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Helicopter blades miss flight attendant by inches http://t.co/PMi5wDFd via @youtube 1 passenger detained after disturbance on Continental flight headed to Houston http://t.co/DuUrj3u6 Drunk Flight Attendant Blamed for Canceled Flight - Fargo/Grand Forks: http://t.co/hFkSESJg via @AddThis Family Feud - Holding His What? Hold on the 2:29 mark #3 answer.: http://t.co/IgLGUvnl via @youtube Union extends Frankfurt airport strike http://t.co/nVpjqQKU via @AddThis So cute, dog determined to get bronze statue to play with him http://t.co/BQKy1U2a via @youtube
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Tech Sgt. Crystal Harshbarger practices giving emergency landing orders as instructor Tech Sgt. Bret Baker listens at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on Feb. 2. Baker is part of a team of military flight attendants who serve top government officials, their staffs, guests and reporters aboard 19 planes flown by the 89th Airlift Wing. Air Force preps flight attendants for VIP trips JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. — Bret Baker welcomes customers aboard a Boeing 757 wearing a three-piece suit...
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...
PCWorld shares the good, bad, and ugly with an informative list of tech amenities offered by the 10 top US airlines. From the article~ Some airlines have become deeply involved in making their gate areas a more welcoming place for laptop and smartphone users. Others have focused on developing apps and mobile websites, and offering in-flight Wi-Fi service in their planes. Not surprisingly, some airlines are more progressive than others when it comes to techy stuff. Here’s how the...
Many people set themselves up for failure with unrealistic New Year’s resolutions. Forget the usual “I will eat less, exercise more, and stop drinking” empty promises for ringing in the new year. I will not set myself up for failure, not this year. Instead I will be realistic with my resolutions for 2012. I can do this! I now present you with Martha’s Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions for 2012! 10. Stop saying “your trash” while collecting trash in...
Airport security confiscates cupcake because icing a security risk TheNewsStar.com PEABODY, Mass. – A woman who just flew back home from Las Vegas says an airport security officer confiscated her frosted cupcake because he thought the icing on it could be a security risk. Rebecca Hains said the Transportation Security Administration agent at McCarran International Airport took her cupcake Wednesday, telling her its frosting was enough like a gel to violate TSA restrictions on allowing liquids and gels onto flights to prevent them...
Let me tell you up front, they’re not cheap (but oh so unique). What they are~ incredibly chic, sleek, stylish, elegant, and practical! From the aisle to the home, the mini-bars of the skies. We are talking about the highly maneuverable and functional ‘Airline Trolley’ (or beverage cart). Originally designed to provide airline passengers with in-flight food, drinks, and some of the comforts of home. You can now stylishly enjoy these comforts at home with your very own designer airline...
Bed Bugs on Airplanes?! Yikes! How to Fly Bed Bug-Free From Forbes.com Just because you haven’t heard much about bed bug-infested airplanes doesn’t mean that economy or business class seat is free of the icky pests. While the topic hasn’t hit the headlines the way bed bugs in hotels has, the stories are getting out. (Bedbug travel protection products available at ‘Pax Whirled Shopping’ above) Passengers Go Viral with Bed Bug Complaints According to the Daily Mail, British Airways was...
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Airline fee’s aren’t enough, selling ad space is the next big thing for airline revenue. A Lincoln Continental ad shown prior to the safety video, other advertisements appearing on overhead bins, tray tables, snack boxes, and even on flight attendant uniform aprons. Airline passengers, prepare to be bombarded with commercial advertisements while trapped inside the tubular billboard! If I’m a walking advertisement, it’s only fair I be compensated for it. See below article from USA Today: Ads add...
By Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times Television Critic Here is what “Mad Man” has wrought. (Never underestimate the power of a media-beloved period cable drama featuring beautiful people in beautiful clothes, no matter how few people actually watch it, to influence decision-making at a broadcast network.) ”The Playboy Club,” a tale of mob intrigue set in the original Chicago bunny hutch, premiered onNBC on Monday; ”Pan Am,” a sparkly and highly appealing international adventure series set around the late airline, takes off Sunday night on ABC……. more...
Is your carrier on the list? Hint: “Legacy” The 19 Most Hated Companies in America TheAtlantic.com There’s a difference between Bank of America and UPS that won’t show up on their balance sheets. Customers hate Bank of America, repelled by excessive fees, impenetrable call centers, and foreclosure horror stories. But they love UPS. The American Customer Satisfaction Index rates companies based on thousands of surveys. In the latest index, the most-hated companies include large banks, airlines, power and telecom...
Scorpion on a plane: Portland-area man stung on flight to Alaska PORTLAND, Ore. - A scorpion on an airplane stung a Portland-area man flying from Seattle to Anchorage. No, it’s not a sequel to Samuel L. Jackson’s infamous 2006 action flick, Snakes on a Plane. The real life drama happened to Jeff Ellis, of West Linn, on board a June 17 Alaska Airlines flight. ”Everybody I’ve talk to thinks it was incredible, unbelievable. I’m here to tell you, it was definitely there,” said...
Drama aside, it likely will be the glamour of the golden age of air travel and those snug blue Pan Am uniforms that will seduce viewers to tune in — again, taking a page from AMC’s “Mad Men’s” fashion-driven portrayal of Madison Avenue in the same period. Back then, stewardesses generally couldn’t be married or have children and had to meet strict weight standards, but that doesn’t mean they lacked substance, said Dan Hagedorn, senior curator at the Museum of Flight...
