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Bust out the ‘Boobie Beanie’ for public breast feeding! Give gawkers and the easily offended something to smile about while keeping your baby’s noggin from exposure. The Boobie Beanie is customized just for you matching your size, nipple color, and skin tone! From Etsy.com “This is a completely hand-made crocheted hat made to look like a breast when worn by a baby/toddler/child, while nursing! It’s made of 100% organic cotton, and is very soft and warm. You have the...
Join Green America in asking U.S. airlines to recycle As concerned consumers, we believe that it is important for us to know that the airline companies with which we travel help reduce consumer waste by implementing recycling programs. Overall, airlines have the capacity to recycle nearly 500 million more pounds of waste each year, including 250 million pounds of in-flight waste. Additionally, nearly 75% of in-flight generated waste is recyclable; however only about 20% of that waste actually is...
The ‘Wall Street Journal Middle Seat’ takes us from Sydney to Dallas, in coach! How would you pace yourself? What would you do for 15 hours (or more) stuck in ‘the village’? From WSJ ‘Middle Seat’~ Over the Pacific Ocean It’s 2 a.m. aboard Qantas Airways Flight 7 from Sydney to Dallas. The sun is rising. Time for a quick stretch, then a couple of episodes of “30 Rock.” Are we there yet? Five hours remain on the 15-hour trip, the...
Tips for Surviving 10 Hours in Coach By Michael Martin- TheStreet.com BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (MainStreet) — With the holiday season comes some of the year’s busiest travel days, and passengers face sold-out flights, scaled-back services and inevitable delays that compound an already taxing airline experience. For those who usually fly business class through their work or preferential airline status, busier flights mean less likely chances of upgrades even for those with all the frequent-flier miles and status in the...
Baldwin dust-up sparks debate about electronics on planes Actor Alec Baldwin’s removal from an American Airlines plane Tuesday for playing a game on his cellphone has sparked discussion among experts and frequent fliers at odds over being required to shut off electronic devices during takeoff and landing. Federal Aviation Administration rules state that no airline or pilot may allow passengers to operate “any portable electronic device” on an operating aircraft. Nonetheless, airlines often allow passengers to use laptops and other devices that...
It’s easy to complain about rude airline passengers, but haven’t we all committed an airline etiquette faux pas at some point? Here are 10 ways to get through your next flight without alienating your fellow travelers. By Tracy Stewart, Airfarewatchdog.com Everyone loves the holidays, but before you belly up to the table for turkey and pie, you’ll have to suffer through the flight home. And while there’s not much you can do about long lines and delayed departures, there...
It’s here, the holiday travel season. Think (and plan) before you fly! Martha’s top 10 travel tips. In a hurry to pack or just a lousy packer? You’ll regret forgetting items from this list. Replacements are costly, not to mention the unnecessary aggravation. Pre-program all ‘trip related’ phone numbers into your mobile phone before heading for the airport. Should your trip fall apart seconds count, you’ll be in a rush to contact the airline, hotel, ground transportation, or friends...
Tis the season for holiday travel, crowded airports, weather delays, understaffed airlines, first timers and stressed out flyers. The best advice is “be prepared” for it all. Think it through, fly smart! We’ve compiled a few helpful lists with tips to get you started. The rest is up to you. Again, the best advice is “know before you go” and “be prepared”. Have we left anything out? How do you survive holiday travel? Add your tips below! 20 Tips from...
Okay, the guy didn’t have plastic handy during the flight. The reason? Because he checked his credit cards with his luggage. Duh! That’s his problem, not the airline. What a dummy! I suppose he checked his meds too? Blame, blame, blame! Accept some responsibility will ya? For every choice there are consequences. You made a choice to be a numbskull while traveling. It’s okay, ‘numbskullishness’ happens. Accept it and move on. You can always travel with a personal entertainment...
Kudos to Washington Post columnist Gene Weingarten for creating this printout. Download and print several copies for those space invading knee jamming travel experiences when seated in ‘the village’. The handout is a civilized approach to what can be a very uncivilized and uncomfortable situation. The gift that keeps on giving. Pass it on.
