Jim Lounsbury: Friday, May 25th, American Airlines' Flight 191, a DC-10 wide-bodied jet, taxies away from the gate at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport for a routine flight to Los Angeles.

“I came of age when the jet age came of age,” says Ann Hood, an American novelist and New York Times best-selling author, ...

The issue of unpaid ground time has been a long-standing concern for flight attendants in the Canadian flight industry.