11.   Baggage handlers have been on strike for three days at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, and airline mechanics also planned a walkout.

12.   Baggage handlers went on strike this week at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, and airline mechanics threatened to.

13.   FAA spokesman Eliot Brenner said the agency is looking specifically for slivers of metal along jackscrews while airline mechanics are reporting anything unusual they find.

14.   Other pay disputes threatened to paralyze trains as of Friday through the weekend, and airline mechanics also planned a walkout.

15.   Other pay disputes threatened to paralyze trains this weekend, and airline mechanics chimed in with plans for their own walkout.