Oct
22
2024
Hong Kong’s airport is going to more than sextuple the size of its gold vault.
Hong Kong Airport’s New Massive Gold Vault—Expanding To 1,000 Tons And Ripe For The Heist Of The Century?
Monthly Archives
Monthly Archives for October 2024.
Chicago O’Hare’s Cargo Chaos Strikes Again—JetBlue Engine Hit Days After American Airlines At Same Hotspot
Oct
22
2024
On Monday, JetBlue flight 811 from Boston to Chicago O’Hare ingested something into its engine at O’Hare airport’s exact same intersection where the American Airlines incident happened last week.
NTSB Uncovers Critical Mistakes That Led American Airlines Regional Jet To Land On Wrong Runway At Chicago O’Hare
Oct
21
2024
On September 25, 2024, American Airlines wholly-owned regional carrier Envoy Air was operating flight 3936 from Norfolk to Chicago O’Hare and touched down on a parallel runway different from its assigned path. The aircraft, with 68 passengers and crew members onboard, landed on runway 10L instead of the designated runway 10C.
U.S. Bank’s Unlimited 4% Cash Back Card Launches Soon: The Game-Changer In Rewards
United Pilot Shares 1K Elite’s Furious Outburst Over Lavatory Rules: Can Coach Passengers Use First Class Bathrooms?
Oct
21
2024
A MileagePlus 1K passenger had an “absolute meltdown” seeing another passenger come up from economy trying to use the lavatory in first class. Are they actually permitted to do this, though?
Here’s what happened, according to a United Airlines captain,
Why Airlines Force You To Gate Check Bags, Even When There’s Plenty Of Bin Space [Roundup]
Oct
21
2024
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
Elliott’s ‘Wall Street’ Playbook: Revealing The Hollywood-Style Moves Behind Their Plan To Gut Southwest Airlines
Oct
20
2024
Everyone is taking Elliott seriously, noting correctly that the airline has underperformed and failed to maximize its assets, and suggesting that current management doesn’t deserve to stay and execute on its own turnaround plan – without every questioning the seriousness or sincerity of Elliott’s own plan. But all you have to do is watch a famous old movie to get up to speed quickly.
Airport Enforces 3-Minute Hug Limit—No More Long Goodbyes [Roundup]
Oct
20
2024
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
Delta First Class Passenger Grinds Snacks Into The Floor, Steals AirPods From Seatmate
Oct
20
2024
A Delta Air Lines first class passenger snapped a photo of the floor at their seat during a flight from Detroit to Phoenix, describing the man sitting next to them as “a hot mess.”
It gets much worse, and I wonder whether it’s surprising that a passenger who disrespects the airline’s property in this way would also disrespect another passenger’s property?
‘Never Lose Money Again’: How American Airlines Destroyed $30 Billion – More Value Than Any Airline In History
Oct
20
2024
Early in Doug Parker’s tenure the company’s market cap reached $37 billion. It’s now just over $8 billion. At the airline’s Media and Investor Day in 2017, the CEO famously declared that they would ‘never lose money again.’ Whereas their major competitors’ stock has returned to trading at pre-pandemic levels, American’s returned to its pre-pandemic decline.
