News and notes from around the interweb:
- The myriad pay lines for an American Airlines pilot – here’s how the pay really works and breaks down.
American Airlines pilot posted in the salary sub… $360+ per hour base… $35k+ biweekly gross after all of the incentives… https://t.co/U6tD7OaPXH pic.twitter.com/61s1F0yrJ7
— fso tee (@fienixtaranova) December 22, 2025
- Life lesson, children: don’t buy cocaine on the casino floor of the Wynn.
A popular travel influencer bought what he believed to be cocaine on the casino floor of Wynn and died of an accidental fentanyl+alcohol overdose in his hotel room shortly after.
Anunay Sood, 32, was in town for the Las Vegas Concours d'Elegance car show last month. pic.twitter.com/r0aQYNe1U4
— Las Vegas Locally (@LasVegasLocally) December 23, 2025
- In the past I’ve written about the UFO theory that they visit us (why should this much more technologically advanced society care about Earth, per se) because they are from here, but from the future. Defense technology CEO Palmer Luckey, who’ll have had access to classified information I never will, waives his hand at this suggesting that “the physics just don’t seem to work out” then claims they’re from the past.
Palmer Luckey says UAPs likely come from the distant past, understanding them will render current technology ‘irrelevant’
“There’s a lot we don’t understand about these vehicles — What they are, where or when they come from.”
“If and when we figure out what’s going on with… pic.twitter.com/3d5JoydHqF
— UAP James (@UAPJames) December 22, 2025
- Stop complaining about airfares, you’re getting a deal! (Even if the cheapest American Airlines fares no longer earn miles, and this change was made without notice.)
Airline fares decreased 5.4 percent over the year ending November 2025 https://t.co/A5kurgtx3L #BLSdata pic.twitter.com/gY1LtgzWfk
— BLS-Labor Statistics (@BLS_gov) December 23, 2025
- Filthadelphia
@AmericanAir the one time…I purchased a day pass and use the club lounge. A cockroach drops from the freaking ceiling crosses my food onto the got damn wall. I really hate layovers @PHLAirport pic.twitter.com/w0jwXIx0cc
— Tori (@wisdomtogive) December 23, 2025
- People need to be rescued from elevators at the airport more than anywhere else in Austin
- A 26 year old got 20 months in jail for an attempted, crime syndicate-financed theft targeting business class passengers on Singapore Airlines. He pulled a passenger’s carry-on from the overhead while the cabin was dimmed and crew were in the galley. The victim’s wife spotted it, confronted him, and crew intervened. The bag reportedly contained >S$100,000 in valuables (cash, laptop, cigars, and two high-end watches).
- The decline in international passenger traffic is clearly not because of Spirit Airlines cutbacks.
Harry Reid International Airport had its worst month of the year in November, with international travel to Las Vegas plummeting 21.2% despite a "sold out" Formula 1 Grand Prix.
Overall passenger traffic was down nearly 10% year-over-year. pic.twitter.com/fvXoaKVPoH
— Las Vegas Locally (@LasVegasLocally) December 23, 2025
>Airline fares decreased 5.4 percent over the year ending November 2025
Not on Southwest. Their fares are way up. Loads seem to be way down. Investors seem happy with the results. Go figure.
When I said “death to so-called influencers, I didn’t mean this.
Anyone who believes we are being visited by those from another planet are idiots.