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A Delta flight attendant mistakenly deployed an emergency slide on an A220 in Pittsburgh, causing $70,000 in damage and trapping passengers onboard.

Nearly 11,000 air traffic controllers, deemed essential workers, did not receive wages for two weeks of work

The incident occurred on Delta flight 3248 from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Salt Lake City, Utah

Entitlement doesn’t fly—literally. A Delta flight attendant on TikTok is spilling the in-flight tea about the first passenger she ever kicked off a plane. A man, bitter about not being upgraded to first class, refused to verbally confirm he’d assist in an emergency from his exit-row seat—because “nodding was enough.”

The new 7,000-mile route will be flown three times a week and will stretch over 7,000 miles

Acknowledging that “Americans aren’t quite sure” about visiting, Delta CEO Ed Bastian told Fortune that the route will be popular—eventually.

A Delta flight attendant accidentally deployed an emergency slide in Pittsburgh, delaying the flight and costing the airline around $70,000.

Loyalty programs promise to give something back for your spending, but sometimes those perks disappear before you even get a chance to use them. From coffee points to airline miles, expiration policies can be confusing, and many companies count on customers forgetting to redeem in time. A recent survey found…

Over three weeks in, the federal government shutdown is closing in on the longest shutdown in history, catching up to the 34-day run of December 2019.

"The post was funny to her and Dax, but she didn’t realise the backlash that was coming."