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Vicki McClure Davidson | February 2, 2012

  In November, American Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection. Now, as many as 15,000 jobs will be cut. This is the face of “hopenchange”… Reported by NBCDFW.com, AA to Cut 13,000 Jobs, Close Alliance Facility: American Airlines parent company AMR Corp. said Wednesday it would cut 13,000 jobs and close its Fort Worth Alliance Airport [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | January 30, 2012

  The financial meltdowns and catastrophes in Europe continue to mount. This past Friday, Spanair, Spain’s fourth-largest airline, collapsed without warning. An estimated 23,000 people were left stranded in various parts of the world after at least 200 Spanair flights were cancelled. The Spanish government is reportedly going to take legal action against the airline [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | January 23, 2012

  Any bets that some TSA officials are gnashing their teeth that it wasn’t some Nanny-State-loving, Big-Government-endorsing Democrat U.S. senator who had set off a Nashville airport body scanner “anomaly”? Had it been, the news of conservative Republican Sen. Rand Paul’s refusal to a full body pat-down/groin groping from TSA wouldn’t be sweeping Facebook and [...]

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