Does it come to anyone’s surprise that the F’d up travel story of the week is the Icelandic Volcano? I mean, this thing has been wreaking havoc with air travel, albeit air travel from most of the European continent, and travel to/from the United States. Thankfully, there is little fallout – if any – for…
Read More →OMFG. Like piss-seat wheelchair Grannie isn’t already confused enough, but the TSA has to go through and confuse people even more. What else is new? So the Apple iPad has been acquired by quite a few people, and they’re showing up in people’s bags for travel. People already don’t know how to deal with their…
Read More →Oh, what a snarky way to start the morning. Huffington Post has put together a survey of “America’s 11 Worst Airlines” based on the 2010 Airline Quality Ratings. The authors of the study do state that airline service has gotten better over the last year. Here’s my take on the listings: #11, US Airways: I…
Read More →That’s what I think, especially when it comes to the “flying standby” thing. Let me lay the groundwork here. First, there was 9/11, and nobody wanted to fly. Airlines parked planes in the desert. Then more economic downturns, and again, more planes parked in the desert. Things were steady for a little while, and then…
Read More →So we’re going to hit a new feature here called “F’d Up Issue of the Week”, and will be honoring some sort of travel related news story *the* most fucked up in all of traveldom. But before we can start looking at this week, I want to honor three exceptionally stupid things that travel companies…
Read More →Okay, so there’s a few Portland Airports, and there’s more than a few douchebags in each one. This one was behind me in the TSA security line yesterday, and held the rank of Captain of one of the larger airlines. Seems the TSA got a little crazy at the ABC security checkpoint, and was sending…
Read More →Just happened right in front of me here at GRR (Grand Rapids Airport). Interesting. Actually, not interesting. Maddening is more like it. Me: Um, there’s a guy that just walked up the “exit only” area. TSA Agent: I wouldn’t worry about it. Probably just one of us. Me: No, he had a bag. He’s a…
Read More →I started Air Snark after a liveblogging a flight from ATL to PDX. Man, that was a lot of fun! Mostly. Ugly naked husband video chat from the lady sitting next to me, political blogging from my seat, and workerbees continuing their office work – all from 42,000 feet. Share this: Print Email Twitter Google…
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