December 2009
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British Airways Cabin Crew Earn the Cranky Jackass Award For Upcoming Holiday Strike
UPDATE 12/17 @ 853a – The strike is off! If you’re booked on British Airways for the holidays, you might be kicking…
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Virgin America Posts Operating Profit, Still Hurdles Ahead
First Alitalia had to go and post a profit and now Virgin America has done it. What is this world coming to?!?…
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787, A350, Air New Zealand, Airbus, American, BNET, Boeing, Delta, Government Regulation, JAL, Mesa Airlines, Southwest, United
Cranky on the Web (December 7 – 11)
Enjoy foreign service on N. American flights – USA Today I talk to USA Today’s Ben Mutzabaugh about some of the “fifth…
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Long Beach Airport Breaks Ground on New Parking Structure, Shows Terminal Plans
It’s been awhile since I’ve written about my hometown airport here in Long Beach, so how about an update? The good news…
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Cranky Concierge Helps a Client Escape This Week’s Chicago Storm
The first true winter storm of the year rolled through the middle of the country yesterday, and that was the first big…
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United Shrinks Again, Orders 787 and A350 Aircraft
That post title doesn’t make much sense, does it? United couldn’t be ordering new planes and shrinking at the same time, right?…
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Finding a Laptop You Can Use in Coach
My first use of wifi onboard Virgin America last month made me realize something. My laptop is way too big. Ok, maybe…
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Was There a Terrorist Dry Run on an AirTran Plane? (I Think Not)
Did you guys see this really odd story about some problem passengers on an AirTran flight last month? I can’t quite figure…
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American, Continental, ExpressJet, Government Regulation, Labor Relations, SFO – San Francisco, US Airways
Cranky on the Web (November 30 – December 4)
Reason Number 1,423 Why the Essential Air Service Program is a Huge Waste of Taxypayer Funds – BNET Little Visalia, California is…
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Which All-737 Airline Is Installing In-Seat Video?
Everyone remember Lumexis? They’re the guys that showed me their new very light and kind of awesome inflight entertainment system that US…
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The Most Overserved Route in the World
Oh sure, there are probably a bunch of different routes that could win the prize of being the most overserved these days,…
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Allegiant Fights AirTran, Enters Orlando
For years we’ve heard Allegiant proclaim that they don’t really like competition. They’ve often boasted about how few of their routes have…