3 posts and columns on Northwest Airlines

Fears of Electronic Travel Restrictions Spook the Blogosphere

in News on December 29, 2009 at 1:00 am PT

As if removing one’s shoes for the sake of airline security wasn’t already hassle enough, the attempted bombing on Northwest Airlines on Friday prompted worries about new security measures, including the unthinkable: could in-flight use of electronic devices be banned?

Did Laptops, Not Napping, Distract Northwest 188's Pilots?

in News on October 26, 2009 at 3:30 pm PT

The latest possible reason that Northwest Flight 188 overshot its destination by more than 100 miles is that the pilots were distracted by their laptop PCs, The Journal reported Monday.

Roy Bostock's Other Merger Gets Done

in News on April 15, 2008 at 1:22 am PT

Well, there’s one niggling deal off the desk of Northwest Airlines Chairman Roy Bostock–Delta Air Lines (DAL) and Northwest (NWA) finally agreed to merge after three months of tiresome back-and-forth wrangling. Sound familiar? Bostock (pictured here)–apparently, the hardest working man in U.S. corporate board rooms–also happens to be the chairman of Yahoo (YHOO), which is [...]