Pinching pennies, costing lives?
walterh Well this article sure isn’t one you want to read on an airplane. There’s a new book out by author (and former airline-insider) William J. Mcgee called “Attention All Passengers”…
Airbus factory in Alabama?
Okay, so I know I’ve ranted in the past about <a title="Hey American Air – How about you buy your namesake?" href="http://www.airsnark navigate to this web-site.com/2011/07/19/hey-american-air-how-about-you-buy-your-namesake/”>“patriotically named” airlines that don’t…
My first prediction: There will be blood!
So it turns out that Delta is trying out a self-boarding process in Las Vegas and Atlanta. I don’t know how the damn thing works, but it’s to “free up…
More on the TSA porno body scanners
Anybody remember the video from last March about getting things through the TSA body scanners? Well the original guy is at it again, and has video of his incident via…
Proof that there is a hell…
…and it’s at the Orlando international Airport. Seems someone was traveling with their grandfather’s ashes in a properly marked glass container when their bag was subject to a “bag check”…
Where the ‘Mac vs. PC’ debate sits with hotels
This is one of the strangest travel-related stories that I’ve read in a while. Seems that Orbitz has decided, if you’re using an Apple computer to browse their website, you’re…
A cool rundown of airplane WiFi
Going to fly on a carrier you don’t know much about? And are you a business traveler, ready to do some billable hours at 36,000 feet? Here’s a good rundown…
Oh racism, my old enemy
So you’ve probably heard about the TSA agent at JFK Airport in New York who didn’t realize his metal detector was off, right? If not, have at it – 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…