2019
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Honoring the Flight Crews That Died 18 Years Ago Today
It’s hard to believe that the terrorist act that completely turned our industry upside down is now old enough to vote. It’s…
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Spirit Tries to Get Back on Track
Spirit has been an airline on a mission. After years of forcing travelers to suffer through a poor operation and customer service…
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Sabotage is Bad for the Union But Worse for American Airlines
American Airlines and its mechanics have been locked in prolonged negotiations for years. Things escalated recently when the unions were slapped by…
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Cranky Dorkfest LAX 2019 Was One for the Record Books
If you missed Cranky Dorkfest LAX yesterday, you really missed out. We had record participation with at least 250 people, several airline…
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It’s Cranky Dorkfest LAX Today
They day has arrived. Get ready for a full day of Cranky Dorkfest activities. If you’d like to follow along on Twitter,…
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3 Links I Love: The American MD-80 Edition
American may not have had a 747 to retire like Delta and United, but the airline put together one heck of a…
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The Cranky Flier Interview: Southwest’s Andrew Watterson Talks MAX, Newark’s Fall, and More
Late August means it’s time for the International Aviation Forecast Summit, better known as the Boyd conference. For the third year in…
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Southwest May Not Love Newark, But Frontier Sure Does
Frontier has served New York’s LaGuardia Airport for many years, but it doesn’t want to fly to New York from just one…
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Five Airports, Four Islands, One Day of Hawaiian Flyin’ (Video)
It’s Labor Day here in the US, and that means I usually don’t post. But I have such a backlog of things…
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Cranky Dorkfest LAX is One Week From Today
We are only one week away from Cranky Dorkfest LAX. I hope to see many of you there. As a reminder, Cranky…
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3 Links I Love: American’s Pain Continues, Captain Haynes, Origins of Economy
This week’s featured link: Canceled flights, wrecked vacations and leaky planes: Passenger frustrations rise as American Airlines struggles – Dallas Morning NewsThe…
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Alaska Turns Its California Compass to Point North
If you saw Alaska’s press release yesterday, you’d think the airline was entering major expansion mode. Next year, the airline will add…