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British Airways cabin crews began their three-day strike at midnight last night. This is the first of two planned work stoppages. The next one is scheduled for next weekend.
For information about BA flight scheduling during this strike, visit the airline's website.
If you want to learn more about why Unite, the union representing the crews, has called for the strike, visit Unite's website here.
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The Coast Guard conducted the first 2010 Arctic Domain Awareness flight over Alaska's northern coastline on Wednesday.
While the Coast Guard said the purpose of Wednesday's flight was to assess the winter ice buildup in the region, the flights also support the Coast Guard's Homeland Security mission, maritime domain awareness operations and science research.
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U.S. State Department - "The U.S. Embassy’s Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) is assisting the Indonesian Air Force improve the safety of its aircraft. The Indonesian military and three U.S. Air Force Technical Coordination Groups (TCG) have recently conducted reviews on F-5, F-16, and C-130 aircraft. This was the first in-country review in 2 years, and the most in depth ever."
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Luis Pena Soltren pleaded guilty Thursday (3/18) to his role in the 1968 hijacking of Pan AM flight 281, which was bound from New York to Puerto Rico, but instead was flown to Havana.
Pena Soltren, who spent 41 years hiding in Cuba before surrendering last October to U.S. authorities, admitted to threatening a flight attendant with a knife during the hijacking.
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NY Daily News - "After threatening to slash the flight attendant's throat, he and another hijacker seized control of the cockpit. With his partner pointing a gun at the back of the co-pilot, Pena Soltren ordered the captain to change course to Havana, he recalled."
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USA Today - "Complaints that airport screeners lost, stole or damaged items in passengers' bags have plunged more than 50% as the government imposed tighter safeguards on luggage, federal records show."
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As if European air travel wasn't going to be hit hard enough by British Airways cabin crew striking this weekend and then again March 27 - 30, now six unions that represent Air France flight attendants have announced that their workers will also strike at the end of March. The unions are calling this a "solidarity strike".
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The British Airways cabin crew strike is still on starting Saturday (3/18). The three-day labor action is the first of two planned for the remainder of March. The other is scheduled for March 27 - 30. And future walkouts could happen after April 14.
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Guardian.co.uk - "BA's chief executive, Willie Walsh, met the joint general secretary of the Unite trade union, Tony Woodley, this morning but they failed to reach an agreement. It is understood that Walsh submitted a new offer but Woodley raised strong objections."
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A federal grand jury in Colorado last week indicted a former Transportation Security Administration (TSA) data analyst on charges of attempting intentionally to damage a protected computer. The ex-TSA worker, Douglas James Duchak, age 46, allegedly injected malicious code into two TSA databases last October, a week before his employment was about to end at the TSA Colorado Springs Operations Center (CSOC).
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