American Airlines disrupts DC air traffic just one week after thousands of Southwest flight cancellations disrupted air traffic across the country.
On Saturday, emergency crews at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. responded to an American jet that has been stopped in the middle of the airport’s main runway.
The jet sat on the runway for t least ten minutes before fire and rescue crews arrived to Dave Statter.
In a statement, American Airlines said, “American Eagle flight 4965, operated by Republic Airways, with service from Memphis to Regan National Airport (DCA) experienced a mechanical issue upon landing at DCA. The flight landed safely and there were no reported injuries. All passengers were bussed to the terminal.”
Their statement continues, “there were 71 passengers and four crew on board.”
American Airlines Disrupts DC and Texas
Earlier in the week American executives stated they would continue to comply with federal mask mandates despite Governor Abbott’s state level executive order stating mask mandates were forbidden.
Erin Nealy Cox takes over the city investigation into IT losses which deleted millions of police files used in criminal prosecutions.
Nealy Cox is the former US Attorney for the Northern District of Texas and was recommended by Dallas officials hoping to find answers to the data loss jeopardizing upwards of 17,000 criminal cases.
Council members on Thursday also questioned the head of the city’s IT department about a 131-page report released two weeks ago that found the country’s ninth-largest city lacked basic policies and procedures for backing up archived data.
The City Council’s general investigating and ethics committee unanimously agreed Thursday to recommend law firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP to conduct the independent review. The City Council will have to approve the decision to make it official.
“The data loss incident may have originated with a single employee who broke the rules,” said council member Cara Mendelsohn, who is chair of the committee. “But it’s clear from this report that there are no rules.
“The discovery of the data loss is horrific to the victims of family violence, and I’m not sure that we can ever fully apologize for any of the cases that don’t move forward because of these errors.”
Erin Nealy Cox – No Stranger To Dallas Police
Nealy Cox, resigned from North Texas’ U.S. Attorney’s Office in December estimated the review and report would take three months to complete and cost taxpayers more than half a million dollars.
Dallas Police Executive Assistant Chief Albert Martinez said an investigation continues alongside the Dallas FBI Field Office.
Adam McGough acted immediately this morning on Dealey fear of the planned protest by the Davis family.
Minutes after being texted by OSD, he responded “I have brought this concern to top DPD leadership.”
So far he is the only person to respond.
As reported earlier this morning, the Davis’ business tweeted earlier this week a message about choosing between an AK47 and M16 on a business account unrelated to hair salon services for men.
It is unclear why this guest post happened two days prior to their planned protest.
In am email, Dallas Police Deputy Chief Rick Watson states “This is the first I have heard about this information.” This counters a claim by DISD‘s Chief of School Leadership Tiffany Huitt that police would be on scene to maintain order.
Dealey Fear By Students
Since we published this morning an eighth grade parent emailed a screenshot from a cellphone parent monitoring app.
In the cellular text conversation – reported to be three Dealey students – one states “people are talking about them coming with weapons that wont happen right?”
The conversation’s participants are redacted for privacy per the parent source’s condition for publishing.
We will update if Dallas ISD or Dallas Police respond to us.
The Gents Place Culture Officer Lauren Davis did not respond to a question about why the company Twitter account asked about a preference between an AK-47 and an M-16 rifle on their social media accounts while she is planning a protest at Dealey Montessori on Thursday, October 14.
The post above comes as Ms. Davis has escalated a private feud with Dallas Independent School District over their mask mandate to the point of organizing a prayer rally in front of the school and now a protest.
Two parents asked late last night said that these images do not fit with a hair salon.
“The question of firearms with everything else going on makes it appear they are intimidating the school,” said one. “This post comes out and 24 hours later DISD gives in to their insane demands all so she can get donations to help her struggling business.”
Dallas ISD did not inform parents that the students would be allowed to return to class via email or written communication. Many parents expressed shock and frustration that what had been a communal environment is being town apart by The Gents Place culture officer, and rumored potential candidate, who wears a mask in the Gents Place salon and while at church activites.
It is unclear why she objects to her students wearing masks at Dealey Montessori. We have confirmed her high school student complies with the district mask mandate at Hillcrest High School without objection or disruption.
Two students will attend classes unmasked at Dealey Montessori starting Thursday, October 14 per multiple reports from Dallas ISD Central Office staff and school teachers who told students to prepare for their classmates return.
They are reportedly doing this under the auspices of a physician note, but both students have been photographed in other venues recently masked – at church and volunteer events.
Additionally, the protest organizer is reportedly going to be in Austin testifying before the state legislature about social media and its influence on children.
One parent has described Lauren Davis as Shelley Luther 2.0.
Other Side Dallas is planning a full post on Lauren Davis, the salon culture officer, for Dallas based The Gents Place. At least one source noted this entire operation is to raise enough noise to create a fundraising mechanism to keep her business afloat.
Lauren Davis is reported to have instructed her children attending Dealey Montessori to protest the mask mandate and resulting accomodations. Her older son, a sophomore at Hillcrest High School complies with the mask mandate there.
Ms. Davis has previously organized a group to walk around the school saying prayers, but most recently organized a protest scheduled for tomorrow, October 14, to accuse the school of child abuse for forcing masks.
Unmasked At Dealey – Uninformed At Home
Parents were caught unaware when no notification came home with students and no email was transmitted to parents alerting them of the difference.
One parent noted, “Apparently the administration will officially send out a communication tomorrow but it’s pretty much been confirmed.”
Earlier this summer Superintendent Michael Hinojosa had stated Dallas ISD would not comply with the Governor’s mask mandate prohibition. One teacher noted out of 160,000 students, nineteen protested that decision initially. The number now is only two. They both attend Dealey.
