Check out Delta’s new minute-long TV ad that was released this week:

It’s easily one of the best airline ads I’ve seen in, well, forever. It also beautifully sums up the airline industry. I do love the part about “never letting the rules overrule common sense.” Not sure how often that’s actually applied in the US airline industry, but it’s a nice thought nonetheless.

Do you guys love this commercial as much as I do?

While “all is well that ends well,” there’s a pretty cool video taken of an Airphil Express Airbus 320 overrunning the runway in Kalibo, Philippines. The video is only about a minute long and can be found here:

Then there are the following videos (slightly less interesting, though still worth watching):

Fortunately it looks like everything was okay, though you have to wonder:

a) Why did the pilot only make the “prepare for landing announcement” so shortly before landing? The flight attendants were reminding passengers to fasten their seatbelt as the plane was flaring.
b) Why didn’t the pilot do a go around? The runway is around 7,200 feet which is fairly long, so they must have only touched down about a mile down the runway.
c) Why didn’t they evacuate the aircraft? If the brakes were so hot that they felt there was the risk of a fire (hence the spraying), why wasn’t the plane evacuated prior to that, given that it probably took quite a while for the “rescue” vehicle to arrive?

Obviously this is a case of hindsight being 20/20 and not actually knowing the circumstances, but those are the questions that immediately come to mind.

An American Airlines purser of 24 years is under fire after posting a couple of parody videos regarding American’s bankruptcy.

The first video, “Aluminum Lady,” is a parody of “Iron Lady,” and talks about the cuts going on at American:

The second video is a parody of the letter sent out to flight attendants by an American Airlines Vice President:

Anyway, you can see the letter sent to him by American here, which requests he attend an investigatory meeting. It says he can be terminated if he doesn’t show up, though since he’s presently on leave he seems to have asked for it to be rescheduled.

What do you guys think? Is this flight attendant out of line for making the videos? Is American out of line for drawing even more attention to them?

Check out this indie film that Luxury Collection unveiled last week:

I don’t even know how to describe it, though I’m curious to hear what you guys thought. Love it? Bored to death? Both?

(Tip of the hat to Colin)

Check out this awesome video that was uploaded a couple of days ago capturing several crosswind landings and takeoffs on a stormy day at Dusseldorf Airport. Truly amazing.