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Last Updated: Saturday, March 8, 2025, 2:43 PM PST
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Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
TSA Stokes Labor Movement Anger After Moving to End Collective Bargaining With Bizarre Claim About Union Officials
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is setting herself up for a fight with the labor movement after she moved to dismantle collective bargaining at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), citing a bizarre claim about the number of union officials at the agency.
CBC
• CBC News
We logged every Royal Canadian Mounted Police Black Hawk flight for 6 weeks. Here's what we found Mounties leased helicopters for $5.3 million amid effort to tighten border
By CBC: The Black Hawk is part of a larger $1.3-billion plan by the federal government to bolster border security involving helicopters, drones and the deployment of nearly 10,000 front-line personnel.
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Runway Girl
• Becca Alkema
Women soar in the aircraft interiors industry
By Runway Girl: International Women's Day (IWD) is a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women.
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talkingbiznews.com
• Chris Roush
Pulitzer winner Dominic Gates is retiring from the Seattle Times as it’s aerospace reporter after a 22 year career. Lauren Rosenblatt will take on the aerospace beat upon Dominic’s departure
By talkingbiznews.com: Levi Pulkkinen, business team leader at the Seattle Times, sent out the following: Dominic Gates will retire March 14, closing out an exceptional 22-year career at The Seattle Times.
PaxEx.Aero
• Seth Miller
United Airlines completed the first installation of a Starlink inflight internet terminal on a SkyWest E175 in February 2025
By PaxEx.Aero: United's first regional jet is now fitted with the Starlink inflight internet service. It is the first of more than 1,000 planes the airline plans to fit with the new satellite-based service.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
United Equips First Regional Jet With Superfast Starlink Internet And Plans to Have 320+ Planes Retrofitted By Year End
Air Data News
United Airlines’ first Embraer E175 receives Starlink
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Skift,
Inflight Online,
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Runway Girl,
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Reuters
• David Shepardson
US ends collective bargaining for 50,000 TSA officers
By Reuters: The Trump administration said Friday it is ending collective bargaining for about 50,000 Transportation Security Administration officers that staff checkpoints at U.S.
One Mile at a Time
DHS Ends TSA Union, Abolishes Collective Bargaining
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Seattle Times
• Dominic Gates
In a disastrous 2024, Boeing executives got millionaire compensation
By Seattle Times: Boeing executive compensation in 2024 was largely half that of 2023. The new CEO got $18.4 million, including stock with a projected future value of $16 million.
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Bloomberg and
Bloomberg Law
