Originally Posted by teddyballgame

Crew News sessions are tantamount to those daily live-TV "rallies" that Hugo Chávez used to conduct.

(And just like in Venezuela, people, as in the Training Center staff, used to be required to attend.)

Management uses these dog and pony shows to tell employees either what they want to hear, and/or what management wants them to hear.

A reliable source at Airbus has said that AA's A350 delivery positions are being sold to other customers.

I wouldn't waste my time studying the flows on that aircraft type any time soon...