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United Diverts Flight Because They Put Another Dog on Wrong Plane
Last week United forced a passenger to stow their puppy in an overhead bin, killing it. And then they sent a family dog to Japan by mistake.
United kills more dogs than any other airline, and they lose more dogs than anyone else does too. And whoops they did it again, but they’re going to extreme lengths to limit the PR damage… all without acknowledging they have a problem.
VIDEO: Flight Attendant Scolds Couple Caught Having Sex in the Lavatory
In January Virgin Atlantic was promoting ‘love suites’ in business class. There’s a long history of Virgin promoting inflight sex to promote their brand. Sir Richard Branson declared the mile high club ‘legitimized’ by the airline in 1999.
It’s all a lie, and a video proves it.
CNN: An Aviation Genius Speaks
Boeing 777 Will Struggle to Maintain Altitude Once the Fuel Tanks are Empty
Failing to Make Awards Available During Low Demand Periods May Be Illegal
In December 1994 the Department of Transportation sent a letter to US airlines It said that failure to make award seats available to customers could be a prohibited deceptive practice. They never even thought to address airlines which failed to make award seats available on a route ever.
New Chase Card Coming and New Thailand Redemption Opportunity
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The “WOOFF Act” Senators Turn Death of a Dog on United Into Personal Political Play
Well that didn’t take long. Two Senators are grandstanding on this week’s death of a pet onboard a United Airlines flight from Houston to New York LaGuardia. It’s said one bad story makes a regulation and two makes a law, Senators Kennedy and Mastro are skipping over the regulation part.
Without a new federal law a criminal investigation is already underway in Texas where the plane boarded….
Airbnb Takes on Expedia and United Pilots in Fantasyland
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American Passenger Fiddles With Liquid Pipe, Tells Seatmate Their 737 is Gonna Explode
American Airlines flight 1316 from Chicago – Sacramento turned around on Friday after a passenger started talking about a bomb and fiddling with a liquid filled pipe and battery.
Passenger Michael Bielinski reportedly tapped the woman beside him on the shoulder. He told her “we’re all going to die” and the “plane is going to explode.”
Brazilian Gang Watches Goodfellas, Robs Lufthansa Flight of $5 Million
In 1978 nearly $6 million was robbed from Lufthansa at New York JFK — in what was then the largest cash robbery ever in the United States.
The heist was investigated for over 35 years, even leading to an arrest in 2014 of a purported high-ranking member of the Bonanno crime family, however the then-78 year old man was acquitted. Much of the proceeds of the Lufthansa robbery were said to have been gambled away in casinos.