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Chinese Aviation Races Back, But Atlanta Airport Is Still Busiest In The World

by Gary Leff on February 16, 2021

Feb 16 2021

Ten of the top twenty airports in the world for departing seat capacity this week are in China,. Some of the busiest airports in the world may be places you haven’t heard of or at least, couldn’t place precisely on a map like Hangzhou, Chongquing and Kunming.

For all of China’s dominance here in Covid times around Chinese New Year the busiest airport in the world for domestic flying is still Atlantaa – and by a lot (17% ahead of the number two airport). Middle seat blocking helps here (Delta is flying more seats than they are selling) but Delta has retrenched to Atlanta to a large degree and it skews as a domestic hub even during normal times.

Man Drives Volkswagen Through Lobby Of Sheraton

by Gary Leff on February 8, 2021

Feb 08 2021

The Sheraton Atlanta Airport was liquidated, with all its furnishings sold off. Now the Sheraton Atlanta Downtown has been ransacked as well by a man driving through the hotel’s lobby. He parked in front of the elevators.

Marine Confronts A Trump Supporter At The Atlanta Airport Who Just Flew Home From D.C.

by Gary Leff on January 17, 2021

Jan 17 2021

The Atlanta local CBS television station went to the airport to interview Trump supporters returning home from D.C. where some protested and others stormed the U.S. Capitol attempting to disrupt the counting of electoral votes last week.

While talking to a man in a Make America Great Again hat, a man walks up and identifies himself as a “twenty year Marine” and says he “fought for [the man’s right] to protest” and is offended by how the protests broke down into violence, calling them terrorists.

Singer Records “Pretty Psycho,” Shoots A Man At The Intercontinental Atlanta Hotel

by Gary Leff on December 9, 2020

Dec 09 2020

Officers found shell casings and a bullet hole in the door. The man was in critical condition. 25 year old Chicagoan Ann Marie was charged with possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Her 2019 album was “Pretty Psycho.”

Naked Woman Wearing Only White Slippers Danced Around The Atlanta Airport This Morning

by Gary Leff on December 1, 2020

Dec 01 2020

A naked woman, wearing only white slippers, shocked Atlanta airport staff as she sauntered through the terminal on Tuesday. As she passed by one staff member she stopped to do a jig. Naturally, there’s video.

Brawl Breaks Out At Embassy Suites Atlanta, Front Desk Clerk Defends Herself Using Phone As Weapon

by Gary Leff on August 18, 2020

Aug 18 2020

A brawl broke out at the Embassy Suites Atlanta Galleria after a dispute between a guest and a front desk associate. Other guests in the lobby naturally caught it on video… rather than helping to restrain the combatants.

While the argument that precipitated the fight wasn’t recorded, we can see that the hotel front desk agent is wearing a mask at the end– and the guest is not.

Atlanta Airport Once Again Vies For Most Corrupt In The Nation

by Gary Leff on May 7, 2020

May 07 2020

Atlanta’s airport is the most corrupt in the country (although in fairness Detroit may be a close second).

In Atlanta if you want to open a restaurant you donate to a political campaign and pay the former mayor’s daughter. The airport’s former manager was fired for being insufficiently corrupt, and then the city council buried the payments that bought his silence. Now a new bribery scandal and a guilty plea.

Bill Murray Applied for a Job at the Atlanta Airport P.F. Changs

by Gary Leff on October 30, 2019

Oct 30 2019

In 2013 Atlanta got the first P.F. Chang’s in an airport, upstairs on the A concourse. That P.F. Chang’s has set a new milestone. It’s where Bill Murray wanted to work.

Appearing on Amy Shumer’s pdcast he talked about “his desire to work at the [P.F. Chang’s] dining chain.” It’s the “one job he’d like to do outside of acting” and he shared that he “fill[ed] out an application at P.F. Chang’s at the Atlanta airport, because I think that’s one of the great places.”

Is Detroit Challenging Atlanta as the Most Corrupt Airport in the Country?

by Gary Leff on June 2, 2019

Jun 02 2019

The airport’s former manager is in the midst of a federal criminal trial. James Warner is accused of “fabricating invoices, overcharging the airport for work performed by contractors and receiving more than $5 million worth of kickbacks during a four-year period” — which is even more than Detroit’s former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick took in payoffs.

The Top 5 Airports in the World for Departures Are All in the U.S.

by Gary Leff on June 1, 2019

Jun 01 2019

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