Tag: pilot

Berkshire Settles Pilot Travel Sale Claims on Eve of Trial

(Bloomberg) — Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has avoided trial by settling allegations it violated the terms of its buyout of truck-stop-chain Pilot Travel Centers by changing the accounting methods used to value the last part of the deal. Most Read from Bloomberg Berkshire – which acquired an 80% stake in Pilot Travel for more than […]

Court cancels Warren Buffett, Jimmy Haslam trial over Pilot

By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – An unusual, billion-dollar trial between Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and the billionaire Haslam family was canceled by the court on Saturday, two days before it was scheduled to start. “This confirms that the trial scheduled in this matter for January 8 and 9, 2024 is hereby canceled and […]

Seattle aviation lawyer, pilot calls Alaska plane incident ‘preventable’

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After an Alaska Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing in PDX when a portion of the aircraft blew out in mid-air shortly after takeoff Friday night, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered the temporary grounding of certain Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft. This incident has also prompted aviation experts […]

Former airline, military pilot accused of cockpit threat due in court

SALT LAKE CITY — A pilot accused of threatening to shoot a commercial airline captain who wanted to divert a flight to get medical attention for a passenger was set to make his first federal court appearance Thursday. Former Delta Air Lines pilot Jonathan J. Dunn was indicted by a grand jury Oct. 18 and charged with […]

Pilot dead after plane crashes into Lake Norman neighborhood

A small plane crashed into a neighborhood along Lake Norman on Sunday afternoon, killing the pilot. According to North Carolina State Highway Patrol, Randy Mysliviec of Mooresville was lined up to land his single-engine plane at Lake Norman Airport. He struck several trees before he could land and crashed into an abandoned house site. The […]

Susquehanna Workforce Network selected for Recovery Friendly pilot program

Dec. 30—By John Coffren — john.coffren@baltsun.com PUBLISHED:December 30, 2023 at 2:50 p.m.| UPDATED:December 30, 2023 at 2:51 p.m. Susquehanna Workforce Network was one of three organizations selected for the pilot Recovery Friendly Workplace funded by the Maryland Department of Health’s Behavioral Health Administration. The Maryland Department of Labor announced that through September 2024, over $438,000 […]

Every Russian pilot has to make a choice

After five Russian warplanes were shot down in a single week, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Russian pilots to choose for themselves whether to continue their participation in the war against Ukraine. Source: President’s evening address Quote: “Yesterday, on Christmas Eve, our soldiers shot down almost 30 Shahed drones, several missiles, and 2 more Russian […]