Earn triple Alaska Airlines miles with Thrifty car rentals.
Will Wilkinson offers
Will Wilkinson offers a nice takedown of the anti-cloning arguments in the summer 2002 issue of Doublethink.
Shopkeeper, 82, chases
Shopkeeper, 82, chases off armed robber by grabbing the robber’s crotch.
The TSA approach to security
The TSA approach to security — search everyone in long lines, keep weapons out (even though weapons make it through quite often) is the wrong approach to air security. This incident of an attempted strangling of a flight attendant with shoelaces shows that almost anything can be used as a weapon. Air marshalls aren’t the answer. Why exactly don’t we want to arm pilots?
Rain man was
Rain man was right: Qantas never crashed. Of course, even though their pilots like to throw back a couple every now and then, America West never crashed either.
Continental matches American
Continental matches American and USAirways with a “use it or lose it” policy for nonrefundable tickets. No more blowing off a flight and just applying the value of the ticket to a new purchase later.
Boob-licking scam “busted.”
Boob-licking scam “busted.”
It’s official: Tilton is
It’s official: Tilton is the new United Airlines Chairman. Now if only the Transportation Department could get itself a new leader…
Eugene Volokh explains
Eugene Volokh explains the fallacy of equating your opponent in an argument to bin Laden. On the other hand, equating him/her to Hitler can sometimes be effective…
United Airlines is
United Airlines is set to announce Glenn Tilton, the Vice Chairman of ChevronTexaco, as its new CEO. When interim CEO Jack Creighton steps down, it is expected that United’s President Rono Dutta and COO Andy Studdert will resign.