In addition to the problems noted, the Davis children have also recorded a teacher in a Gay Straight Alliance meeting that the teacher sponsors. This is considered a Level II disciplinary matter, but it is not clear Dallas ISD has taken any disciplinary action against the family for the repeated disruptions or threats to safety via their attempts to be unmasked at Dealey.
On Tuesday, American Airlines reminded Governor Abbott who is in charge of flights saying they would comply with President Biden’s executuve order requiring flight crew personnel to be vaccinated for COVID19 by a December 8 deadline.
The two Texas-based carriers said the federal order supersedes a reverse mandate by Republican Governor Greg Abbott barring vaccine mandates by any entity, including private employers.
American said while it was reviewing Abbott’s executive order, “this does not change anything” for the company.
Southwest says it “would be expected to comply with the President’s Order to remain compliant as a federal contractor.”
Both carriers have asked U.S.-based employees to submit proof of vaccination by November 24 to be compliant by the December deadline.
Biden issued his executive order during the height of the pandemic last month as his administration struggled to control disease spread.
The executive order covers all federal contractors.
While supporters of vaccine mandates see them as necessary to pull the country out of the nearly two-year-old pandemic, critics including Texas Senator Ted Cruz are calling them unconstitutional and authoritarian.
In his executive order, Abbott said the Biden administration was “bullying” many private entities into imposing vaccine mandates, causing workforce disruptions.
Southwest cancelled over two thousand flights over the weekend in what some are describing as “freedom flu.” It is not clear if employees are participating in blue days, but a pilot union representative blamed the cancellations on a brittle scheduling system stuck in the past.
The Southwest pilots union is seeking to stop Southwest vaccine mandates saying they should not be imposed under collective bargaining rules.
American Airlines Reminded Governor Abbott, But Does He Listen?
He was treated with expensive monoclonal antibodies and has since recovered, but it isn’t clear he learned the lesson of preventative healthcare that vaccinations and masks offer.
The word is no word on the Dealey Protest planned for Thursday. Two parents notified Other Side Dallas they had received no communication from the school about safety plans to protect their children on Thursday, October 14.
Per those parents at least half a dozen parents were planning on keeping their children home or picking them up early to avoid the confrontation.
Dealey Protest Background
It is unclear what Dallas ISD plans are for the school that day as a call to DISD headquarters yielded surprise when they were asked about discipline standards and safety plans on Tuesday, October 12.
In our previous post on this topic we noted that this is called a Child Abuse protest, but there has been no credible evidence that any child abuse is happening at Dealey. There are no police records or other indications of abuse – just an allegation of abuse because students are required to wear masks.
The same family organizing the protest is reported to be one of two families who was part of classroom disruptions earlier in the year.
In August, Superintendent Hinojosa over ruled Governor Abbott’s executive order banning mask mandates. A handful of families across the district have argued against the mask mandate and per sources Dealey Montessori has accomodated these students by allowing them to participate in class in the library.
The students in question still go to lunch in the lunchroom and attend outdoor physical education class with their peers.
Given these accomodations, many parents are asking why a Dealey protest at all.
A “child abuse” protest at Dealey Montessori is planned for Thursday afternoon’s school dismissal by the same parents who attempted a classroom protest disrupting student learning in September over school mask mandates.
Dallas ISD officials have not yet commented on the campaign or what they are doing to protect children, but several parents have voiced concern that the school address is being shared on social media.
A counter protest is being planned against those who arrive attempting to disrupt dismissal.
Protest At Dealey Montessori
The protest is planned for 3:15PM on October 14, 2021, the day prior to the district’s Fair Day per the Dallas ISD calendar. The timing of the protest puts it on a collision course with the release of students at a historically busy time of day.
This is the same school where students were attacked by fireworks earlier this year. Dallas Police have yet to take a report on that incident.
Dallas ISD leadership, Dealey administration, and Site Based Decision Making committee members were previously asked about the classroom protests, but none responded.
Limo Liberal Al Franken does Dallas mask free at the Majestic Theatre despite demanding proof of negative COVID19 test or vaccination card.
The Majestic which is celebrating one hundred years open did not comment about why they were not enforcing the mask mandate other than to lay blame on former Senator Franken who resigned his United States Senate seat over sexual harassment allegations.
City officials claimed they could not enforce county mandates and were not subject to them per Jason Evans of Dallas Fire Rescue.
Limo Liberal Al Franken Does Dallas Mask Free
Several participants noted that at least forty percent of the crowd was mask free and there were several people coughing enough that they “belonged” in an ICU for breathing trouble.
Prior to the show, several emails when out from Franken’s promotion team stating masks would be needed for entry along with vaccination cards or proof of negative test, but no checks occurred at the door.
It is unclear if Franken will offer refunds to those unable to attend the show due to the lack of follow through on maintaining a clean environment.
Dallas Fire Rescue remains optimistic about their outcomes. The families ask for privacy during this time and the identities of those injured will not be released.
Dallas Fire Rescue, Dallas Police Department, the Railroad Commission of Texas, and Atmos are collaborating on the continuing investigation; the cause of the explosion remains unknown.
Three Dallas Firefighters Remain Critical, Community Rebuilding
The respite center in the Tommie M. Allen Recreation Center was demobilized Wednesday evening.
Displaced residents are currently being offered shelter at two hotels where Dallas’ Office of Emergency Management has staff on site.
Dallas Animal Services is relocating pets displaced by the explosion to shelter with their owners and providing crates, food and toys as needed. OEM staff is investigating other longer-term interim housing options if necessary, and has also reached out to Dallas ISD to seek transportation and academic accommodation for displaced students.
In-kind donations of clothing and comfort items are not needed nor accepted at this time.
