The Air Line Pilots Association at United called for the resignation of Chief Executive Officer, Glenn Tilton. Tilton has been running the company since 2002 and the union sites poor performance, financial   more...losses, and customer dissatisfaction as reasons for their demand.On August 8, the Air Line Pilots Association also attacked United on making cost-based decisions that jeopardize safety. The Chicago-based airline claims that this is all part of a strategy and campaign from its pilots to begin early contract talks.The union claims United continues to fill less seats. Earlier this month, United claimed its average number of seats filled in July has decreased 2.5 percent as it reduced the number of available seats by 0.9 percent.In July United claimed it would cut 7,000 jobs including 950 pilots to offset help pay for fuel. http://www.EmploymentCrossing.com  less

The Air Line Pilots Association at United called for the resignation of Chief Executive Officer, Glenn Tilton. Tilton has been running the company since 2002 and the union sites poor performance, financial   more...losses, and customer dissatisfaction as reasons for their demand.On August 8, the Air Line Pilots Association also attacked United on making cost-based decisions that jeopardize safety. The Chicago-based airline claims that this is all part of a strategy and campaign from its pilots to begin early contract talks.The union claims United continues to fill less seats. Earlier this month, United claimed its average number of seats filled in July has decreased 2.5 percent as it reduced the number of available seats by 0.9 percent.In July United claimed it would cut 7,000 jobs including 950 pilots to offset help pay for fuel. http://www.EmploymentCrossing.com  less

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The Air Line Pilots Association has negotiated a tentative employment agreement with Fort Worth, Texas-based AMR Corp., parent of American Eagle Airlines.

The agreement   more...will amend the union’s 16-year contract with American Eagle,
negotiated in 1997. The union represents 2,800 American Eagle pilots.

The deal will likely ensure more take-home pay for many pilots, by improving such items as the minimum value of a workday and provisions for vacation payout.

Union chairman Herb Mark stated, “Our negotiators were asked to bring us an agreement that increases quality of life wherever possible but includes no concessions. This tentative agreement accomplishes that mission….”

American Eagle is the world’s largest regional airline system, operating over 1,800 flights a day, and serving 159 cities across the USA, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. It was established in 1984.  less

As gas prices continue to rise throughout the U.S., many companies are being affected, including American Airlines. As the biggest carrier in the nation, American Airlines is being forced to cut back   more...on flights as of this fall, which will ultimately mean less payable hours for workers. To deter American Airlines from lying off pilots, their union proposed a plan to offer retirement incentives and to decrease flying hours. The Allied Pilots Association wants to limit flying to 75 hours, instead of the usual 78 hours per month. However, American Airlines has a different approach. AA proposed a plan to increase the amount of hours each pilot worked so there would be fewer pilots on staff. The union also proposed a plan to encourage retirement by adding 5 years to their retirement packages. If the Union and AA do not come up with a plan to downsize its workforce, up to 200 pilots could be let off after Labor Day. EmploymentCrossing.com  less

Duke posts a Line Rider Video named "Up Up & Away". Set to a mix of "The Doors" and "Stone Temple Pilots".

All three planes in the Swiss Airforce put on a show over the Alps.

Not only is Purahome Canada’s longest-standing Authorized IQAir Dealer, we are the first company to install the Perfect 16 in Canada. Many years ago when we started selling IQAir Portable Purifiers, we   more...spoke with IQAir about the need for an installable IQAir Whole Home Air Cleaner. IQAir agreed. Because some homes do not have the space for a bypass installation of a Whole Home HEPA Air Cleaner, Purahome had searched for some time for an alternative Air Cleaner. The important key though being that the alternative air cleaner also provide HEPA quality air for an entire home. The search proved fruitless until the development of the IQAir Perfect 16 Whole Home Air Cleaner, a Purahome TOP Choice Winner.  less

Onboard Aerial Stunt Footage w/ wife,mother,flight instructor and "stunt Pilot" Chari W. flying and preforming stunts in a so.cal.usa aerial stunt box

