Things in the Sky

Sorry this is a bit later this usual. Long story short, my Internet was down and my always-eager-to-help ISP won’t be able to send out a technician until Monday.

1. New blog alert: Flight Ops Blog just launched, and looks like there will be some great stuff coming.
2. Southwest has reached a tentative agreement with another one of its unions, though the union doesn’t seem incredibly optimistic. (Thanks to curbcrusher on FlyterTalk)
3. Online Travel Review reports an interesting statistic – 11% of the world’s aircraft are now in storage.
4. Upgrade: Travel Better has a good piece on restrictions on foreign ownership of US airlines.
5. Ryanair is considering charging for bathroom use. (Thanks to Kaveh for the link.)
6. The Irish carrier is also going to be removing ticket counters at airports. Cranky has the details.
7. I know I linked to this article in my United post, but I felt like posting it again – Swelblog analyzes the pay of airline CEOs.
8. Channel 9 wonders why Allegiant cares about branding all of a sudden.