American Airlines isn’t pleased with the US Copyright Office’s conclusion that its logo lacks creativity. So the airline is upholding a distinctly American tradition -- it’s taking the agency to court. The logo, introduced in 2013 amid a major rebranding by the company, depicts an abstract white eagle’s head poking through a diagonal band with blue on top and red on the bottom. It was first denied copyright protection in 2016, then again in 2017 and earlier this year when the airline sought reconsideration. “While the bar for creativity is low, it does exist and the work cannot glide over even its low heights,” the agency said in January. To make the point that it’s being treated unfairly, American Airlines said the agency routinely registers copyrights for logos that are no more, “and in many cases less,” creative than its own, according to the complaint filed Friday in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas. <br/>
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Most of BA’s Hong Kong cabin crew have accepted an improved redundancy package as a bitter dispute over the sudden sacking of all flight attendants based in the city nears resolution. A majority of permanent staff signed and returned a separation agreement – detailing redundancy terms and severance payments – on Thursday, the deadline to do so, according to the BA Hong Kong International Cabin Crew Association. If employees did not agree to the terms by the airline’s deadline, they would only receive a basic compensation package as stipulated by Hong Kong law. The cabin crew are now out of a job after the London-based carrier said on September 26 it would no longer employ flight attendants in Hong Kong because it was unaffordable to do so. The carrier has been flying to Hong Kong for 82 years and operates two daily flights from Hong Kong to London Heathrow. The lay-offs affected 57 full-time staff and 24 on part-time or temporary contracts. The number of staff who accepted redundancy packages was still being finalised.<br/>