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A federal judge is blocking JetBlue Airways from buying Spirit Airlines, saying the $3.8 billion deal would reduce competition.

A federal judge is blocking JetBlue Airways from buying Spirit Airlines, saying the $3.8 billion deal would reduce competition.

If a trip to the British Columbia Coast sounds good to you right about now, you’re in luck. It just got a lot easier to get there — for some of you. 

The top five performers for 2011 for ontime performance. hawaiian air had 93 percent of flights on time, delta rounds off the list at 82 percent. now, the bottom five on time performers, american, continental, american eagle, atlantic southwest -- excuse me, southeast, last was jetblue. on the other hand the good news, martha, for jetblue was that it had the lowest rate of bumping passengers of any of the major airlines last year. martha: flying isnt what it used to be, right? but i guess by the...

Legally speaking, faith, can these passengers sue? >>faith: it would be a question of damages. how were they damaged? were they somehow inflicted with some kind of emotional distress. the plane wasnt delayed for very long. a few hours. so it will be tough, i think, someone is going to say, i dont think i can fly again because of this, probably. so, there could be a claim there. because, obviously, the airline has a duty to provide pilots and flight crew who are medically fit and prepared to fly ...

(inaudible) dont let them tell you it is mother nature it is a man made fire set by jefferson county. >> officially the containment figure stands at zero percent but that should change when we get another briefing and the winds have been light and should continue the next couple of days beyond. >>shepard: thank you, live from conifer, colorado. a series of explosions at a fireworks fact ory forced people to run in thailand north of bangkok. the fireworks factory workers off duty, and no one was ...

>>guest: jetblue is confirming that he is no longer on active duty pending the investigation but he is still with jetblue. jetblue c.e.o. and president speaking out today saying that he has been a pilot for jetblue since 2000 and there is nothing in his record that would lead him to believe he would be a risk on a flight calling him a "consummate professional." several passengers sprang into action and restrained the captain as the flight attendants request when they could not control him. >> th...

Something interesting today. that this pilot is a "consummate professional." >>reporter: that is right, speaking out on before of the captain saying he has been a pilot for jetblue since 2000 and there is nothing in the captains record that would lead him to believe he would be a risk on a flight. >> i have known the captain personally for a long period of time and there has been no indication of this in the past. >>reporter: he was taken to a medical facility and is receiving medical attention ...

Crazy yesterday. now federal authorities have charged that captain with interfering with the crew. probably an understatement. and an affidavit unsealed states clayton osbon told the co-pilots things do not matter, during a las vegas-bound plight and pilot pilot told the first officer "we are not going to las vegas," and began giving a sermon. passengers wrestled clayton osbon to the ground when he was going up and down the cabin talking about death being imminent and the plane made an emergency...

>>shepard: jetblue said the pilot who went weird needs more space and they suspended the captain who flipped out. he is under investigation and not allowed to fly planes. the story was breaking around this time yesterday. passengers on the flight from john f. kennedy to las vegas her the pilot, or saw the pilot sprint up the aisle and ranting about a bomb, iraq, and al qaeda saying "say your prayers." four men tackled the captain using seatbelt extenders and zip ties to pin him to the floor and ...