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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...
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...
Fliers’ vs. Airlines’ Rights Airlines have long been able to remove disruptive passengers from their airplanes. But while in the past only fellow travelers knew what had happened, now social media exposes these disputes to a worldwide audience. In two recent cases — one involving a black football player who was removed from a US Airways flight because he refused to pull up his pants and the other involving a lesbian actress who was escorted off a Southwest flight...
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...
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...
Fees, fares and the future of air travel For the airline industry, it seems, profits are in the bag(s). Last week, the Department of Transportation reported that U.S. airlines collected $2.56 billion in baggage fees during the first nine months of the year, a 29 percent increase over the year before. The biggest hauls went to Delta, $733 million; United, $431 million; and US Airways, $388 million. Perhaps that explains why US Airways President Scott Kirby recently told analysts that...
Flight attendants union upset over new pat-down procedures By Christopher Sign, ABCNews15 PHOENIX – A flight attendants union with 2,000 members is upset over what it calls “invasive pat-downs” recently implemented by the TSA. “We’re getting calls daily about peoples’ experiences, our members are concerned,” said Deborah Volpe, Vice President of the Association of Flight Attendants Local 66. Volpe confirmed that the union is offering advice to its flight attendants, who mostly work for Tempe-based USAirways, involving the security...
Cebu Pacific dancing flight attendants: now it’s the men’s turn Philippines airline Cebu Pacific scored a viral video hit when their female flight attendants performed a Lady Gaga dance routine during the safety demonstration – so now the airline have the male flight attendants doing it too. The stewardesses became an online sensation after the video of them performing a dance routine to Gaga’s hit Just Dance gained over seven million views on YouTube. But the budget airline faced a...
Flight attendant’s job: Harder than it used to be? By Matt Rocheleau, Contributor / Christian Science Monitor August 11, 2010 Flight attendants, including JetBlue’s now-famous Steven Slater, often deal with annoyed or irate passengers. But the climate in which they work is more stressful than it used to be, experts say. Whatever caused JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater to make perhaps the most memorable “departure” in airplane history is no doubt more complicated than an unpleasant run-in with a passenger. After all,...
Social Networking Takes Flight By BARBARA S. PETERSON, NYT, Published: July 12, 2010 On a flight from Newark to the West Coast not long ago, Jeff Jarvis, author of the book “What Would Google Do?” fell into a conversation with a fellow passenger familiar with his work. But it was not a face-to-face chat. Rather, it started as a Twitter post sent by Mr. Jarvis from his seat that was picked up a few rows back. “I got a message saying, ‘I’m...
With personal space at a premium, reclining seats isn’t always OK Ed Hewitt, IndependentTraveler.com We’ve all experienced it — mere moments after you fly over your car in the airport parking lot, the seat in front of you slams at full speed into full reclining position, bashing down against your knees. The passenger then rustles around to get comfortable, thumping against your knees again and again. Or you reach down between your feet to pull out your headache medicine,...
Business class seats turned implants into airbags The Register UK, June 10, 2010- The owner of Russia’s biggest silicone breasts is suing an airline after a combination of turbulence and skimpy business class seats forced her professional assets to double up as airbags. Model Iren Ferrari is demanding €100,000 in restitution after the buffeting on a Moscow to Zurich flight left her key business assets bruised and painful, Pravda reports. Ferrari says she always flies business class, so that...
Travel website “Jaunted” is running a story about an obese passenger on a flight needing an escort from his seat in the back to the First Class cabin. Why? Because he was too large and unable to squeeze into the Economy (size) lavatories. Here we go again. The obese airline passenger stories are all tail chasers, round and round she goes. There’s never an ending. It’s a touchy subject for sure. On one side people are embarrassed, humiliated, and...
“Five Rules for Being a Good Airline Passenger”, by Paul Eisenberg featured on FOXnews.com Flight attendants dish the dirt on what drives them crazy. If you were the world’s most frequent flier you’d likely encounter hundreds of flight attendants over the course of a year. Now consider that the average flight attendant encounters hundreds of passengers over the course of a day. Statistically that doesn’t prove much of anything. But if your job put you in contact with thousands of people...
The Daily Mail 20March, 2010 By RHIANNA KING British Airways and the Unite union have clashed over the impact of the strike action by cabin crew that has seen thousands of passengers hit by flight cancellations today. As Unite claimed that dozens of planes were stacking up at Heathrow airport as the industrial action took effect, British Airways revealed that 50 per cent of regular cabin crew had arrived for work as normal today. As a result, the airline plans...
Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil now has his own airline – although it’s strictly for private hire. Thursday, March 18, 2010 Las Vegas Sun – by Robin Leach Motley Crue rocker and hometown hero Vince Neil rolled out his new airline fleet this morning, and with its rock and roll-themed furnishings and painted flames fuselage, he’s all set to ensure that there are music flights in the friendly skies from now on. Vince showed off his first three jets:...
