Austin, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) – The family of an Austin city employee killed in an accident at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is suing a ground services company for “gross negligence.” On Oct. 31, Austin aviation department […]
Miami, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – An American Airlines manager was hospitalized with permanent damage after she was attacked by a passenger who was being deplaned. Officials in Miami said the passenger, Bruno Luke Machiavelo, 29, from […]
Atlanta, GA (WorkersCompensation.com) – The National Transportation Safety Board said it is looking into what have caused the turbulence that sent four crew members and several passengers to the hospital on August 28. The Delta […]
Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – A provision of one of the Aviation Reauthorization bills pending in Congress would provide flight attendants with training to protect themselves from attacks. While attacks on flight attendants have increased since […]
Austin, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) – An American Airlines employee killed on the job in Austin earlier this year was killed by poor maintenance, not suicide, a new report has found. On April 20, Michael Ingraham, was […]
Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The recent death of two ramp workers being sucked into jet engines comes as no surprise to Ross Aimer, a former airport ramp worker and 747 pilot. “These deaths illustrate the […]
Geneseo, IL (WorkersCompensation.com)–Whether someone who volunteers for a company is an employee for purposes of workers’ compensation depends on whether there was an employment contract—even an unspoken one. A case involving a pilot who volunteered […]