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  • American, ORD – Chicago/O’Hare, United

    I Understand Why United is So Mad About Chicago Flight Caps

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    Apr 28, 2026
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    For Delta, Slow and Steady Wins the Race

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    Apr 27, 2026
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    Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Earnings Week, Spirit Looks to D.C. for Help

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  • Safety/Security

    The Government Wants To Learn More About You

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    Aug 22, 2006

    Well, I guess that’s the nice way to put it. The New York Times had an article today talking about the additional data the US and EU governments want to help find terrorists. This means…

  • Air Canada, Inflight Entertainment, Star Alliance

    Air Canada’s New Entertainment System

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    Aug 21, 2006

    Air Canada announced some time ago that they’d be installing in-seat audio/video on demand on all their aircraft (even the small 70 seaters), and it’s now coming to fruition. The Toronto Sun has a “review”…

  • Aero California

    Guess Who’s Back, Back Again . . .

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    Aug 21, 2006

    No, I’m not talking about Eminem. This time it’s Aerocalifornia that has risen from the dead. You might remember them as the airline that shut down in April after angering the Mexican government. It’s unclear…

  • Air France, Northwest, SkyTeam

    Northwest and Air France Finally Start Codesharing

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    Aug 21, 2006

    I must admit I was truly surprised that this hadn’t happened already. Northwest and Air France will finally start codesharing on each other’s flights from September 2. Northwest fans will know that Northwest and KLM…

  • Environment, JetBlue

    Neeleman Wants JetBlue to Power its Planes with Coal

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    Aug 21, 2006

    David Neeleman, CEO of JetBlue has been on a kick for some time to replace foreign oil with coal. He brought this up again on August 16 on Glenn Beck’s program on CNN. Scroll down…

  • Safety/Security

    Irrational Response

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    Aug 20, 2006

    Yet another example of people overreacting to “suspicious-looking” people on a plane once again highlights the broken security system protecting our skies. In this round, Monarch flight 613 traveling from Malaga to Manchester (England) found…

  • Miscellaneous

    Those Mother F***in’ Snakes

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    Aug 19, 2006

    Snakes on a Plane The title really says it all, doesn’t it? Even though the true die-hard fans went last night at 10p, I decided to wait to see it tonight. And it was definitely…

  • Safety/Security

    Early Feedback on the Liquid Ban is . . . Positive?

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    Brett

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    Aug 18, 2006

    I have yet to fly in the new liquid-free era (that’ll be next week), but I’ve had quite a few friends who have. Of course, I’ve asked them all what they thought about the new…

  • Labor Relations, Northwest, SkyTeam

    Judge Rules Northwest Flight Attendants Allowed to Strike

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    Aug 17, 2006

    The ruling just came down today . . . . Northwest flight attendants will be permitted to strike on August 25. The union came out with a release saying that the ball is now in…

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