Latest Aviation Headlines
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Judge Upholds United Airlines’ COVID Vaccine Mandate for Employees
Nov 9 2021 // A U.S. federal judge on Monday ruled United Airlines Holdings Inc. can impose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on its employees that only provides unpaid leave for workers who are exempted for medical or religious reasons. U.S....
Boeing Directors Reach $237.5M Settlement of Shareholders’ 737 MAX Safety Lawsuit
Nov 8 2021 // Boeing Co. current and former company directors have reached a $237.5 million proposed settlement with shareholders to settle a lawsuit over the board’s safety oversight of the 737 MAX aircraft, documents released on...
Boeing Shareholders Near Settlement Over 737 Safety Oversight: Reuters
Nov 5 2021 // Boeing Co. investors have reached an agreement with current and former company officers to settle a lawsuit over the safety oversight of the 737 MAX, two people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The proposed...
Texas Jury Awards Record $352M to Family of Paralyzed Airport Worker
Nov 5 2021 // A Texas jury awarded more than $352 million last month to the family of a former Houston airport worker who was paralyzed from the chest down after a van driver struck him on the tarmac. The award, announced on Oct. 25 in...
FAA Refers 37 Fights on Flights to FBI as Cases Rise
Nov 4 2021 // The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Thursday it has referred more than three dozen unruly passengers to the FBI for potential criminal prosecution amid a sharp rise in onboard incidents this year. The FAA and...
FAA Raises Aviation Safety Concerns Over 5G Network Plan
Nov 2 2021 // The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has raised significant concerns about a plan to use spectrum for 5G wireless networks on aviation safety and is planning to issue a formal warning about the issue, according to...
Judge Rejects Southwest Airlines Pilots’ Bid to Block COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
Oct 28 2021 // A federal judge has rejected a bid by pilots to block Southwest Airlines from imposing a vaccine mandate, saying the Dallas-based airline is within its power to require vaccination as a safety measure. U.S. District Judge...
Unvaccinated Pilots Costing It Millions in Paid Leave, United Airlines Tells Judge
Oct 27 2021 // United Airlines Inc. told a federal judge the company is spending millions on paid leave for unvaccinated pilots because their colleagues “refuse to risk their safety” by flying with them. The leave is costing...
North Dakota Aerospace School Halts Flights After Student Dies in Crash
Oct 22 2021 // The University of North Dakota’s aerospace school has cancelled all flight activities after a student pilot from Chicago died in a plane crash. The University of North Dakota plane went down about 8:30 p.m. on Oct....
FAA Proposes Minimum 10-Hour Rest Period for Flight Attendants
Oct 21 2021 // The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Thursday it was proposing to require flight attendants receive at least 10 hours of rest time between shifts after Congress had directed the action in 2018, according to a...
Feds Release Report Aimed at Alaska Aviation Safety
Oct 19 2021 // A federal report aimed at improving aviation safety in Alaska recommends improvements in providing weather information to pilots and continued work to update maps with information on mountain passes, among other steps. The...
Out-of-Practice Airline Pilots Are Looking Error-Prone
Oct 19 2021 // Back in the cockpit after time off recovering from Covid-19, an airline pilot forgot to start his plane’s second engine for takeoff, a mistake that could have ended in disaster if he hadn’t aborted the...
Airports Urged to Avoid Using Firefighting Foam With PFAS
Oct 5 2021 // The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it had urged U.S. airports to limit the use of firefighting foam with the chemical PFAS due to the environmental and public health risks as it evaluates possible...
Lawsuit Accuses United Airlines of Refusing Employee Exemptions to Vaccine Mandate
Sep 27 2021 // United Airlines Inc is facing claims that it unlawfully denied religious and medical exemptions from a requirement that employees receive COVID-19 vaccines after allegedly making it difficult for workers to apply for...
People Moves: AXA XL Promotes Innes to Lead Product & Airports, Aerospace; QBE Hires Besant for New Customer Officer Role; IGI Names Kaur Gill as APAC Financial Lines U/W
Sep 15 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at three insurance companies: AXA XL, QBE and International General Insurance Holdings. A summary of these new hires follows here. AXA XL Promotes Innes as...
Judge Rules Boeing Directors Must Face Shareholder Claims Over 737 MAX
Sep 8 2021 // A Delaware judge ruled on Tuesday that Boeing’s board of directors must face a lawsuit from shareholders over two fatal 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people in less than six months. Vice Chancellor Morgan Zurn...
85% of Flight Attendants Report Incidents With Unruly Passengers
Jul 30 2021 // Incidents with unruly passengers have become an everyday occurrence for flight attendants. A national survey of nearly 5,000 flight attendants found that more than 85 percent of all respondents had dealt with unruly...
NFP in Canada and Aviation Broker Piiq Risk Form Exclusive Partnership
Jul 28 2021 // NFP, a New York-based insurance broker and consultant, announced the formation of an exclusive strategic partnership in Canada with aviation re/insurance broker Piiq Risk Partners. The NFP Complex Risk Solutions Group will...
Chubb Canada Launches Hub for General Aviation and Non-Major Aerospace Insurance
Jul 23 2021 // Chubb announced that it has set up an aviation hub in Canada to develop further its domestic general aviation and non-major aerospace business. The Canadian Aviation hub is part of a new regional focus for the aviation...
People Moves: Miller’s Higgins Joins New Broker Inver Re; Hartford Hires AXA XL’s Brodzinski for Global Specialty; Bayman to MS Amlin for Aviation Reinsurance
Jul 20 2021 // This edition of International People Moves covers appointments at a new reinsurance broker, Ardonagh’s Inver Re; The Hartford’s Global Specialty business unit, and the aviation reinsurance division of MS Amlin...