By USA Today Frequent fliers, attendants share stories of rude travelers Top 10 pet peeves of frequent business travelers USA TODAY’s Road Warriors, frequent travelers who fly many miles each year, have their gripes. Ten of them: •Loud cellphone conversations. •People who disobey the rules and try to carry on too many bags or carry too much liquid through security. •People who play music so loudly, even with earplugs or headphones, that others can hear it. •Disrespect that passengers...
Finally, an airline gets it! Well sort of. I’ve written this up to my carrier more than a few times suggesting trash and recyclable containers be positioned in the jetway available to passengers as they exit the aircraft. The Flight Purser would simply make a suggestive ‘environmentally friendly’ announcement (I know, another ignored announcement) requesting passengers to “please drop off all disposable and recyclable items brought on board with you in the receptacles on the way out. Thanks for doing...
The above pic is from an August, 2010 story on CNN with a lead in story right here on this site “DFW First Class passenger wearing thigh highs, halter top, and short shorts. Is ‘he’ showing too much skin?” Anyway, back to the current news. The cross-dressing frequent flyer is speaking out for the right to wear clothing he feels “make(s) business travel more fun”. “I try to respect other people’s opinions. As long as my dress is not...
US Airways let man wearing women’s panties fly From SFGATE.com Six days before a college football player was arrested at San Francisco International Airport in a dispute that began because he tried to board a US Airways jet with sagging pants, a man who was wearing little but women’s undergarments was allowed to fly the airline, a US Airways spokeswoman conceded Tuesday. A photo of the scantily clad man was provided to The Chronicle by Jill Tarlow,...
SAN FRANCISCO — SF Chronicle- A dispute that began after a passenger refused to pull up his sagging pants led to his arrest and removal from a plane at San Francisco International Airport on Wednesday, police said. Deshon Marman, 20, a University of New Mexico football player who was in the city to attend the funeral of a close friend, former Lincoln High School standout David Henderson, was being held at San Mateo County Jail on suspicion of trespassing,...
ABC News reports……… Like most airline passengers, you probably have serious doubts about those pre-flight announcements asking you to turn off your cellphones, blackberries, iPods and anything else electronic. The announcements are flat-out ignored by many frequent fliers, who are skeptical that so-called “personal electronic devices” pose any safety threat to airplane. Some passengers openly rebel, like New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, who cursed out one flight attendant who demanded he turn off his cellphone. But a confidential industry...
Secrets from the dark side of flying. Want a premium seat? You’ll be happy to know there is a way to get it, without paying the premium price. How to Lie, Cheat, and Steal Your Way to a Perfect Flight Flying generally sucks, but it doesn’t have to be awful. If you’re willing to break a few rules and compromise your status as an upstanding moral citizen, the dark side has a few secrets to help you have a...
Airline passenger convicted of assault, interference with crew A disruptive passenger aboard a Continental flight from Amsterdam bound for Houston has been convicted of assault and interfering with the flight crew and sentenced, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno and Supervisory Air Marshal-in-Charge Joanne Oxford announced Feb. 11. Robert Wade Prince, 49, of Mobile, Ala., pleaded guilty to interference with the flight crew and attendants of Continental Flight 59 on Feb. 13, 2010, and assault in the maritime and...
Plane fight: 100 passengers thrown off Ryanair flight Spain’s government says police removed more than 100 passengers from a plane preparing to leave the Canary Islands after a large scuffle broke out onboard. La Provincia, a Spanish newspaper, said the disruption happened when low-cost Ryanair tried to charge one passenger extra for carry-on baggage and his friends aboard the plane “mutinied”. An Interior Ministry spokesman said the pilot was preparing for take-off at Guacimeta airport on the Lanzarote island...
Ventura sues over body scans, pat-downs Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura sued the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration on Monday, alleging full-body scans and pat-downs at airport checkpoints violate his right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. Ventura is asking a federal judge in Minnesota to issue an injunction ordering officials to stop subjecting him to “warrantless and suspicionless” scans and body searches. The lawsuit, which also names Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano...
2 New Yorkers come to rescue when deranged man attacks flight attendant on JFK-bound plane Two New Yorkers came to the rescue of a beleaguered flight attendant after he was attacked by a deranged man on a JFK-bound plane, sources said Friday. One of them, 36-year-old Ramiro Silos, said the burly man was “screaming something about his sons.” “The guy was big and he was screaming, screaming, screaming,” Ramiro Silos told The Daily News. “I could not understand him. But...
