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☆ In-N-Out Burger is one of the 10 best-led companies in America, says new report—a workplace culture expert isn't surprised
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The In-n-Out logo is displayed on the front of an In-n-Out restaurant on October 28, 2021 in Pleasant Hill, California. The new ranking doesn't surprise LaShawn Davis, a leadership and workplace culture expert who founded and runs consulting firm The HR Plug. Davis has worked in human resources for more than a decade, and says it's clear why In-N-Out Burger rivals those tech companies when it comes to leadership and culture. "It starts with the CEO," Davis tells CNBC Make It. In-N-Out's CEO is Linsi Snyder, 42, who took over her family's business at age 27 after a series of family deaths.

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Delta Air Lines said Wednesday that the pilot accused of threatening to shoot the plane's captain during a flight no longer works for the airline, and federal officials say his authority to carry a gun on board was revoked. The incidents have revived debate about psychological screening, which relies largely on trusting pilots to volunteer information about their mental health. Ross Aimer, retired airline pilot and now CEO of an aviation consulting company, said screening for mental health is far less than for drug and alcohol use and needs to be improved. He said pilots are unlikely to volunteer information that could point to mental health problems. “If I mention something about having mental issues, I’m done" — a pilot's career can be over — Aimer said.

Persons: Jonathan J, Dunn, ” Dunn, “, Joseph David Emerson, Ross Aimer, — Aimer Organizations: Delta Air Lines, Transportation, Administration, TSA, Pilots, Attorney’s, Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air Locations: Utah, New Mexico, U.S, Salt Lake City, The U.S, midflight, Pleasant Hill , California, Portland , Oregon

A pilot has been indicted for allegedly threatening to shoot the plane's captain if the captain diverted the flight because of a passenger who needed medical attention. “After a disagreement about a potential flight diversion due to a passenger medical event, Dunn told the Captain they would be shot multiple times if the Captain diverted the flight,” the inspector general's office said. It did not identify the airline on which the incident occurred, saying only that it was a commercial airline flight. He was subdued by the captain and co-pilot and arrested after the plane diverted to Portland, Oregon. Pilots are required during regular medical exams to disclose depression, anxiety, drug or alcohol dependence, and medications they take.

Persons: Jonathan J, Dunn, Joseph David Emerson Organizations: Transportation, Transportation Security Administration, FBI, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S, Attorney's, Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air Locations: Utah, California, Salt Lake City, midflight, Portland , Oregon, Pleasant Hill , California, Portland

☆ Pilot Who Disrupted Flight Said He Had Taken Psychedelic Mushrooms, Complaint Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Michael Levenson | More About Michael Levenson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It was not immediately clear if Mr. Emerson had a lawyer. Mr. Emerson, of Pleasant Hill, Calif., has been a first officer and then a captain for more than two decades. Multnomah County court records indicate he does not have a criminal record. On Sunday, Mr. Emerson was riding in a jump seat in the cockpit of an Alaska Airlines jet, an Embraer 175, the authorities said. Professional pilots say it is common for them to ride in the cockpit jump seat while shuttling to and from work.

Persons: Emerson, “ Organizations: U.S, Attorney’s, District of, Federal Aviation Administration, Alaska Airlines, Embraer, Horizon Air, Professional Locations: District of Oregon, Multnomah County, Portland ,, Pleasant Hill, Calif, Everett, Wash, San Francisco, Astoria, Ore, Portland

☆ Off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot warned 'I am not okay' before alleged attempt to disable plane engines
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

In this article ALK Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTAn Alaska Airlines jet departs John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, CA on Monday, August 8, 2022. Medianews Group/orange County Register Via Getty Images | Medianews Group | Getty Images"I am not okay," an off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot said before allegedly reaching and grabbing handles that could have disabled the aircraft's engines, according to a federal complaint filed on Tuesday. The pilots told investigators that there was no indication of anything wrong early in the flight, according to court records. One of the flight's pilots told investigators that Emerson settled down after about 20 to 30 seconds and exited the cockpit. After leaving the cockpit, Emerson told a flight attendant, "You need to cuff me right now or it's going to be bad."

