US Airways

American Airlines has announced plans to eliminate 921 flight attendant positions, six percent of the company’s in-flight service staff. For a closer look at the state of the nation’s airlines, The Takeaway speaks with USA Today reporter Charisse Jones.

The news that a flock of geese may have caused the U.S. Airways jetliner crash has a lot of people wondering just how worried they should be about so-called ‘bird strikes.’ Guest: Patrick Smith, pilot and author of Salon.com’s Ask the Pilot.