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Monthly Archives for August 2023.

Flight Attendant Had Enough Of Passenger’s Demands, “Not Gonna Sit Here And Be Berated”

by Gary Leff

Aug 26 2023

A TikTok video shows a Southwest Airlines flight where a passenger is ordering around a flight attendant, first saying she needs her son seated by her, then that the crewmember needs to store her bag for her, and also that she needed help getting her seatbelt belted.

The passenger complains, “somebody’s using God’s name in vain behind me.” As the flight attendant helped the passenger with her seatbelt, it appears that the passenger’s phone fell. The flight attendant picked it up off of the ground for her, and the woman said “Thank you that hit my foot.”

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Southwest Airlines Flight Makes Extra Stop In Wichita To Drop Off A Flight Attendant

by Gary Leff

Aug 26 2023

Southwest Airlines flight 872 from Dallas Love Field to Kansas City Friday morning made an unscheduled stop in Wichita today in order to drop off a flight attendant. Passengers weren’t told this was happening until just before boarding.

A passenger on board shares that the “17-year veteran pilot apologize[d]” to everyone on board for the extra long trip and offered that the situation was a “first for him too.”

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Hertz Is Selling EV Rentals All Wrong

by Gary Leff

Aug 25 2023

Hertz got huge publicity announcing an order two years ago for 100,000 Teslas. Since then they’ve taken on other electric vehicles as well. The problem, though, is that people aren’t reserving them.

I regularly search car rentals and find that Hertz electric vehicles are often my cheapest option among the big rental companies. Hertz also has a special deal on EVs currently going on.

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Biden Administration Considers Rule Change That Could End JSX And Small City Air Service

by Gary Leff

Aug 24 2023

When SkyWest proposed to mimic JSX’s model, in order to provide Essential Air Service flights, the big pilot union went ballistic. They see an end-run around hard-fought limits on entry into the pilot profession. People were able to fly with fewer than 1,500 hours – in fact, they were getting paid to build up hours that would qualify them to fly for major airlines. These hours are even better and safer that what most commercial pilots fly to qualify – real operations, not just 1,000 in clear weather flying Cessna doing touch-and-go’s at the same three or four airports.

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American Airlines To Restart Philadelphia Flagship Lounge Project

by Gary Leff

Aug 24 2023

Before the pandemic American Airlines was about to start construction on a dedicated business class lounge in Philadelphia.

With American’s returning focus to Philadelphia, after having lost its partnership with JetBlue and vision for growth in New York, they’ve re-engaged on a Philadelphia Flagship lounge. However I do not currently expect the lounge to be complete for summer 2024.

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