News and notes from around the interweb:
- 15 definitive rules for airport bars. It’s 5 o’clock somewhere. Pick the standalone bar for drinking, Buffalo Wild Wings for working. Let the bartender know your timeline and just talk to people… and be whomever you wish. Just don’t overserve yourself before the flight! (HT: Dan R.)
- Dropping its GDS surcharge has paid off for Hawaiian Airlines
- Heading to Florida’s East Coast vs. West Coast:
- TSA continues to argue unsuccessfully that screeners should not be held liable for raping or assaulting passengers
- Airlines will shut down program that sold your flight records to the government. They didn’t need a court order or any particularized suspicion – the airline-owned clearinghouse gave up your data for cash, and it was richer information than the PNRs that Homeland Security had access to already (and available to more agencies).
- The blow-by-blow between Marriott and Sonder that left guests kicked out of prepaid accommodations they’d booked at Marriott.com with no refunds and on the hook to find their own, more expensive lodging. (Skift)
- United has filed with the FAA for approval to put doors on business class suites on their Airbus A321XLRs. ‘Doors’ inside of an airline cabin aren’t normally allowed, because they could slow egress during an emergency evacuation. The regulation didn’t really anticipate individual seat doors, but installing these requires a formal exemption.
On that FL’s E. vs. W. coast video, apparently taken in LGA, Terminal C, yeah, and what brings ’em together? NYC.
Let me highlight the absurd, in case you missed it:
“Another Federal appeals court has overruled arguments by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) that its checkpoint staff are immune from any liability for sexual assaults or other offenses committed in the course of their official duties.”
TSA is not arguing about whether TSA should be liable, but whether the accussed checkpoint staffer can be liable. Wow! In further news, Trump has appointed Epstein an honorary TSA staff emeritus.
@Gary, love that you link to other articles. Hate when they are behind a paywall. 🙁
Include a paywall warning next time.
I hate to ask for this, but could you not link to paywalled Skift stuff? I get that a lot of stuff is paywalled, but being “asked” for $495/yr (no decimal point) to see an article is a bit much.
@Gray – I flag it as Skift in parenthesis for a reason!
When there’s a paywall, how about a short summary of the content?
I can view the Bar story on Apple News. Nothing too exciting or not readily apparent. To summarize: 1.) Don’t settle, find a place that suits your mood. 2.) Sit at the actual bar. 3.) Move your bags out of the way. 4.) Tell the bartender your timeline. 5.) Anonymity is your superpower. Be whoever you want to be. 6.) Order whatever you want. 7.) Temper your expectations. If you don’t see a jigger – don’t order a martini. 8.) Expect absurd prices. 9.) The double isn’t an upsell. 10.) Don’t overdo it. 11.) This is still a bar, not your office. 12.) Keep screens PG-13. 13.) Open up, it’s a great place to connect with strangers. 14.) Keep bar food at the bar (don’t take leftovers on the plane.) 15.) Tip.
So no post about “Airlines claim that passengers who pay extra for window seats are not entitled to a view in class-action lawsuit”?
Most paywalls can be defeated by using https://archive.is/
@Mary – I covered it extensively month ago
https://viewfromthewing.com/paid-59-for-uniteds-window-seat-in-11a-got-a-wall-instead-now-its-a-california-class-action-for-fraud/
https://viewfromthewing.com/they-paid-up-to-169-for-window-seats-united-and-delta-knew-there-was-no-window-now-both-face-class-action-suits/