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Tag: United Airlines

Politics

2 big airlines want nothing to do with Trump immigrant kids policy

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 20, 2018, 1:32 PM Jun 20, 2018
9

United Airlines and American Airlines are standing up against the Trump administration’s policy to take children away from parents who cross the border. You’re up, Delta. CNBC says the two airlines have asked the government not to fly the kids to detention centers on their airline. Read more →

This or That

A dying mother, a generous landlord, and the people who make our nightmares

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 26, 2018, 3:38 PM Jan 26, 2018
27

All Carrol Amrich wanted to do a week ago Tuesday was get to Minnesota from Pueblo, Colorado to say “goodbye” to her dying mother.

She didn’t make it thanks to the byzantine system of air travel . Read more →

This or That

First-class United passenger says airline threatened him with handcuffs

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 11, 2017, 5:49 PM Apr 11, 2017
6

Geoff Fearns, 59, is no slouch when it comes to big money. He’s president of TriPacific Capital Advisors, with a half-billion dollars of real estate holdings. But when he needed to give up a seat, he was just another little person on a big airline. Read more →

Household trash will power airliners

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 30, 2015, 7:08 AM Jun 30, 2015
4

United Airlines will make a pretty significant announcement today. It will announce the first investment by a domestic airline in a company that will provide alternative fuel.

Fulcrum, a California-based company, turns household trash into jet fuel.
Read more →

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