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Albatross Survives a Soaking But Not Neighborhood with Air Crash in its Past
Tom visits the airplane on Tuesday.Retired pilot Tom Casey has written several books, but I doubt he's imagined a story line in which a graying airline captain rescues a half-century old flying boat...
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An Uncomfortable Collision of Facts for Ryanair's O'Leary
Forgive me for giving Michael O'Leary more of what he wants - that being ink - but note the coincidence of his latest ridiculous statement in the Telegraph, "seatbelts don't matter" which was published...
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Readin', Writin' and Re-pitchin' Seats at American
As the mother of an aspiring transportation writer (cars, unfortunately, not airplanes) I'm all for on-the-job-training. But I've got to wonder just how much supervision some airplane mechanic students...
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The Seats Hit the Shins and Two Men Get Splattered
Just how confused were the mechanics and supervisors working on the American Airlines Boeing 757 fleet in the days before economy class seats started their uncontrolled recline into the laps of other...
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What the Colonel and JAL Taught Me about Japan
Food by Air KFC. Photo courtesy Japan AirlinesYou got to love how a little thing like an airline's in-flight meal promotion can open a window to another culture. Back in 1974, when Colonel Sanders...
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Movie is a Flight From Realistic to Ridiculous
Denzel Washington in Flight Photo courtesy ParamountA selection of small servings of alcoholic beverages, flavored vodkas maybe or micro brewed beers, is called a Flight. That's something to keep in...
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A Literal Drug Bust at Barcelona International
Contending for eww story of the month, and certainly a contender with this event in Sharjah for the 2012 "say WHAT?" award, an air traveler on an Avianca flight from Bogota to Barcelona was arrested...
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Twist, But Too Early to Shout About Travel-Friendly Laptop
Well I must have touched a nerve when I wrote in September about the lack of space for working on a laptop when traveling in the cheap seats on most airlines. I was back from Japan and at my desk about...
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Faith That Moves Mountains from a Defunct Airport in Denver
Stapleton Airport is now a residential communityLast year at this time, I was in Addis Ababa to attend the induction of Ethiopian Airlines into the Star Alliance.  After the ceremony we went to the...
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Truly and Nearly Horrific Flights Close Out 2012
An American Airlines flight attendant had a finger severed on a flight from New York to Zurich last night. An accident report filed with the Federal Aviation Administration says the unidentified woman...
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Fatality Statistics Meaningless as Safety Measure
As certain as the ball will drop in New York's Times Square on Monday midnight, there will be a round of news stories summing up 2012 in terms of aviation safety. Oh wait a minute, it's already...
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Looking Back on a Year of Flying Lessons
There’s no better way to see the ebb and flow in the world of aviation than to go back and review the events of the past year. As I look at what I saw fit to write about in 2012, I appreciate the...
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On Electronic Devices on Planes - Blogger Displays Ignorance
A few months ago, I sat across the dinner table from a very clever young woman who told me she never listened to the safety briefing when she flew because crashes weren't survivable. Yep, you've read...
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Powerful Spin on Dreamliner Problems
READ THE UPDATE HEREConfused yet? You're not alone. Anybody watching the three men at today's Dreamliner news conference might have felt like that they were listening to that country & western song...
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Dreamliners Grounded in Japan
READ THE UPDATE HEREJapanese airlines aren't reassured by the statements of top U.S. aviation officials, especially with another Dreamliner incident reported in Japan. Both ANA and Japan Airlines have...
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Of Course It's Unsafe - FAA Grounds the Dream
READ PREVIOUS POSTSHERE and HEREThe Federal Aviation Administration grounded the Dreamliner tonight, pending an investigation into the batteries that power the plane and have so far shown a propensity...
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View Through the Windows of Troubled Dreamliner
A United 787 at LAX. Photo courtesy J. BlaszczakView the update HERE:Â Everybody is in a hurry to find out what happened to two Boeing 787 Dreamliners and whether the world's newest airliner's in flight...
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"Teething Problems" Bite Boeing on the Tail
Bjorn Kjos during an interview in Oslo in NovemberView the update HERE:Norwegians's Bjorn Kjos has a heck of a lot riding on those two new Dreamliners that were soon to be winging their way to Oslo...
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NTSB Boss Uses the B word and the S Word on the 787
Hersman with John DiLisi (L) and Joseph KollyI promise I am not going to fawn over Deb Hersman, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, I've done that before and I don't want to get...
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In Support of Soldiers, Airline Lives Up to Its Name
Round about now, a certain injured Army special forces sergeant, is whooping it up in Las Vegas, thanks in part to a number of employees at American Airlines who have learned being more fuel efficient...
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