practices that violated blocks of major
federal aviation safety requirements, which they sought to cover up by falsifying government-required
records. This practice resulted in a continuation of a series of airline crashes−more than all the other
airlines combined. This misconduct included, for instance:Not providing crewmembers the legally
required and industry accepted training for its crewmembers. Falsifying government-required records
to indicate the flight training was accomplished when the training had not been done. No providing
emergency evacuation training on the yearly basis and then falsifying records to falsely indicate that
the training had been done. Denying government inspectors access to air safety records that are
required to be made accessible to federal inspectors. Competency levels of pilots and flight engineers
conducted by FAA-approved airline personnel had an anything-goes standard, which eliminated the
need for additional training and saved the airline considerable money. United Airlines personnel
pressurizing FAA management to suspend or transfer government inspectors who reported the
dangerous and felonious problems. UAL management threatening inspectors that the airline would
cause an inspector to be transferred if he didn't start pleasing the airline.
http //www defraudingamerica com/faa_corruption html
2021/02/16 when checking, this website seems gone]
NBC
2016/07/14 Ex-Port Authority Chair Pleads Guilty in United Airlines Probe. Jonathan Dienst and Joe
Valiquette
http //www nbcnewyork com/news/local/David-Samson-to-Plead-Guilty-United-Airlines-Probe-Newark-
Airport-Port-Authority-386723661 html
One-time Port Authority leader, Flight Newark to South Carolina, held up construction of airport
hangar
The former Port Authority chairman and Gov. Christie ally who resigned amid an investigation into the
George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal pleaded guilty in a separate investigation involving an
airline route out of Newark Airport, officials said Thursday. David Samson pleaded guilty to a single
bribery-related count for his role in having United Airlines reinstate flights between Newark and
Columbia, South Carolina, between 2012 and 2014. He faces two years probation for the crime.
Jamie Fox, the former head of the New Jersey Department of Transportation and a onetime lobbyist for
United Airlines, was also charged with conspiracy to commit bribery. Authorities said that he worked
with Samson to get the route that had been canceled in 2009 reinstated.
2016/07/14--http //www nbcnewyork com/news/local/David-Samson-to-Plead-Guilty-United-Airlines-
Probe-Newark-Airport-Port-Authority-386723661 html
Washington Post
2015/09/08 United Airlines chief steps down amid federal investigation. By Drew Harwell and Katie
Zezima Excerpt: The resignations were linked to an investigation exploring whether the air carrier
launched a money-losing flight from Newark to Columbia, S.C., to benefit the influential then-chairman
of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, who owned a vacation home near Colombia. The
route, which became known as the “chairman’s flight,” became a bargaining chip in the thorny
relationship between the then-struggling airline and Newark Liberty International Airport, one of its
key profit centers.
2015/09/08--https //www washingtonpost com/business/economy/united-airlines-chief-to-step-down-
amid-federal-investigation/2015/09/08/de44c496-566c-11e5-abe9-27d53f250b11_story
html?utm_term=.2461ef21929f
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
ABC News
2020/04/12 Southwest Sued Over Nursery Rhyme - Give me a break! By John Stossel
http //abcnews go com/2020/GiveMeABreak/story?id=123728
Excerpt: Here's how the rhyme goes now: Eenie, meenie, minie mo. Catch a tiger by the toe. If he hollers, let
him go. Eenie, meenie, minie mo. But years ago, some said not "catch a tiger by the toe," but "catch a nigger
by the toe."
That's why the women say they deserve money — "punitive damages." They suffered "severe emotional
distress," because they were "unable to escape the airplane, which was … poisoned with racism." Please. It's
true that the rhyme was once a hurtful part of America's racist past, but today few people even know about
that. Even Big Bird said it on Sesame Street.
The 22-year-old flight attendant said she didn't know anything about "Eenie, Meenie's" racist past — she'd
just heard other staff use the rhyme to get passengers to sit. If American discrimination law means the most
sensitive of us get to decide what speech is permissible, then we have all lost important freedom. Give me a
break!
2020/04/12--http //abcnews go com/2020/GiveMeABreak/story?id=123728
CBS News
2008/04/03 FAA Whistleblower Says He Was Threatened. By “CBS News”
http //www cbsnews com/news/faa-whistleblower-says-he-was-threatened/
A House committee reported the findings of its investigation into the Federal Aviation Agency's safety
oversight Thursday and heard testimony from airline safety inspectors and the Transportation Department's
inspector general. The whistleblowers who exposed maintenance and inspection problems at Southwest
Airlines told Congress their jobs were threatened and their reports of noncompliance were ignored for years
by their superiors.FAA inspector Douglas Peters choked up Thursday at the hearing and needed a few sips of
water to tell lawmakers about how a former manager came into his office, commented on pictures of Peters'
family being most important, and then said his job could be jeopardized by his actions.
2008/04/03--http //www cbsnews com/news/faa-whistleblower-says-he-was-threatened/
Dallas News
2015/12/21 Southwest Airlines agrees to pay $2.8 million to settle federal government lawsuit. By Sheryl Jean
2015/12/21--https //www dallasnews com/business/airlines/2015/12/21/southwest-airlines-agrees-to-pay-2-8-
million-to-settle-federal-government-lawsuit
2016/05/16 Why pilots union sued SW Airlines to keep Boeing 737 Max grounded. By Conor Shine
2016/05/16--https //www.dallasnews com/business/airlines/2016/05/16/why-pilots-union-sued-southwest-
airlines-to-keep-boeing-737-max-grounded
LA Times
2016/05/03 United Airlines pays $37 million to ex-CEO who quit amid a corruption investigation. By Hugo
Martin
http //www latimes com/business/la-fi-united-severance-20160503-snap-story html
Excerpt on SW Airlines: In other SEC filings, Dallas-based Southwest Airlines Co. reported that its chief
executive, Gary Kelly, received compensation of $5.9 million in 2015, more than half of which came in the form
of stock awards.
2016/05/03--http //www latimes com/business/la-fi-united-severance-20160503-snap-story html
Law 360
2006/09/27 Southwest AIrlines ignored harasser: EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission). By
Shannon Henson The case is EEOC v. Southwest Airlines, case number 06-5989 in the U.S. District Court for
the District of Northern California.
2006/09/27--https //www law360 com/articles/10882/southwest-airlines-ignored-harasser-eeoc
Top Class Actions
2017/04/17 Southwest Airlines class action says money credits cancelled without notice. By Anne Bucher
2017/04/17--https //topclassactions com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/618620-southwest-airlines-class-
action-says-money-credits-cancelled-without-notice/
SETexasRecord
2017/02/21 SW Airlines flight attendants class action lawsuit/union, seek recall of board members. By Dee
Thompson
2017/02/12--http //setexasrecord com/stories/511082963-southwest-airlines-flight-attendants-file-class-action-
lawsuit-against-union-seek-recall-of-board-members
Updates: 2021/02/13 some editing by deactivating links, clearing underlined links, converting article style to overall website style of presentation from the older rivergold
dot net one; this page along with others in the Aviation section, were moved from rivergold dot net in the past 30 to 60 days
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