Saturday Links #45

Patrick Smith, writer of the “Ask the Pilot” column on Salon.com, had a nice piece in Reader’s Digest. (via One Mile at a Time)
United is following the lead of fellow Star Alliance carrier US Airways and tacking on a $5 fee for checking a bag at the airport. (Might Continental eventually join in to provide consistency among Star carriers?)
AirTran will have its entire fleet of aircraft equipped with Wi-Fi service by the end of July.
As usual, Evan Sparks has a great post about government in aviation, and this time its about how disorganized it can be. Your tax dollars at work!
There were hearings on Colgan Air flight 3407 this week, and they had some interesting results. (More on this next week here, maybe.)
In other Colgan news, the wheel of one Q400 came off upon landing in Buffalo.
The former America West pilots won their lawsuit against US Airways “East” pilots this week.

Things in the Sky