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  1. 'Crossing Runways' Blamed for Pair of Near-Crashes at Chicago Airport

    Tue, 25 Sep 2012

    call came on May 16, 2011, when a SkyWest Airlines flight from Michigan was on "a collision course" with an ExpressJet Airlines flight that was taking off, bound for Buffalo. Ultimately, after swift action by the pilots, the planes "passed

  2. Days of long tarmac delays may be over, new numbers suggest

    Thu, 9 Aug 2012

    2011 to 1,353 this June. The most on-time airlines were Hawaiian Airlines, which benefits from good weather, Alaska Airlines, and Mesa Airlines. The most delayed were United Airlines, Frontier Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines .

  3. Airlines post fewer flight delays in May, government reports

    Tue, 10 Jul 2012

    of arriving on time in May were Hawaiian Airlines, which usually doesn't deal with bad weather, Alaska Airlines and AirTran Airways. Airlines posting the most delays were United Airlines, ExpressJet Airlines and American Airlines.

  4. Airlines on time at record rate in first quarter, data show

    Mon, 14 May 2012

    on-time arrival rate for March were Hawaiian Airlines, which usually benefits from favorable weather, AirTran Airways and US Airways. Carriers that were delayed the most were ExpressJet Airlines , Virgin America and United Airlines.

  5. Fliers trapped overnight on tarmac want more from airline

    Tue, 18 Aug 2009

    Minneapolis-St. Paul. The Department of Transportation is investigating the incident, and Continental and ExpressJet Airlines — which operated the flight for Continental — have publicly apologized to the passengers. Continental also has

  6. Fliers trapped overnight on tarmac want more from airline

    Tue, 18 Aug 2009

    Minneapolis-St. Paul. The Department of Transportation is investigating the incident, and Continental and ExpressJet Airlines — which operated the flight for Continental — have publicly apologized to the passengers. Continental also has

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  1. Passengers stranded on a plane really are stuck

    Thu, 13 Aug 2009

    Despite anger and frustration, the passengers stuck overnight Friday aboard a packed 50-seat jet on the tarmac at the Rochester, Minn., airport didn't revolt. They didn't even ask to get off the plane. "Everybody was tired and wiped out, and nobody spoke up," says Link Christin, a passenger who

  2. Passengers stranded on a plane really are stuck

    Thu, 13 Aug 2009

    USA Today Analysis: About 200,000 Domestic Passengers Stuck For Three Hours Or More Since January 2007

  3. Passengers stranded on a plane really are stuck

    Wed, 12 Aug 2009

    Despite anger and frustration, the passengers stuck overnight Friday aboard a packed 50-seat jet on the tarmac at the Rochester, Minn., airport didn't revolt. They didn't even ask to get off the plane. "Everybody was tired and wiped out, and nobody spoke up," says Link Christin, a passenger who

  4. Tarmac ordeal renews push for fliers' rights

    Tue, 11 Aug 2009

    latest Department of Transportation statistics. It's prompted an apology from Continental and Houston-based ExpressJet Airlines , which operated the flight. It has spurred anger from the manager of the Rochester airport, who blames the airline

  5. Trapped on a Plane: Passenger Recalls Travel Nightmare

    Mon, 10 Aug 2009

    been taken care of in the terminal, and the terminal was 50 yards away." Kristy Nicholas, a spokeswoman for ExpressJet Airlines , which operated the flight, said passengers couldn't go to the Rochester terminal to wait out the storms because

  6. Fliers trapped on tarmac push for rules on release

    Mon, 27 Jul 2009

    data compiled by the Department's Bureau of Transportation Statistics show. Continental was next, with 72. ExpressJet Airlines had 93 delays on Continental Express cal flights, more than any other carrier. Like the Delta flight that Whitehead

  7. U.S. airlines improve on-time performances in 2008

    Mon, 9 Feb 2009

    delays:The flights with the longest tarmac delays during December occurred on the same day — Dec. 10, 2008. ExpressJet Airlines flight 2418 from Houston to Monroe, La. sat on the tarmac for 7 hours and 9 minutes before departing. Continental

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  1. Pilot Refuses Airport's Full-Body Scan

    Fri, 22 Oct 2010

    searched for weapons. But some critics say it's a virtual strip search and outrage Michael Roberts is a pilot with expressjet airlines . It was headed to work last Friday when he was chosen to go through one of the new X ray scanners he refused and

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    a virtual strip search and outrage Michael Roberts is a pilot with expressjet airlines . It was headed to work last Friday when he was chosen to go through one of the new X ray scanners he
  2. Pilot Refuses Full-Body Scan

    Fri, 22 Oct 2010

    four and a half years he easily walk in the same security checkpoint in Memphis international airport to fly for expressjet airlines . But when the airport replace the metal detector with a full body scanner first officer Michael Roberts refused

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    in the same security checkpoint in Memphis international airport to fly for expressjet airlines . But when the airport replace the metal detector with a full body scanner first officer Michael Roberts refused to walk through --
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  1. Michael Roberts, the ExpressJet Airlines pilot who refused a full body scan at Memphis International Airport on Friday Oct. 15, 2010

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