The hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 will resume after the govt agreed to pay a US exploration company as much as US$70m if it solves modern aviation’s biggest mystery. The vessel Seabed Constructor is on her way to the area with 65 crew on board, with the search due to begin in mid-January. The govt is pledging $20m if the aircraft or both flight recorders are found within 5,000 square kilometers of the primary search area, with the reward topping off at $70m if it’s found in a search area exceeding 25,000 square kilometers. The previous search effort and the wreckage found have allowed researchers to revise their assessments on the search area, underpinning Ocean Infinity’s confidence in finding the aircraft, CE Oliver Plunkett said. <br/>
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American Airlines has selected Lands' End to supply uniforms to some 70,000 employees, eventually replacing uniforms from Twin Hill that were rolled out in September 2016. Why Lands' End? In a memo to employees, American executives said: "Lands' End has 25 years of corporate uniform experience and their legendary unconditional guarantee philosophy aligns with our desire to offer frontline team members a uniform that makes them comfortable and that they are proud to wear." Sources also said the American Airlines team in charge of finding a new uniform vendor to replace Twin Hill visited Lands' End facilities first and was so impressed with what they saw and heard that it was immediately selected even before site visits were made to other uniform-supplier finalists. <br/>
Even as American Airlines flight attendants prepare to take 12.5 hours of de-escalation training that some have quietly dubbed "apology training," American is preparing to roll out new software to help FAs deal with inconvenienced passengers on flights. Called iSolve, the new software is expected to be loaded later this month on tablets American flight attendants carry with them on flights. The new software will allow flight attendants to offer on-the-spot compensation in the form of AAdvantage miles when specific inconveniences happen inflight — that is if the passenger in question is enrolled in AA's frequent traveller program. But some flight attendants worry that when passengers learn that they could get additional miles by complaining on-board, it could lead to a whole new array of inflight problems for flight attendants. <br/>