When taxiing down the runway…
walterhApparently this occurred this weekend at an airport in Turky. And this is why you should leave your seatbelt on at all times. At least until the Captain turns that…
AirSnark’s Unscientific Guide To Ranking The Airlines!
So my shitty experiences on Delta, and some rather shaky/scary experiences on Skywest ("This is your Captain speaking. I'm sorry about the delay, but when we landed, a piece fell…
Who will make the next move in the Alaska Airlines vs Delta frenemies shuffle?
So there's been a bunch of new developments along the lines of Alaska Airlines and their partner Delta. When Delta started expanding into Alaska's territories, things got bad. Alaska started…
THIS headline absolutely pisses me off
So I've got a Google keyword search that sends me a daily digest of the comings & goings of the Airline industry - the good, the bad, and the ugly.…
“Pay As You Weigh” is finally starting – in Samoa
Samoa Air, the small airline that flies small aircraft between places in Samoa, American Samoa, French Polynesia, and other island nations, is the first airline to start a "pay as…
Scoop, or Bad Writing?
Okay, so we all know that American Airlines is looking to merge with another carrier - possibly - if the deal is right, and American comes out on top. Immediately the…
Now THIS is monumentally stupid
One of my regular blogs is USA Today's "Today In The Sky" column by Ben Mutzabaugh; I check it a few times a day. Today's lead-off story is how a…
Paying Our Respects
I originally posted something similar to this over at CatastropheCast.com, but thought it should go here as well... I'm not only a regular business traveler, but I'm an airline geek…
Cover me: I’m about to say something nice about the TSA
It's not often that I say something nice about the Transportation Safety Administration. Their usual treatment of individuals is pretty horrid; and I should know since I travel every week.…
HRC Rankings of Airlines, Hotels, etc. and a Word about United
For those of you that aren't familiar, HRC stands for The Human Rights Campaign, which is the leading LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered) rights organization. Okay, so you're not part…