Persons: Joseph David Emerson, Emerson Organizations: Alaska Airlines, John Wayne Airport, Medianews, Getty, Alaska, Portland International Airport, Justice Department, Multnomah County Sheriff's, Pilots Locations: Santa Ana , CA, San Francisco, Portland, Pleasant Hill , California, Oregon, Multnomah County

What’s going to stop that?” said Jon Loffi, a longtime law enforcement officer who teaches aviation security at Oklahoma State University and wrote a paper on identifying insider threats. The Federal Aviation Administration says its approved medical examiners are trained to gauge a pilot's mental health. The Horizon close call could result in the re-examination of the practice of letting off-duty pilots or other airline employees sit in the cockpit jump seat. Security experts say it would be difficult if not impossible to stop every determined criminal or terrorist who targets aviation. The off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot who was arrested Sunday joined Horizon as a first officer or co-pilot in 2001.

Persons: We’re, ”, Jon Loffi, It's, Joseph David Emerson, Emerson, Jeffrey Price, “, Ross Aimer, ” Price, ” Loffi, Loffi, Pete Buttigieg, Karen Yee, ” Allen Scott, ___ Claire Rush Organizations: Alaska Airlines, Oklahoma State University, FAA, FBI, Federal Aviation Administration, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Oklahoma State, FedEx, Pacific Southwest Airlines, Security, Transportation Security Administration, Sunday, Virgin America, Mercury, San Francisco Chronicle Locations: U.S, Oklahoma, French, California, Alaska, Multnomah County , Oregon, Portland, Pleasant Hill , California, San Francisco, Jose, Portland , Oregon

☆ Vivek Ramaswamy has Iowa voters curious, but not yet committed, after standout debate
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Aaron Pellish | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

That’s the true mark of a real milestone on this campaign,” Ramaswamy joked. For many voters in Iowa, the debate was their introduction to the 38-year-old candidate. A survey of potential Republican primary voters who watched the debate conducted by The Washington Post, FiveThirtyEight and Ipsos showed 26% of voters thought Ramaswamy won the debate, second highest behind DeSantis. Still, the Ramaswamy campaign said it raised $600,000 in the day after the debate, the largest single-day total since its launch. The Ramaswamy campaign plans to continue visiting Iowa and answering voter questions like Christensen’s around the state, Chapman told CNN.

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☆ United Airlines in $30 mln settlement with quadriplegic man's family
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Aug 23 (Reuters) - United Airlines (UAL.O) has agreed to a $30 million settlement after a deplaning incident left a quadriplegic man in a vegetative state, court papers show. The settlement with the family of Nathaniel Foster Jr, known as N.J., was disclosed on Tuesday in San Francisco federal court, and reached after one day of trial. Now 26, Foster has "significant" brain damage, cannot speak or eat solid foods, and is expected to live to age 31-1/2, down from 39 before the incident, court papers show. "Our top priority is to provide a safe journey for all our customers, especially those who require additional assistance or the use of a wheelchair," United said in a statement Wednesday. The case is Foster et al v United Airlines Inc et al, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, No.

Persons: Nathaniel Foster Jr, Foster, Foster's, Jonathan Stempel, Nick Zieminski Organizations: United Airlines, United Express, al, United Airlines Inc, Court, Northern District of, Thomson Locations: San Francisco federal, Monroe , Louisiana, Pleasant Hill , California, U.S, Northern District, Northern District of California, New York

☆ Mountain Girl’s heartbreaking memoir: An icon of the Sixties opens up about Jerry Garcia, Ken Kesey, and what the age of free love was really like
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-09 | by ( David Kushner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +40 min

Now 76 and living in Oregon, Mountain Girl has gave us an exclusive look at her memoir. Altamont, the free concert that Mountain Girl and Jerry Garcia helped organized, was meant to revive the spirit of the Sixties. Today, 60 years since she took that ride with Neal Cassady, Mountain Girl is still forging her own path. Before I leave Kesey's farm, Mountain Girl and I walk outside to the old brown barn where Furthur now rests. But for Mountain Girl, it lives forever, an emblem of everything her generation believed in, and all that they achieved.

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