DOT quietly drops its Delta investigation — the loud part was the opening

DOT quietly drops its Delta investigation — the loud part was the opening

After Delta Air Lines' operations were crippled in July 2024, then-Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced DOT would investigate Delta "to ensure the airline is following the law and taking care of its passengers during continued widespread disruptions." The Trump administration later opted to close that investigation quietly. A Delta spokesperson confirmed it.

Gobble's Take: Opened with a press release. Closed with a whisper. Somewhere, a passenger is still on hold. Source: AJC

"This is your captain speaking" — but not the relaxing version

It started with "Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking," and went immediately sideways. Twenty-five minutes into a flight from Miami to Newark, the captain announced an emergency landing in West Palm Beach — there was an issue on board, and they needed to get the aircraft on the ground. Flight attendants were told to take their jump seats. Emergency vehicles assembled below. The plane landed without incident.

Gobble's Take: "Without incident" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that last sentence, but we'll take it. Source: Perplexity Search (community news)

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