The travel industry has been hit harder this summer than any other year - thanks to climbing oil and gas prices... And it’s the workers that are feeling the pinch.
American Airlines announced that it would   more...scale back on its workforce, including 200 pilots by October. In response to the job cuts… the pilots union are seeking the courts help in saving these aviator jobs. The union plans to sue for the right to tell its members not to work voluntary overtime.
Lloyd Hill, the President of Allied Pilot Association said that the union was committed to using legal methods for mitigating pilot furloughs and those members who were the most at risk of losing their jobs have been recalled back to their jobs.
Representatives from American Airlines couldn’t be reached for comment. But did mention that the union had not responded to a proposal that would offer incentives of up to 4.5 months of severance pay for some senior captains and allow the carrier to schedule pilots for more hours each month.
According to the union, the American Airlines may schedule a 78 hour shift for pilots, but it also allows them to fly an additional five hours if necessary.

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Watch Pam Ann upgrade to cabin crew in the latest British Airways online video release. Watch the comedienne try her hand at the British Airways in-flight trolley service and flight information announcements   more...with a comedy twist  less

Think there were any survivors?

In lovely memory of these who have fought for your freedom and ours.
"Poles are born to be heroes." - Unknown
When Germans have heard for first time Polish conversation in air they have taken   more...it for a very funny English joke.

Polish pilots have destroyed 12% Luftwaffe planes. On every one shot down Polish plane, Poles shot down six German planes (6:1), for example British pilots had (3:1).

15th September 1940 - Witold Urbanowicz (303 Squadron) and 4 planes under his command have crashed formation of 60 heavy covered German bombers.

Fighter ( Polish ) Squadrons 302 and 303

Polish pilots fought in the Battle of Britain, where the Polish 303 Fighter Squadron achieved the highest number of kills of any Allied squadron. From the very beginning of the war, the Royal Air Force (RAF) had welcomed foreign pilots to supplement the dwindling pool of British pilots. On 11 June 1940, the Polish Government in Exile signed an agreement with the British Government to form a Polish Army and Polish Air Force in the United Kingdom. The first two (of an eventual ten) Polish fighter squadrons went into action in August 1940. Four Polish squadrons eventually took part in the Battle of Britain (300 and 301 Bomber Squadrons; 302 and 303 Fighter Squadrons), with 89 Polish pilots. Together with more than 50 Poles fighting in British squadrons, a total of 145 Polish pilots defended British skies. Polish pilots were among the most experienced in the battle, most of them having already fought in the 1939 September Campaign in Poland and the 1940 Battle of France. Additionally, prewar Poland had set a very high standard of pilot training. The 303 Squadron, named after the Polish-American hero, General Tadeusz Kosciuszko, achieved the highest number of kills (126) of all fighter squadrons engaged in the Battle of Britain, even though it only joined the combat on August 30, 1940: these 5% of pilots were responsible for a phenomenal 12% of total victories in the Battle.

The Polish Air Force also fought in 1943 in Tunisia (Polish Fighting Team, so called "Skalski's Circus") and in raids on Germany (1940-45). In the second half of 1941 and early 1942, Polish bomber squadrons were the sixth part of forces available to RAF Bomber Command (later they suffered heavy losses, with little replenishment possibilities). Polish aircrew losses serving with Bomber Command 1940-45 were 929 killed. Ultimately 8 Polish fighter squadrons were formed within the RAF and had claimed 629 Axis aircraft destroyed by May 1945. By war's end, there were 14,000 Polish airmen in 15 RAF squadrons and in the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF).