Below is from www.elliot.org. Christopher Elliott is a consumer advocate and travel journalist. Check out his always informative and entertaining travel blog. Ridiculous or not? The “myth” of the unchanged hotel sheets “Carolyn Golaszewski, a flight attendant for a major airline, wrote to me after the story appeared to say the dirty-sheets problem was widespread. “Over my career, I’ve stayed in many a room that were not clean,” she told me. “Sometimes our layovers are less than nine hours so there’s no time...
ET’s Nicole Dabeau is so impressed with Virgin Atlantic service, she attends their cabin crew training. What does it take to be a red hot Virgin Atlantic Flight Attendant? Click the AOL story and video to find out……. AOL Travel, click here
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU GET SUCKED OUT OF A PLANE? Here are the details — in case you were wondering after a hole blew out on a recent Southwest Airlines flight. THE GIST It would be virtually impossible to survive ejection from an airplane at 30,000 feet. A rapid drop in oxygen and extraordinarily cold conditions would be just two of the deadliest consequences. People have been sucked through holes in airplanes before, but skilled pilots can often save...
Great news for air travelers. At a starting price of $17.50 for a pleasant “airport experience”, AirSpace Lounges are planned at more than 40 airports across the U.S.. Company promises cheap airport lounge access for all Would you pay $17.50 for access to an airport lounge the next time you have time to kill in the terminal? That’s the hope of start-up company AirSpace Lounge, which hopes to add as many as 40 amenity-laden lounges at airports across the United...
Emergency oxygen secretly removed from all U.S. airplane bathrooms by KING 5 News SEATTLE – If you’re doing your business in an airplane lavatory and the plane suddenly decompresses, you won’t have access to oxygen anymore, according to published reports. The FAA secretly ordered every U.S. airline last month to empty or remove emergency oxygen tanks in all their airplane lavatories. Air Worthiness Directive 2011-04-09, as it is called, has reportedly been enacted on 6,000 airplanes across the country. The...
I love Cyndi Lauper! At Buenos Aires International Airport (EZE), the adorable Cyndi Lauper cheered fellow airline passengers with her 80′s hit ‘Girls Just Want to Have Fun’! The appreciative crowd enjoyed Cyndi’s impromptu concert (click link below for article and accompanying video). Story and video, NewYorkDailyNews.com
Hotels offer surrogate pets In a lifetime of staying at hotels for business or pleasure, I’ve never felt the need to share a room with a fish. But maybe I just don’t travel enough. Because fish have replaced minibars as the amenity of choice in the rooms of some of this country’s finer hostelries. When you check in at New York’s SoHo Grand Hotel, for instance you can have one of the hotel’s “goldfish team members” sent to your...
On December 24th a Spanair flight from Barcelona to Las Palmas arrived close to midnight. 190 people were flying while everyone else celebrated Christmas Eve. What a beautiful surprise. Watch the video below. You’ll be glad you did. And no, passengers were not charged a ‘surprise’ fee. From Spanair, “Christmas is a very special moment so we decided to do something special for them, too”. Spanair’s Chief Commercial Officer Nuria Tarre said the company spent two months planning the...
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...
Jet that landed on Hudson will go to N.C. air museum CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The US Airways jet that made a near-miraculous landing on the Hudson River in 2009 will finally reach its destination, but as a museum piece rather than in service. The Carolinas Aviation Museum has almost completed an agreement to buy the damaged plane from the insurance company that owns it, museum president Shawn Dorsch said Wednesday. The museum is in Charlotte, which was the destination...
Delta Auctions Off Flight Bumps To Lowest Bidders A reader over at Marginal Revolution spotted Delta’s new system where when you check in at the kiosk it asks you to bid on what it would cost to get you to volunteer your seat. Below the entry box it says, “Delta accepts lower bids first.” Genius! With this method the airline doesn’t have to guess what might be the lowest bid passengers might accept and then try to auction it off....
PSYCHICS AND AIRLINE SECURITY Amid all the discussion, anxiety and outrage over heightened airline security this holiday season, there’s one group of people whose important information is conspicuously absent: psychics. There are thousands of people who claim to have psychic powers. Some, like convicted felon Sylvia Browne, are New York Times best-selling authors; others are seen on talk shows; still others, like Alison DuBois (of NBC’s Medium), serve as consultants for their own television shows. While many dismiss psychics as frauds or...
Review of “Jet Age,” a book about early competition in the airlines industry JET AGE, The Comet, the 707, and the Race to Shrink the World By Sam Howe Verhovek The thrill of flying is gone. An airline, an industry executive once said, is regarded by most of the traveling public as little more than a “glorified bus operation.” Just ponder: How many times during your last cross-country trip did you peer out at the prairie more than five...
Puppy makes journey from Cuba to new home in Oshawa OSHAWA, Ontario, CA — After hundreds of e-mails and thousands of miles, the newest member of Ashley Sayers’ family is finally home just in time for Christmas. On Dec. 12, the Oshawa woman was waiting with open arms at Pearson International Airport as a two-month old puppy named Cuba touched down after a long journey from — you guessed it — Cuba. Ms. Sayers, 27, and the two-month old...
Alpharetta, Georgia~ Using only iPhones and iPads, the North Point iBand entertains with their amazing versions of a few holiday classics. Happy Holidays! There’s an app for that? The North Point Church band in Alpharetta, GA recently traded in its instruments for borrowed iPads and iPhones equipped with musical apps. The North Point iBand used a variety of apps to simulate everything from pianos to cowbells with a little Auto-Tune thrown in for good measure. Check out the video above...
8 Secrets Airline Carriers Want You to Know Find out how to avoid long lines, score lower fares and more for a better travel experience If you’re flying to visit friends and family this holiday season, you’re probably already dreading the lines, crowds and delays at the airport. While travel during this time of year tends to be busier than usual, there are ways to get around common annoyances. We talked to the airlines to learn what they wish passengers...
