Flying With Fish The Blog for Those Who Fly & Those Who Want to Fly Smarter

Yesterday Unite The Union, the trade union representing British Airways’ cabin crew, began the first stage of a two-part seven-day strike against the airline.   While I am not going to delve into the politics of the strike, I do want to address the significant misinformation and massively factually incorrect press releases issued by Unite The [...]

Looking at the labour relations in Europe for the past few days I keep having a vision of my father walking into a room and saying “Home many airlines can strike in Europe?” then adjusting his tie, laughing and saying “No, seriously … I’m kidding…” as people stand around waiting for the punch line he’s [...]

Ever wonder what flight attendants really think about passengers? Curious what they think about other flight attendants? Just interested in the flight attendant lifestyle? Have I got a weekly podcast for you … The Crew Lounge.
The Crew Lounges’ hosts are veteran flight attendants Sara, author of TheFlyingPinto.com and Bobby, author of UpUpAndAGay.com, two flight attendant [...]

As a photojournalist I began documenting airport security on September 15th 2001 and since creating Flying With Fish in January 2006 much of my research on airport security.  The reoccurring information that I have consistently encountered since 2001 is that everyone hates the airport security experience. In many cases people dislike the airport security experience [...]

This week’s Reader Mail comes from Molly in Ireland who asks “Immigrations and customs seem to be used interchangeably at the airport. I’ve notice when entering many countries they wear the same uniform. Is there a difference?”
Well Molly … While many nations have merged Immigrations and Customs into one larger agency, such as US Department [...]

Nearly a month ago I wrote about the Griffin Technologies PowerBlock Dual USB Charger as a travel essential … shortly after the entry went up on Flying With Fish the folks at Flight Wisdom wanted to know why I had not instead written about the Belkin Mini Surge Protector With USB Charger.
Well, the folks who [...]

As the old saying goes “today is a new day,” however today for New York’s JFK International Airport is also the start of a four-month project to repave its longest runway, 13R/31L.
JFK’ Runway 13R/31L, at times referred to as “The Bay Runway,” is being repaved with more concrete, which is more durable that its current [...]

On the 17th of February Flying With Fish announced it was giving away a free night at a Hilton Hotel, courtesy of Hilton Hotels and BoardingArea.com
Last night at Midnight, Eastern Standard Time, entries for the contest were closed out and a number was drawn at random from Random.org this morning.
The lucky winner of the Hilton [...]

File this reader mail under ‘you just can’t make this stuff up.’ Earlier this week I received an email from a Flying With Fish reader, Markus, asking if the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) had any regulations prohibiting  flying with a ham.
After replying to Markus that I didn’t know of any regulations prohibiting flying with a [...]

Traveling is the perfect environment for the burgeoning photographer. Breaking free from what is known and commonplace stokes a traveler’s sense of adventure and a desire to capture and record those moments is only natural.
While I may find using my camera equipment second nature having spent my teenage years learning to be a photographer and [...]