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(Bloomberg) — Yahoo Japan is telling its 8,000 employees they can work anywhere in the country — and even be flown into work when the job requires it — bucking the trend of companies looking to return workers to offices in the third year of the coronavirus pandemic. Most Read from Bloomberg The program takes effect April 1 and allows employees to commute by plane, which wasn’t previously an option, the company said in a statement Wednesday. While Yahoo is best known for its internet… Source link

The number of unruly passengers aboard U.S. passenger aircraft has never been higher. “Air rage is not a new thing,” Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Spokeswoman Taylor Garland said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “It’s the worst it’s ever been for sure.” According to the most recent FAA data, there have been 3,615 reports of unruly passengers and 610 investigations initiated so far in 2021. And a new survey of nearly 5,000 flight attendants from the Association of Flight… Source link

@lol.airee/TikTok A viral TikTok video shows a woman duct-taped to her chair on an American Airlines flight.  The airline said the woman tried to exit the plane midflight and attacked flight attendants. The passenger who filmed the video criticized American Airlines for how it handled the situation. See more stories on Insider’s business page. A TikTok video shows a woman duct-taped to her seat on an American Airlines flight after an incident in which the airline says she attacked flight… Source link

By Steve Gorman TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. (Reuters) -British billionaire Richard Branson prepared on Sunday to climb into his Virgin Galactic passenger rocket plane and soar more than 50 miles (80 km) above the New Mexico desert in the vehicle’s first fully crewed test flight to the edge of space. Branson, one of six Virgin Galactic Holding Inc employees strapping in for the ride, has touted the flight as a precursor to a new era of space tourism, with the company he founded poised to begin… Source link

A man was hospitalized after jumping out of a plane at LAX on Friday night, officials said. The passenger got out of his seat and pounded the cockpit doors before jumping, ABC 7 reported. Authorities are now investigating the man’s motive, according to CNN. See more stories on Insider’s business page. A passenger forced open the emergency exit door of a plane and jumped out while it was taxiing away from the gate area at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Friday night, ABC 7… Source link

The note left by First Officer Chris Dennis in a Delta plane parked at the Victorville Airport. Delta Air Lines A Delta first officer discovered an early-pandemic letter left by a fellow pilot on a parked aircraft. The note, which was written in March 2020, predicted there would be “light … at the end of the tunnel.” “Amazing how fast it changed,” First Officer Chris D. wrote more than 400 days ago. Visit Insider’s homepage for more stories. As the world starts to creep back to normality after… Source link

MMA Weekly Francis Ngannou wants to fight Jon Jones, despite Dana White’s doubts After knocking out Stipe Miocic in the second round to win the UFC heavyweight championship at UFC 260, Francis Ngannou spoke to the media at the post-fight press conference about what could be next for his career. Earlier in the evening at the press conference, UFC president Dana White said he was 100-percent willing to make a title fight between Ngannou and Jon Jones. But White also expressed doubt that Jones… Source link

A man is facing 20 years in jail for allegedly refusing to wear a face mask on board a flight before urinating in the cabin. The FBI arrested 24-year-old Landon Grier of Canon City after his flight landed on March 9, according to an affidavit filed in US District Court in Denver. Grier was asked by a female flight attendant “eight to ten times” to put a face covering on but refused and “then began to push and swat her hand away as she tried to gently tap his shoulder to get his… Source link

A pregnant mum made a chilling Instagram post moments before her plane vanished and crashed into the sea. Ratih Windania is one of 62 people feared dead on board Sriwijaya Air Flight SJ 182 after the plane disappeared following its departure from Jakarta, Indonesia, on Saturday. Indonesian authorities said they had recovered pieces of wreckage and body parts on Sunday from the waters north of Jakarta. The mother posted on Instagram from the airport before boarding the flight. “Bye bye family…. Source link