Boeing 737 MAX Email Scam Can Infect Your Computer

by Gary Leff

airplane flying
Mar 25 2019

Police are warning about an email scam aimed at getting you to open an attachment that will infect your computer by preying on worries over the currently-grounded Boeing 737 MAX.

The email may be framed as coming from a “private analyst” and includes an attachment with “leaked data” that warns of another aircraft that will “go down soon” and encourages you to share the file with your contacts — not just infecting your computer, but virally infecting others as well via a trusted source (you).

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Why the FAA Delegates Certification to Boeing — and Why That’s a Good Thing

by Gary Leff

airplane flying
Mar 25 2019

One of the things many people have been shocked to learn, in the aftermath of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX crash, is that the FAA delegates much of the certification process to the aircraft manufacturer.

People are shocked, shocked, that a company would be able to ‘self-certify’ and suggest this is some sort of dereliction of duty when nothing could be further from the truth.

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Is Transatlantic Low Cost Carrier Wow Air Toast?

by Gary Leff

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Mar 24 2019

For the last several years fares between the US and Europe have been available at incredibly low prices, driven down by a generation of ultra low cost carriers — deep discount airlines no longer just flying short haul routes, but operating across the Pond the way that Freddie Laker’s Skytrain service once pioneered.

There have been too many players flying too many seats at too low a price for too long, in a market that’s long been challenging, and airlines trying to make it in this environment have struggled. Wow Air could be next to fall.

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Have an Issue or Problem? Marriott’s New Campaign Promises to Do Nothing About It

by Gary Leff

hotel
Mar 24 2019

Maybe you’ve emailed Marriott, like I have, and gotten no response for months. Or perhaps you’ve called customer service, waited on hold, and gotten absolutely nowhere (or, in the case of one reader, been called a liar).

Now Marriott has you covered because their Le Meridien brand has launched a new campaign called “Dial 0 for Lip Service”.

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