Podcast #52 - Flying Friendless Skies; Latest Speed for the Road

Recorded in the TravelCommons studios outside of Chicago, we talk through some of the problems that have made United Airlines’ skies less friendly than their ads would like you to believe. This has definitely been the winter of United fliers’ discontent. I also follow up on last episode’s travel technology upgrade topic. I’ve now found a use for the 3G technology in my new Samsung phone, though not sure that Cingular would completely agree with it. A group of listeners have good things to say about Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport; another listener ponders the impact if the 2001 shoe bomber had tried to ignite some other piece of his wardrobe. Here’s a direct link to the podcast file.

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