2011
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Cranky on the Web (June 6 – 10)
Bin space and the airline boarding debacle – CNN Out of the Office This week, it’s time to take a look at…
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Topic of the Week: The New Cranky Jackass Award
This is just way too cool. A reader who asked to be identified as Johosofat had a project in his high school…
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When Statistics Attack: Union Report on Lufthansa Complaint “Spike” is Simply Misleading
One thing that’s certain is that you can make statistics say pretty much whatever you want to get your point across. That’s…
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Southwest’s Long DFW Goodbye and International Plans in Baltimore
There were a couple of completely unrelated pieces of news from Southwest that came out last week, but I decided to throw…
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Delta Increases Reliance on Partners, Cuts Transatlantic Flights
Delta’s recent pulldown of Transatlantic flights was fairly breathtaking in its scope, but it also showed just how joint ventures can influence…
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Cranky on the Web (May 30 – June 3)
How to deal with airport strandings – CNN Out of the Office Last week’s volcano and severe weather reminded me that it’s…
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Topic of the Week: United Keeps First Class, At Least on Some Airplanes
It sounds like the new United is keeping First Class, but maybe only on the airplanes that already have it. Bloomberg reports…
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Google Search Flight Schedule Implementation is Underwhelming at Best
We’ve all been waiting to see what cool stuff Google would do once it closed its recent purchase of ITA Software, and…
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Cranky Concierge Rolls Out New One Way Pricing
I thought I’d take this normally post-less Wednesday to let you know that we’ve rolled out new pricing on Cranky Concierge. Now,…
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Pilot Error Likely Played Major Role in Air France 447 Accident
When the French found the black boxes from Air France flight 447 nearly two years after the A330 airplane crashed in the…
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No Post Today
I know it’s Monday, but I have a long list of reasons for not posting today. Of course, it’s Memorial Day here…
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Cranky on the Web (May 23 – 27)
The elusive hunt for legroom on planes – CNN Out of the Office This week, I take a look at legroom on…