No. 300 "Masovia" Polish Bomber Squadron (Ziemi Mazowieckiej)
No. 301 "Pomerania" Polish Bomber Squadron (Ziemi Pomorskiej)
No. 302 "City of Poznan" Polish Fighter Squadron (Poznanski)
No. 303 "Kosciuszko" Polish Fighter Squadron (Warszawski imienia Tadeusza Kosciuszki)
No. 304 "Silesia" Polish Bomber Squadron (Ziemi Slaskiej imienia Ksiecia Józefa Poniatowskiego)
No. 305 "Greater Poland" Polish Bomber Squadron (Ziemi Wielkopolskiej imienia Marszalka Józefa Pilsudskiego)
No. 306 "City of Torun" Polish Fighter Squadron (Torunski)
No. 307 "City of Lwów" Polish Fighter Squadron (Lwowskich Puchaczy)
No. 308 "City of Kraków" Polish Fighter Squadron (Krakowski)
No. 309 "Czerwien" Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron (Ziemi Czerwienskiej)
No. 315 "City of Deblin" Polish Fighter Squadron (Deblinski)
No. 316 "City of Warsaw" Polish Fighter Squadron (Warszawski)
No. 317 "City of Wilno" Polish Fighter Squadron (Wilenski)
No. 318 "City of Gdansk" Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron (Gdanski)
No. 663 Polish Artillery Observation Squadron
Polish Fighting Team (Skalski's Circus)  less

Fighter ( Polish ) Squadrons 302 and 303

Polish pilots fought in the Battle of Britain, where the Polish 303 Fighter Squadron achieved the highest number of kills of any Allied squadron. From the very   more...beginning of the war, the Royal Air Force (RAF) had welcomed foreign pilots to supplement the dwindling pool of British pilots. On 11 June 1940, the Polish Government in Exile signed an agreement with the British Government to form a Polish Army and Polish Air Force in the United Kingdom. The first two (of an eventual ten) Polish fighter squadrons went into action in August 1940. Four Polish squadrons eventually took part in the Battle of Britain (300 and 301 Bomber Squadrons; 302 and 303 Fighter Squadrons), with 89 Polish pilots. Together with more than 50 Poles fighting in British squadrons, a total of 145 Polish pilots defended British skies. Polish pilots were among the most experienced in the battle, most of them having already fought in the 1939 September Campaign in Poland and the 1940 Battle of France. Additionally, prewar Poland had set a very high standard of pilot training. The 303 Squadron, named after the Polish-American hero, General Tadeusz Kosciuszko, achieved the highest number of kills (126) of all fighter squadrons engaged in the Battle of Britain, even though it only joined the combat on August 30, 1940: these 5% of pilots were responsible for a phenomenal 12% of total victories in the Battle.

The Polish Air Force also fought in 1943 in Tunisia (Polish Fighting Team, so called "Skalski's Circus") and in raids on Germany (1940-45). In the second half of 1941 and early 1942, Polish bomber squadrons were the sixth part of forces available to RAF Bomber Command (later they suffered heavy losses, with little replenishment possibilities). Polish aircrew losses serving with Bomber Command 1940-45 were 929 killed. Ultimately 8 Polish fighter squadrons were formed within the RAF and had claimed 629 Axis aircraft destroyed by May 1945. By war's end, there were 14,000 Polish airmen in 15 RAF squadrons and in the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF).


No. 300 "Masovia" Polish Bomber Squadron (Ziemi Mazowieckiej)
No. 301 "Pomerania" Polish Bomber Squadron (Ziemi Pomorskiej)
No. 302 "City of Poznan" Polish Fighter Squadron (Poznanski)
No. 303 "Kosciuszko" Polish Fighter Squadron (Warszawski imienia Tadeusza Kosciuszki)
No. 304 "Silesia" Polish Bomber Squadron (Ziemi Slaskiej imienia Ksiecia Józefa Poniatowskiego)
No. 305 "Greater Poland" Polish Bomber Squadron (Ziemi Wielkopolskiej imienia Marszalka Józefa Pilsudskiego)
No. 306 "City of Torun" Polish Fighter Squadron (Torunski)
No. 307 "City of Lwów" Polish Fighter Squadron (Lwowskich Puchaczy)
No. 308 "City of Kraków" Polish Fighter Squadron (Krakowski)
No. 309 "Czerwien" Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron (Ziemi Czerwienskiej)
No. 315 "City of Deblin" Polish Fighter Squadron (Deblinski)
No. 316 "City of Warsaw" Polish Fighter Squadron (Warszawski)
No. 317 "City of Wilno" Polish Fighter Squadron (Wilenski)
No. 318 "City of Gdansk" Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron (Gdanski)
No. 663 Polish Artillery Observation Squadron
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