News and notes from around the interweb:

• Airline disruption: it will happen in the next decade – but no one is preparing for it I actually think disruption takes longer in aviation because it’s so heavily regulated and broadly intertwined with government (airport ownership, security, air traffic control, safety regulation, how tickets are sold, etc.).

• On Saturday a Frontier Airlines plane arrived at its gate and as passengers were getting off the aircraft’s nose “tipped up” because of too much weight at the back. (HT: Ken A.)

  

• Congress is a bit late to the party, but Members need their slice of United’s 15 minutes over the passenger dragging incident. Here are the proposed laws — the TICKETS Act, BOARD Fairly Act, SEAT Act, Customers Not Cargo Act and the Passengers Bill of Rights.

  
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• Flames erupt from engine of Delta plane enroute to metro Detroit (HT: Ken A.)

• The new ‘paparazzi-proof’ VIP terminal at LAX was approved a year and a half ago. Now it’s about to open.

  

• Don’t tweet the Prime Minister saying your plane has been hijacked unless it has been hijacked (HT: @ExpertFlyer)

• You think your credit card is cool because of triple points? Anthony Boudrain has a credit card with a knife hidden inside

  Bourdain revealed that he travels with a “sneaky credit card that turns into a knife” on every trip. Although he admitted that the knife is not of the highest caliber, “it might be a rude surprise should someone grab you from behind as you enter your hotel room,” he said.