News and notes from around the interweb:
- The story of the MGM hack “more than $30 million ransom. Casinos in disarray. Six days inside the cyberattack that put corporate America on notice.”
- The 96% complete LAX People Mover delayed to late 2025 they are congratulating themselves on how speedy they are… compared to California high speed rail.
The $2-billion project, which started construction in 2019, is part of a sweeping effort to revamp busy LAX ahead of the 2026 World Cup and the 2028 Summer Olympics. The 2.25-mile elevated train will eventually take people to and from airport terminals, parking lots, the rental car facility and the Metro connector, similar to other major airports in the U.S. that swiftly shuttle travelers to and from regional rail systems.
- Boeing delays causing reduced flying at United.
UA: pilots pic.twitter.com/mv35Ev6DOw
— JonNYC (@xJonNYC) March 30, 2024
- TikTok influencers who want to ‘normalize’ flying economy (HT: Paul H)
- Skytrain resuming service at Miami airport’s American Airlines D terminal
The free train service is now running between Stations 2, 3 and 4, a span that runs from gates D24 to D46. American and MIA have been offering golf-cart shuttles and bus rides as alternatives to the disabled train, which opened in 2010 to mitigate the long walks required for the new mile-long Concourse D.
Levine Cava said that shuttles will continue operating between Stations 2 and 1, about a quarter-mile distance, and that full Skytrain service to that stop should resume this summer.
Skytrain’s Sept. 15 shutdown brought more attention to maintenance issues at the county-owned airport, which is undergoing a $700 million replacement project for escalators and elevators that are too old to be reliably repaired.
- American Airlines busy as a bee
@americanair Thanks for taking care of the #killerbees . Hope we’ll bee on our way shortly! ♀️ pic.twitter.com/3dB9QNMgIJ
— Jennifer Hallahan (@JenniHally) March 28, 2024
- Stop. The. Madness. The American Airlines response here is priceless.
Our gate team monitors the overhead bin space, and they'll require bags to be checked when the bins are getting full. DM us your confirmation number to follow up internally.
— americanair (@AmericanAir) March 28, 2024
So where the story on MGM Hack???
$2B to build 2.25 miles of track. And it takes 6 years.
This is why we can’t have nice things anymore. Ultimately, graft, greed, and power are more important to our leaders than is accomplishing anything. It’s the first step to becoming a “has been” world leader.
I will be happy when the Automated People Mover at Los Angeles International Airport is finished. It will speed up getting to various terminals and lots.
@jns … or , perhaps it will have an electronic glitch ?
Levine Cava also said in her presser that if you are flying out of D1-D7 you are just fuc*ked and should have flown Delta.