Brett
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Cranky on the Web: The Best Layover Airport, LAX Tips
It’s that time of year where an avalanche of holiday tip articles come out. I was quoted in a couple of them.…
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3 Links I Love: A Small United Airplane on the Horizon?, Air Canada Invades the US, and Black Friday Deals
This week’s featured link: United and ALPA Reach an Agreement in Principle to Extend Pilot Contract – United Newsroom United has been…
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The True Meaning of Thanksgiving 2015
For the second year in a row, a quick road trip brought me to Phoenix, so no airplanes were needed. I can’t…
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Dining with John Travolta on a Pan Am 747
A couple years ago, you may remember that I put together an evening of dinner and drinks on Anthony Toth’s Pan Am…
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Across the Aisle from Delta’s SVP of Operations on Why Privatizing Air Traffic Control Would Be Bad
If you haven’t heard, it’s time for Congress to once again try to reauthorize the FAA. I say “try” because in general,…
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3 Links I Love: American AAdvantage Goes Revenue-Based, Allegiant Says Aloha to Hawai’i, Interview with Spirit’s CEO
Today’s featured link: American AAdvantage 2016 Changes (Including Award Chart Devaluation) – One Mile at a Time American announced it was going…
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An Excellent Crew on My First American Eagle Embraer 175 Flight (Trip Report)
After a rough start on the ground, my flight up to San Francisco the day before was good and unremarkable. That’s how…
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Mokulele Says Silver Threatened the Airline if It Started Flights in Florida, So It Didn’t
And now for something completely different… I’m a sucker for an airline brawl, and here’s one that hasn’t gotten much press yet,…
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Winners and Losers of Delta’s Decision to Begin Selling Comfort+ As Its Own Fare
Nearly a year ago, Delta decided to go through a branding exercise and rename its products. Economy Comfort became Comfort+ and the…
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Cranky on the Web – Philly is Great (for Connections), Change Due to Metrojet Crash
PHL a top place to make connections – Philadelphia Inquirer OAG did a study looking at the biggest megahubs, and Philly was…
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3 Links I Love: Delta’s New Tax Strategy
Today’s featured link: Wall St analyst report: Delta may create overseas subsidiary – ATW Rumors abound that Delta is going to create…
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DOJ Tries to Prevent United From Acquiring More Newark Slots, and I’m Not Against That Plan
If there’s been one constant in the last few years, it’s my general opposition to what the feds have tried to do…