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Crew member mental health in spotlight after captain’s breakdown – Overhead Bin / msnbc.com

Two recent incidents in which airline crew members behaved alarmingly and had to be restrained by passengers have raised questions about when and how aviation workers are screened for mental health problems. On Tuesday, JetBlue captain Clayton Osbon, 49, was locked out of the cockpit by his co-pilot after he began acting erratically on Flight …

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UPS to Purchase TNT Express for $6.8 Billion – Bloomberg

United Parcel Service Inc. raised its offer for TNT Express NV by 5.6 percent to 5.16 billion euros $6.8 billion to secure the biggest deal in the U.S. company’s 105-year history and challenge Deutsche Post AG. Olivia Sterns and Maryam Nemazee report on the acquisition on Bloomberg Television’s “On the Move.” Source: BloombergEnlarge image UPS …

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So Long, Continental. Now, It’s Just United – InvestorPlace

More than a year after their merger, the two carriers are just one Sometime around 2 a.m. this Saturday morning, the long-familiar name of Continental Airlines will fly no more. The Continental name has already been airbrushed off (or however planes get repainted these days) the aircraft themselves, but now it’s also coming off the …

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Frontier Enters 2012 Without A Fuel Hedge – AVIATION WEEK

Frontier Airlines has no hedges in place on fuel for this year, but the CEO of parent company Republic Airways says he is confident the low-cost carrier subsidiary has reduced its costs and improved its revenue enough to make a profit even if jet fuel prices average $3.50 per gallon this year. Republic’s current plan …

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