{"id":563991,"date":"2026-10-04T01:35:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T15:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/american-airlines-pilots-block-google-spirit-data-sale\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T01:35:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T15:35:46","slug":"american-airlines-pilots-urge-court-to-block-google-buying-spirit-crews-confidential-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=563991","title":{"rendered":"American Airlines Pilots Urge Court To Block Google Buying Spirit Crews’ Confidential Data"},"content":{"rendered":"

The union representing American Airlines<\/a><\/span> pilots wants to block the proposed sale of Spirit Airlines’ internal data to Google<\/a><\/span>, warning that the deal could threaten safety reporting across the airline industry. The Allied Pilots Association (APA) filed an objection on Tuesday, stating that the confidential data of more than 700 ex-Spirit pilots<\/a><\/span> now at American is included in the dataset.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pilots warn the deal could make crews less willing to report safety concerns.<\/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,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,476,636,2988,4693,43,581,423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-563991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-airlines","category-american-airlines","category-data","category-google","category-safety","category-spirit-airlines","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