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Failure in Risk Management: The Turbulent Times of Boeing Airlines

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Boeing Airlines finds itself amidst a storm of legal challenges, grappling with a series of incidents highlighting systemic issues in its risk management practices. These are only two of at least seven incidents involving Boeing airplanes in March alone. Why is the glaring lack of records a risk management problem for Boeing?

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Airline FUBAR in 2022

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Airlines are a major component of our transportation system.

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Choosing the Right Crisis Leader

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The aftermath of this incident resulted in a significant reputational crisis for United Airlines. In April 2017, the internet exploded with the viral video of a passenger being dragged from United Express Flight 3411 by security and law enforcement officers in Chicago after refusing to exit the aircraft after the flight had been overbooked.

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How Data Can Take Some Hassle Out of Holiday Travel

Pure Storage

million bags lost by US airlines in 2022, checking a bag can feel like a big leap of faith. Alaska Airlines is allowing customers to purchase electronic bag tags so they can check in their bags via the airline’s mobile app and skip check-in lines entirely. Airlines are also trying to take the guesswork out of layovers.

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An Old Threat Returns…Computer Outage

Plan B Consulting

If air flights only ran from 9-5, then airlines could do some evening work to catch up. I suspect there was a sigh of relief among the airlines that it was not their IT system that had failed and caused the issue. In this case, the airlines have no choice but to use NATS, so they can legitimately blame them.

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The Logistics of Flying People from Place to Place Can Be Broken

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American Airlines had 2,000 flights canceled this past weekend.

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Leading by (Bad) Example: Companies in the News Show What Not to Do 

MHA Consulting

Two of the latest are Ticketmaster and Southwest Airlines. These helpful negative examples come to us courtesy of Ticketmaster and Southwest Airlines. The Secretary of Transportation tweeted that his agency was watching to ensure the airline took care of all passengers impacted by the outage, and the chairwoman of the U.S.