The collision of an American Eagle jet and a Black Hawk helicopter was horrible. Airlines have contingency plans for situations like this. For instance, the Care Team at the airline was activated. These volunteers were contacted Wednesday night and told to go to the airport some went to D. One of the elements to crisis response you might not have thought of is that American Airlines has paused marketing its credit card onboard flights.
And I guess someone somewhere could be offended by promoting travel. At the same time, it is literally people who are traveling that would hear the message so they are the least likely to be offended. And American continues to sell tickets, and miles and Citi and Barclays continue to take card applications and these are still promoted on the AA. Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel - a topic he has covered since Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.
More About Gary ». More articles by Gary Leff ». I feel for every pilot, flight attendant, gate agent, ground crew, air traffic controller, FAA inspector, NTSB agent, even call center folks—these are tough times. Wishing you guys a lot of strength and perseverance in these coming days. Thank you. Makes sense. A lot of nervous flyers today, my wife arrived to the airport early and was hoping to take the earlier standby flight to ORD from LGA. They still have to fly and do their jobs but not having to sell may reduce frustration and emotional fatigue.
They should just deny that the crash was American Airlines. Wikipedia is a fanboy like that. Karen Bass should take a lesson. Be present when a tragedy happens. Not being halfway around the world at a party that has nothing to do with your job. Either way, this midair collision has nothing to do with the LA fires. By all means, accept my apologies if you meant otherwise.
Fact: No commercial airline crash fatalities during the last administration. I want zero deaths. Safe travels. Welcome to our world of Yes this was a horrible accident but air travel remains extremely safe, far safer than automobile travel.
