Travel News – Underwater Museum, Northwest Flight Attendents Sue Delta

I have only done one scuba dive in my life but this is a story that makes me want to get scuba certified:

World’s first underwater museum planned for Egypt

Mention underwater archeological treasures and most people will think of shipwrecks full of chests of gold from far corners of the earth. However, the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), together with the Egyptian government, is now planning to show the world that underwater archeology can be much more, by building the world’s first underwater museum to show the rich cultural and historical heritage that can be found under the Bay of Alexandria in northern Egypt.

In the end I don’t think this story will matter. With the airlines losing money there will probably be fewer of them next year so mergers and bankruptcies are likely.

Northwest flight attendants union sues Delta

The Association of Flight Attendants, which represents flight attendants at Northwest, has sued Delta in federal court. The union is trying “to block the world’s biggest (airline) from starting the process to integrate the two carriers’ seniority lists until the combined group is given the opportunity to vote on union representation,” The Associated Press reports. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution says “now that Atlanta-based Delta has closed its merger with (Northwest), many employees at the combined carrier, including flight attendants, will likely vote on whether to unionize. Flight attendants at Northwest are represented by the Association of Flight Attendants union, while flight attendants at Delta are not unionized.”

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