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Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
Preliminary reports suggest that a faulty altimeter contributed to the crash last month. Given the misty weather, the plane was on autopilot. As the airplane descended the faulty altimeter recorded a false -8 feet reading causing the engines to shut down as the autopilot thought the plane would have landed ...
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
John McCain is still a Senator and this week proposed legislation to eliminate the mileage barriers preventing flights out of DCA and LGA to cities out west and beyond. As the article notes, these rules were implemented in the 1960s to encourage use of alternate airports such as Dulles and ...
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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
If you are interested in plane crashes, then I suggest checking out Malcolm Gladwell's new book Outliers . He has a nice treatment on why ethnic differences, in terms of upbringing and culture, can explain certain accidents. This is not a new idea, nor is it his idea. But, ...
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Monday, January 5th, 2009
I just completed 6 flying segments on 4 different airlines over the holidays and have a few anecdotal observations:
1. With almost all carriers charging for checked luggage, I am seeing more and more people go through security with absurdly large bags. I remember a few years back when the TSA ...
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Sunday, December 14th, 2008
Late last week, AirTran made news as the first airplane to sign up for flights to Branson, Missouri.
Exciting? Maybe for those flying from Atlanta looking for some good midwestern, riverboat cruises.
For the rest of us, this airport is far more intriguing as it is the only privately financed ...
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Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
....over at Kayak.
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
Allegiant announced yesterday that it is moving 70 miles west on I-96 from Lansing to Grand Rapids. Although Allegiant has been in Lansing for 5 years, this can't be terribly surprising. Lansing is only 88 miles from DTW which has low cost competition from Spirit. In addition, the Grand Rapids ...
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Ryanair is out in the media talking about plans to launch Transatlantic service with super-cheap economy fares and relatively inexpensive business class fares. I think this Boston Globe article nails the appropriate reaction. In sum, there are many holes in this story and a lot will have to come together ...
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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
I feel a small obligation to bid farewell to the Old JetBlue Terminal 4. It was a cramped, dismal place that was, by most definitions, unpleasant. The free wi-fi helped and the addition of the auxiliary terminal alleviated a bit of the cramping. Aside from that, there were hardly enough ...
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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
"Southwest just makes sense. The service is fine and there is nothing hidden. You know what you are getting and the fares make sense."
"I heard they (US Airways) charge for pillows now, but that's ok, the people I know fly American."
Can you really blame people? It is a mish mosh ...
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