Jul
04
2019
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.
TSA is Demanding to Inspect Reading Materials Again
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What Was This Traveler Thinking? Rat Meat Edition
Jul
03
2019
Imagine this: you’re packing for a trip to the United States. You’re making a list so you don’t forget anything. You get out your suitcases and start to load things in them. What’s the one thing you can’t live without on your trip, that you can’t buy once you hit Chicago?
Alitalia Promotes New Route With Actor in Blackface, Suggests Barack Obama is African
Jul
03
2019
Two months ago Alitalia, the Italian flag carrier surviving on government subsidies, launched new service between Washington Dulles and Rome.
Their marketing budget must not have any money in it for good writing or taste to support this flight.
Not the Onion: New UberEATS Option Lets You Eat in a Restaurant
Jul
03
2019
UberEATS, the service that delivers food from restaurants, already delivers food from restaurants that don’t exist. Now they’re testing a new service that lets you order food through their app and then eat it at the restaurant. So far the concept of using Uber to eat in a restaurant is being tested in Austin, Dallas, Tucson, and San Diego.
Man Promises to End Terrorism, Save the World – Gets Arrested Breaking Into Delta Cockpit
Jul
03
2019
A man on board Delta flight DL579 from San Juan to New York JFK tried to break into the aircraft’s cockpit this morning. But he was doing it for San Juan’s own good, and for the good of all.
The 30 year old passenger yelled, “I am God. Tomorrow San Juan is going to disappear. I came to save the world, and I’m going to end terrorism.”
If You Visit China, the Government May Be Stealing the Data on Your Phone
Jul
03
2019
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.
The President’s 4th of July Show Will Shut Down Washington National Airport For More Than 2 Hours
Jul
02
2019
The President has changed the way the U.S. will celebrate the Fourth of July this year, and that has a big impact on operations at Washington’s close-in National airport.
Four years ago the FAA dropped Trump-branded navigational waypoints in South Florida. Now as President he has the power to shut down commercial airspace.
Here’s How an Unaccompanied Minor Wound Up on a Plane Headed to Germany Yesterday
Jul
01
2019
This morning I learned the shocking story of a United Airlines unaccompanied minor being put on a flight to Germany instead of Sweden.
Though an adult put him on the plane — a flight he didn’t have a boarding pass for — he realized he was heading to Germany and let his mother know. That began an odyssey during which she desperately tried to get United’s help to stop the plane from taking off with her son on it. She tweeted, she called, she sat on hold for over an hour and tried to get supervisors to do something. But how did this even happen?
Union is Holding Flight Attendant Passports to Keep Them From Going Back to Work
Jul
01
2019
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.
Woman Kicked Off European Flight for Being Too Sexy
Jul
01
2019
When you’re flying a European holiday airline, you’re likely if passengers are wearing any clothing at all. And if the budget carrier is flying between the UK and the south of Spain it’s a miracle if they’re sober enough to make it to their seats unassisted.
So the biggest news in a woman being booted off an easyJet flight from Malaga to London Stansted on June 23 was that she still had on her top at all.
