For Teachers: Lessons on the Airline Industry

The Week in Review is provided by The Stock Market Game, which is a curriculum-based teaching tool that allows students to invest a hypothetical $100,000 online stock portfolio to learn about long-term saving and investing.

The Stock Market Game Week in Review: Apr. 7-Apr. 11

With the beautiful weather experienced by those on the East Coast on last week, many are eagerly awaiting summer vacation. But traveling by air may become even more hectic in the coming months as troublesome news about many airlines captured the headlines.

American Airlines (AMR Quote) made business and personal travel on Wednesday, Apr. 9 a nightmare by cancelling more than 1,000 flights -- nearly half its schedule -- to fix faulty wiring that could cause a short-circuit or even fire and explosion. The headache continued the following day as the airline cancelled 595 more flights or 25% of its schedule and stranded tens of thousands of passengers. ...