News and notes from around the interweb:

• “When bags don’t fly free anymore, we have to take matters into our own hands.”

  Southwest airlines RC car / Luggage zooming on ramp?
  byu/BiffYeager inSouthwestAirlines

• FAA proposes required replacement of latches on Boeing 737 bi-fold lavatory doorsif a passenger got trapped inside during severe turbulence or couldn’t get out during a medical emergency, the consequences of being trapped in a lav escalate. Replacement cost is estimated at $3.4 million across the affected fleet of -700, -800, -900 as well as MAX 8 and 9 aircraft.

  

• Clean. Your. Planes.

  @AmericanAir very nice of your staff refusing to clean up the vomit on the floor of my seat from a previous flight. Very classy pic.twitter.com/LspnqGrvk2

  — Alex Santos (@ElPichi931) April 13, 2025

• The TWA Hotel at New York JFK should be incredible, but its owner thinks all hotels should charge guests add-on fees like an ultra-low cost airline (seriously) and they’ve created a sorry experience at odds with the property’s aesthetic.

  Our hope, then, lies in the Pan Am Hotel by Hilton at Citadel Outlets in Commerce, California southeast of downtown L.A. slated for spring 2026 opening:

• Last week, Mexican authorities raided a British Airways flight in Cancun that was about to depart for London Gatwick and seized drugs. Well, a second British Airways plane was involved in a massive drug bust after an engineer found a block of cocaine hidden in the lavatory.

• Vietnam Airlines LotusMiles up to 75% off redemptions

• Har har.

  The art of never being asked for an airport pickup again
  byu/robinnuber infunny

• Expedia and Google Flights now have Ryanair inventory (Skift)