{"id":377391,"date":"2026-02-28T02:55:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T16:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/chief-of-staff-flight-delay-sparks-new-focus-on-airline-industry\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T02:55:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T16:55:43","slug":"chief-of-staffs-flight-delay-sparks-new-focus-on-airline-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=377391","title":{"rendered":"Chief Of Staff’s Flight Delay Sparks New Focus On Airline Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

James Blair, the White House<\/a> Deputy Chief of Staff, is the latest to take a ‘new interest’ in the aviation industry following issues experienced on a recent American Airlines<\/a><\/span>s flight that he was taking with his wife. As reported by AJOT<\/a>, Blair claims that his AA flight was delayed 2.5 hours after the hydraulic fluid<\/a> was empty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The White House Deputy Chief of Staff’s flight delay and forgotten pilot booking spark a new focus on the airline industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,476,636,866,3217,423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-377391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-airlines","category-american-airlines","category-aviation-industry","category-flight-delay","category-united-states"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t