May 2016
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My New York Times Piece On How More Regulation Would Make Flying Worse
Last week the New York Times approached me about contributing to its ongoing Room for Debate feature for the third time. (First…
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3 Links I Love: Comfort+ Changes, Alaska Milk Run, and Fares Going Down
This week’s featured link: Delta Comfort+ now available as fare for flights to Asia and Latin America – Delta.com Delta started selling…
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A Look Back at Delta’s Shifting Fleet
The response to last week’s post about American’s shifting fleet mix was so overwhelmingly positive, that I’ve gone and looked at both…
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DelAAyed by Mesa and Its Tired and Worn Interiors (Trip Report)
For this year’s Phoenix Aviation Symposium, I was asked to moderate a panel about the customer. I’ve always enjoyed that conference, so…
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Across the Aisle from Phoenix Aviation Director Jim Bennett on International Service, Terminal Projects, and the TSA
While I was in Phoenix for this year’s symposium, I had the chance to sit with the new Aviation Director in town,…
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Cranky on the Web: Modernizing LAX
On Approach: A Brand New LAX Is Coming – CBS Los Angeles A couple of weeks ago I did an interview with…
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3 Links I Love: Delta Keeps Shooting Itself in the Foot, Value Alliance, and Dubuque
This week’s featured link(s): Delta’s Comfort+ upgrades could turn into frequent flyer problem – Runway Girl Network Delta to end sponsorship of…
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Why Airline Ops People and Air Traffic Controllers are Excited About Data Comm
I haven’t done a post about NextGen air traffic control in awhile, but something mentioned on a panel at the Phoenix Aviation…
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A Look Back at American’s Shifting Fleet As It Plans to Retire Two More Types
In an internal memo last week, American explained that it was going to retire two more fleets in the next couple of…
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Congress and TSA Continue to Point Fingers While Offering Weak Fixes For Long Security Lines
I’ve taken three flights in the last couple of weeks and the Pre Check lines have been open for exactly none of…
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3 Links I Love: CEO Edition (American, Delta, IAG, Aer Lingus, Frontier)
It’s CEO week here on the links I love, so let’s get started. This week’s featured link: Airline Weekly podcast – Episode…
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Delta Takes My Advice, Adds RFID Tracking to Baggage
They say it’s a good idea to have a lot of news to break if you host a media day, and Delta…