Linda Blachly is Senior Associate Editor for Air Transport World and Aviation Week. She joined the company in July 2010 and is responsible for producing features for Air Transport World’s monthly magazine and engaging content for the aviationweek.com. She is based in the Washington DC office.
Linda received a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland.
Previous positions include Publisher & Editor-in-Chief, Trips & Getaways magazine; Editor, The Bowie Blade-News, published by Capital-Gazette Communications; and Managing Editor, The Prince George’s Sentinel. She has also worked as an editor for book publishers, Maryland Historical Press and BOMI Institute.
Linda lives in Gambrills, MD and enjoys family time with her three adult children and six grandchildren.
Alaska Airlines’ ramp service and store agent workers have ratified a new six-year contract. The contract, which becomes amendable in July 2018, includes wage increases of 10% over the life of the agreement, two long-term contract payments, and job security and improved productivity provisions.
United Airlines (UA) has reached a tentative agreement with the Assn. of Flight Attendants covering flight attendants from the company's Continental Micronesia (CMI) subsidiary.
The FAA has proposed a civil penalty of $13.57 million against Boeing for failing to meet a deadline to submit service instructions enabling airlines to further reduce the risk of fuel tank explosions on more than 380 Boeing jetliners, stemming from the TWA flight 800 crash in July 1996.
