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Alaska Airlines: 540+ Flight Attendants Out Sick, Carrier Warns of Potential Cancellations

Alaska Airlines has more than 540 flight attendants out sick amid a seasonal flu surge, leaving the carrier unable to staff its full schedule and warning of potential flight cancellations. Operations teams are triaging pairings and reallocating reserve crews to limit network ripple effects.

2026-01-04T13:07:01.109487-08:00

New York Times

Trump administration closes NASA's largest research library amid staff and lab cuts

2026-01-04T04:11:46.273015-08:00

Skift

2025 Airline Roundup: Layoffs, Bankruptcies, Failed Mergers and the Rise of AI Pricing

2026-01-04T03:30:02.529300-08:00

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Flight‑attendant sickouts force mass cancellations at JetBlue, Spirit and Frontier; Spirit an operational outlier

2026-01-03T12:54:39.160644-08:00

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Alaska Airlines: 540+ Flight Attendants Out Sick, Carrier Warns of Potential Cancellations Alaska Airlines has more than 540 flight attendants out sick amid a seasonal flu surge, leaving the carrier unable to staff its full schedule and warning of potential flight cancellations. Operations teams are triaging pairings and reallocating reserve crews to limit network ripple effects.

2026-01-04T13:07:01.109487-08:00

Alaska Airlines: 540+ Flight Attendants Out Sick, Carrier Warns of Potential Cancellations

New York Times

Trump administration closes NASA's largest research library amid staff and lab cuts The Trump administration on Friday closed NASA's largest research library, which houses tens of thousands of books, documents and journals—many not digitized or available elsewhere. The move comes amid broader agency reductions that have included staff layoffs and laboratory closures at NASA facilities.

2026-01-04T04:11:46.273015-08:00

Trump administration closes NASA's largest research library amid staff and lab cuts

Skift

2025 Airline Roundup: Layoffs, Bankruptcies, Failed Mergers and the Rise of AI Pricing Airlines in 2025 faced sweeping restructuring — mass layoffs, multiple Chapter 11 filings and a string of collapsed merger talks — even as carriers experimented with AI-driven pricing tools and drew scrutiny from Congress. This year’s turbulence reshaped network plans, labor costs and strategic M&A calculus across the industry.

2026-01-04T03:30:02.529300-08:00

2025 Airline Roundup: Layoffs, Bankruptcies, Failed Mergers and the Rise of AI Pricing

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Flight‑attendant sickouts force mass cancellations at JetBlue, Spirit and Frontier; Spirit an operational outlier Flight‑attendant sickouts at JetBlue, Spirit and Frontier have forced mass cancellations and widespread schedule disruption, straining operations and passenger rebooking across multiple U.S. networks. Spirit in particular is facing a deeper reliability crisis — widespread cancellations and scheduling failures make it an operational outlier among carriers.

2026-01-03T12:54:39.160644-08:00

Flight‑attendant sickouts force mass cancellations at JetBlue, Spirit and Frontier; Spirit an operational outlier

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Alaska AG: Airline policies are causing criminal cases to be dropped over fears of worker retaliation Alaska's attorney general says Alaska Airlines' internal policies are deterring employees from cooperating with law enforcement, leading to criminal prosecutions being dropped because witnesses fear retaliation. The AG warned the airline's approach is undermining prosecutions and could impede future law‑enforcement partnerships.

2026-01-03T05:27:56.464953-08:00

Alaska AG: Airline policies are causing criminal cases to be dropped over fears of worker retaliation

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Frontier requires doctor's notes from flight attendants amid flu surge Frontier Airlines will require flight attendants to provide doctor's notes to corroborate sick leave as illness rates rise across its workforce. The airline introduced the verification policy amid a flu surge that has increased crew absences and prompted closer attendance controls.

2026-01-02T11:10:05.838321-08:00

Frontier requires doctor's notes from flight attendants amid flu surge

AeroTime

Ukraine trains nearly 100 cadet pilots in 2025 as Western-backed aviation and drone training expands Ukraine trained nearly 100 cadet pilots in 2025, the defense ministry said, while expanding aviation and drone training pipelines with Western partners. Kyiv says the effort increases pilot throughput and unmanned-systems proficiency as it rebuilds combat aviation and strengthens ISR and counter-UAS capabilities.

2026-01-02T08:10:30.716295-08:00

Ukraine trains nearly 100 cadet pilots in 2025 as Western-backed aviation and drone training expands

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USAF awards $835M initial pilot training contract to US Aviation Academy through 2035 The U.S. Air Force awarded an $835 million contract to US Aviation Academy to provide initial pilot training through 2035. The multi‑year deal locks a civilian provider into the USAF's ab‑initio pipeline and expands industry participation in military flight training.

2026-01-02T07:06:45.394524-08:00

USAF awards $835M initial pilot training contract to US Aviation Academy through 2035

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Alaska Airlines: 540+ Flight Attendants Out Sick, Carrier Warns of Potential Cancellations

Trump administration closes NASA's largest research library amid staff and lab cuts

2025 Airline Roundup: Layoffs, Bankruptcies, Failed Mergers and the Rise of AI Pricing

Flight‑attendant sickouts force mass cancellations at JetBlue, Spirit and Frontier; Spirit an operational outlier

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