News and notes from around the interweb:
- Japanese baseball superstar picking his US team based on Japan Airlines non-stop flights
- Boeing 787 still having battery problems
- Via ridesharing: $10 ride credit for trying what’s apparently the least expensive ridesharing option in Manhattan and Brooklyn. They tell you where to go meet a vehicle already on a route near you, important in Manhattan (I’ve waited interminably long for a ride share in New York due to traffic and one way streets) rather than coming to your door.
This is a reader’s referral code, Via is giving away prizes for referrals and he pledges to donate any he wins to charity. He also notes “when I am going from downtown to uptown I will often get a ride with them very cheap – like $5 or $6.”
- Perfectly normal speed tape freaks out passengers again
- With Steve Bannon gone from the White House the US-UAE Business Council (lobbying for Emirates, Etihad, and Qatar though representing 150 companies) says the White House won’t support dismantling Open Skies treaties however there’s still risk of legislative action.
- Two Seattle airport retail employees awarded $16 million for wrongful termination
- Boeing 737 MAX 90 degree takeoff:
What could go wrong with a dangerous Lithium battery that overheated and caused fires, when you come up with the solution to build a box around it to vent the expected heat and fire to the outside? Hello?
Ehhh, he rejected the Red Sox and Yankees and they get JAL flights too
Would the AA 737-MAX’s 30 inch seat pitch be too tight when taking off at 90 degrees?
That headline makes it look like Ohtani is seriously concerned about 787 batteries
Wow, that was awesome 737 Max footage! I love it!
The 787 needs to be grounded until a alternative to these batteries can be found. Meanwhile, Airbus is going to laugh all the way to the bank with the A350-Delta was wise to pick the A350 instead of the 787.