News and notes from around the interweb:
- American Airlines flight delayed because the ‘no smoking’ sticker was missing above one row of seats.
Remember when the FAA grounded a fleet of United planes because its no smoking signs didn’t turn off?
A rule in place before smoking was completely banned required flight attendants to be able to actually operate the sign. Airlines had been getting exemptions to this rule for years, but on these new planes United forgot to get the exemption. At least that prompted the FAA to realize it was a dumb rule.
- Why Americans no longer talk about Singapore
- DOT will decide what good architecture looks like (by the way, their starting point is wrong – great design did not end with ancient Athens and Rome). It won’t affect airports, and the Executive Order this is carried out under excludes ‘infrastructure projects’ even. So… much ado and all that.
It was an honor chairing the inaugural meeting of the Beautifying Transportation Infrastructure Council alongside @USDOT Secretary @SecDuffy.
To quote @FastCompany's article on the meeting:
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s newly created Beautifying Transportation… pic.twitter.com/p2ISDZ1Gfa
— Justin Shubow (@JustinShubow) February 9, 2026
- Cranky Flier talks with American Airlines Chief Commercial Officer Nat Pieper and it’s a good conversation.
- I only know who Peter Thomas Roth is through Hilton bath amenities but apparently Jeffrey Epstein was his school teacher and his private tutor.
- TSA is secretly on the lookout for Americans’ cash aside from being actual theft, it distracts from focus on threats to aviation.
Even the soap is a reminder of Epstein! Time to hold these wealthy pedophiles accountable. Start with impeaching and removing this felon President. (Or ‘wag the dog’ with a distraction in Mexico.)
Beautifying Transportation Infrastructure translates to gold leaf everywhere
I would offer that the Singapore comments are misleading…and several are incorrect. Immigration is not as stated. The country has invested in everyone’s future. People are happy. Yesterday”s Strait Times headline was average income last year was SG$ 144,000. As a contrast …ask the population of the formerly British Hong Kong about where they might be when the 20 year hands off agreement with mainland China expires….One country has created their future whilst the other faces the unknown.