At a time where airlines are cutting jobs, services, airplanes, while raising fees – it seems odd that American Airlines has decided to move forward with paying out $14million in bonuses — or does it? There is no denying that moral at some airlines are reaching record low levels. About 72,000 American Airline employees might feel […]
In Seattle, WA (where I live) there has been someone with too much time and a laser causing havoc with airliners. Over the past few months there have been about 2 dozen incidents. Mostly with a green laser, but more recently there has been a red. Either the same person is trying out a new […]
Japan Airlines flight 61 from LAX to Japan was just pulling back from the gate, when its left outboard engine sucked an empty container that was being driven too close to the jet. This Boeing 747-400 has about 60,000 lpf thrust which can create a lot of sucking power. The container is about 5′ x […]
I am currently on a special media promotion AirTran Boeing flight over 10,000 ft in the air while posting this, not even sure where we are flying to (but that is ok, because we have the internet to entertain me). That’s right folks, welcome to the next generation of airline amenities. AirTran Airways is working with Aircell’s Gogo Inflight […]
I am currently at BWI waiting for my big AirTran special flight where they will announce what the big news is. I had to wake up at about 12AM PST (which was 3AM local time) to be here right now. I will go to all lengths to report airline news! MULTI-PART BLOG: Part 1, Part2, […]