Kevin Carter / Getty Images Southwest Airlines Cuts 2,000 Workers, Loses Over $200M as Labor Costs Soar Southwest CEO Bob Jordan said Boeing’s ongoing production and safety issues were partly to blame for the airline's rough quarter. By Johnathan Jones April 25, 2024
Sabah Arar - AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary With Lowest Oil Reserves Since '83 and Skyrocketing Prices, Will Biden Do the Unthinkable? Oil reserves are half empty, Biden's not refilling them. But summer's coming, and we'll need gas. Guess where Biden will get it. By Mike Landry April 24, 2024
Charly Triballeau / AFP via Getty Images 'I Was Ignored, Told Not to Create Delays, and Frankly, to Shut Up.' - Boeing Whistleblower's Shocking Testimony While testifying before Congress, the Boeing whistleblower said the beleaguered company is “putting out defective airplanes.” By Johnathan Jones April 20, 2024
Drew Angerer / Getty Images FAA Investigating After Southwest Pilot Was Given Instructions That Nearly Caused Disaster A radio transmission from the near-disaster showed the pilots of both flights were instructed to immediately stop what they were doing. By Johnathan Jones April 19, 2024
Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Toyota Recalls 211,000 Prius Vehicles Over Potentially Dangerous Flaw There's a problem lurking in the rear doors of thousands of Toyota Prius models, sparking the company to announce a recall. By Jack Davis April 17, 2024
Lindsey Wasson - File / AP FAA Abruptly Grounds All Alaska Airlines Flights The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop order Wendesday, halting the departure of any Alaska Airlines plane. By Jack Davis April 17, 2024
@WPLGLocal10 / X screen shot Disney Cruise Ship Worker Hit with Child Porn Charges, Making Him the Third Employee Arrested This Year Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent Eric Stowers said a probe into the employee was launched last December. By Johnathan Jones April 17, 2024
NBC News / YouTube screen shot New Boeing Whistleblower Says 787 Planes Could 'Drop to the Ground' Midflight, Production Should be Halted Boeing denied the whistleblower's claims that its fleet of Dreamliners were unsafe in a statement to NBC News. By Johnathan Jones April 17, 2024
Jae C. Hong - File / AP Disney Parks Will Begin Handing Out Lifetime Bans to Visitors Caught Doing This Disney vows to be a mouse that roars if customers secure disability access services when they do not need them. By Jack Davis April 14, 2024
Patrick T. Fallon - AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary Massively Hyped Tesla Rival EV Gets Blistering Report from Consumer Reports: 'Nauseating,' 'Unfinished,' 'Buggy' Reviewers complained that the interior "feels like a cheap polyester suit" and that the state of the car's safety features was "inexcusable." By C. Douglas Golden April 11, 2024