LaGuardia Airport

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• Southwest Airlines employees picket at LI airport

  make more of us part-timers," said Michael Martinez , District 1 representative for TWU 555, who works for Southwest at LaGuardia Airport . "These are not jobs for us, these are careers. . . . Herb's other favorite motto was, 'If you take care of your employees,   Read more »

• PA probes air pistol found in LaGuardia garbage can

  to determine how an air pistol -- a pellet or BB gun -- wound up in a garbage can in the central terminal building at LaGuardia Airport on Wednesday.A spokesman for the Port Authority, Steve Coleman , said the "unassembled air pistol," which had no propellant   Read more »

• Plane struck by lightning lands at LaGuardia

  American Eagle flight from Detroit landed safely Wednesday at LaGuardia Airport after the crew declared an emergency, reporting the aircraft had been struck twice by lightning, the Federal Aviation Administration said.The FAA said the aircraft involved was   Read more »

• Letter: Watching Port Authority spending

  story on the $203 million safety upgrades at LaGuardia Airport states that the bulk of the funds will go to two arrestor beds positioned at the end of the runways ["LaGuardia to get safety upgrade," News, April 26].Looking at the picture in the article, I   Read more »

• LaGuardia Airport getting more arrestor beds

  Airport will get a safety upgrade to slow and stop planes that overshoot the airport's two runways during landings or aborted takeoffs, the Port Authority announced yesterday.The work will involve the installation of "arrestor beds," sometimes referred to   Read more »

Around the web

• A us Large eagle chief getting ready his plane pertaining to takeoff Comes to an end Diablo iii Gold

  iii Gold day from your Minneapolis-St. airfare for you to Brand-new York's LaGuardia Airport, mentioned Two Cities airport spokesperson Ike Hogan. The actual initial in the 65-seat airliner received suspicion while officials along with a TSA realtor at a gate 5/17/13 from Silicon India Read more »

• Pirates call up Tony Sanchez for ‘taxi squad’

  YORK â It's a 10-minute cab ride from LaGuardia Airport to Citi Field, but Tony Sanchez had enough time to be awestruck. Sanchez, the Pirates' first-round pick in 2009, was called up Saturday to be on the âtaxi squadâ in case catcher Russell Martin (sore neck)   from Pittsburgh Entertainment Read more »

• Lightning Hits Airplane

  hit an American Airlines passenger jet heading from Detroit to LaGuardia Airport on Wednesday. The captain declared an emergency. Fortunately, the plane landed safely at LaGuardia. The American Eagle flight with 20 passengers and three crew members was hit   from WOOD-TV Read more »

• Pilot declares emergency as American Eagle plane struck by lightning twice as it lands in New York City

  a precaution. The plane landed safely at 10:41 a.m. An American Eagle flight from Detroit has landed safely at New York's LaGuardia Airport after being struck by lightning A spokesman for the airport said a maintenance team inspected the aircraft Embraer 135   from Daily Mail - UK Read more »

• Disassembled Air Pistol Found At LaGuardia

  YORK (CBSNewYork) – Port Authority Police are investigating the discovery of an air pistol at LaGuardia Airport. WCBS 880′s Peter Haskell reported that the agency said the pistol was disassembled and was found wrapped in a t-shirt in a garbage can. The weapon   from CBS New York Read more »