Embarrassing JetBlue snafu! Airline pilot loses gun and flight gets grounded Airlines losing luggage is nothing new, but at JFK Airport Thursday, a JetBlue pilot lost his bag - and his handgun. The Transportation Security Administration is probing Michael Connery Jr. after an embarrassing mixup nearly sent his government-issued firearm to Florida, while he was due to fly to Pennsylvania. Connery, who is licensed by the TSA to pack heat in the cockpit, was the scheduled co-pilot on an 8:10 a.m. flight out of JFK to Pittsburgh, law...
From their website: Planely is a free service that makes air travel more fun. Whenever you’re traveling by plane, tell us your flight details, and we’ll connect you with other Planely Fliers who are on the same flight, or at the same departure or arrival airports as you. You can then make arrangements to sit together on the plane, have a coffee on the ground or share a cab home. Why? Because we believe that your fellow fliers are...
Giz Explains: How To Fix the Airlines’ Stupid Portable Gadget Rules If you’ve flown lately, you have probably noticed that the “portable electronics” rules are increasingly muddled. It’s time for the FAA and airlines to lift the electronics ban completely, or rewrite it to reflect modern gadgets. The first problem is, nearly all electronics are lumped together, despite differences in their innards and the services they perform. The second problem is this constant generic request to turn them “off.”...
Passengers overpower hijacker: report Istanbul~ Passengers aboard a Turkish Airlines flight from Oslo overpowered a would-be hijacker as the plane landed at Istanbul airport yesterday, fellow passengers told Turkish media. Police said the man was a Turk who had demanded that the plane return to Norway. His motive was unclear. According to the Turkish Dogan news agency, he tried to force his way into the cockpit of the plane saying: “I have a bomb.” The pilot notified emergency services...
Brawls break out in Moscow airports Irate holidaymakers beat up Aeroflot staff at a Moscow airport as thousands were stranded with little food or information, after icy rain and blackouts disrupted traffic for a third straight day. At Sheremetyevo where Russia’s flagship carrier is based, Aeroflot personnel are now scared of dealing with agitated passengers, saying the airport did not have enough security guards, state-run RIA quoted an airline employee as saying. Police said they were not involved in...
Gaping Holes in Airline Security: Loaded Gun Slips Past TSA Screeners Secret Tests At LAX, O’Hare, Newark Show TSA Screeners Missed Guns, Bombs ABCNews.go.com Last fall, as he had done hundreds of times, Iranian-American businessman Farid Seif passed through security at a Houston airport and boarded an international flight. He didn’t realize he had forgotten to remove the loaded snub nose “baby” Glock pistol from his computer bag. But TSA officers never noticed as his bag glided along the...
Tisdale’s Mother Says Teenager Was Afraid Of Heights BOSTON — The grieving mother of a North Carolina teen who police believe may have stowed away on a Boston-bound plane and then fallen to his death is speaking out about that theory in a case that has raised serious concerns over airport security. The body of Delvonte Tisdale, 16, was found mangled in a Milton yard last month, and police investigators believe the teen sneaked away from his father’s North...
Air passenger returns ‘stolen’ property ten years after theft KAOHSIUNG — Ten years after stealing a cup, a blanket and a set of dining utensils from a Cathay Pacific plane, the repentant passenger sent them back to the airline, along with NT$900 (US$29.82), airline sources said yesterday. The airline’s Kaohsiung office received the package July 19, but as they were unable to contact the sender, who called himself Chiu Chan-ho, they initially did not open it. Finally, a female...
Small Animal Gets Loose After Passenger Opens Cage On Plane PITTSBURGH — A spokesman for US Airways has confirmed that a dog got loose on board a plane, and the captain decided to divert to Pittsburgh. According to the airline’s Todd Lehmacher, Flight 522 was a nonstop flight from Newark to Phoenix but was diverted to Pittsburgh International Airport on Monday morning. Lehmacher said the company’s policy is to allow pets in the plane’s cabin if the pet and...
