Air-traffic controllers have plenty to do safely coordinating arriving and departing aircraft, as well as vehicles on the airport operations area. With the surge in the numbers of these small, unmanned aircraft being used in American air space, their jobs, and those of pilots and other airline personnel, have become exponentially more difficult and dangerous.…
Continue reading →
Continue reading
Frequently airline employees who have been injured on the “Airport Operations Area” mistakenly believe that if they report an accident to their employer, or their employer’s insurance company, that they are “covered” under the Virginia workers Compensation Act. Unfortunately, this is not always true. While Virginia law requires that prompt “Notice” be given to the…
Continue reading →
Continue reading
The short answer according to airport injury lawyer Doug Landau is NO — if they work for the same airline or company. Under Virginia law, if, for example, an Eastern Airlines mechanic drops a tool on the head of an Eastern Airlines flight attendant at Reagan National Airport, while the flight attendant could make a…
Continue reading →
Continue reading