Brett
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The Handcuffs Are Off, Mexican Airlines Can Grow Again
After more than two years of Mexican incompetence, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has finally returned Mexico’s safety rating to Category 1…
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Cranky on the Web: American Slashes Sales Again
American Airlines dismantles its corporate sales division – Travel WeeklyAmerican just won’t sit still when it comes to its ever-shrinking sales team.…
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JetBlue’s Full-Court Press to Get the Spirit Deal Done
JetBlue has decided to go on offense instead of just waiting for the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) court case blocking the acquisition…
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Contrails are The Enemy, and There’s a Plan to Stop Them
Other than the wacky conspiracy theory belief that those long streaks of white in the air are actually “chemtrails” where the government…
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Honoring the Flight Crews That Died 22 Years Ago Today
It’s a shift that can give you whiplash. Saturday was Cranky Dorkfest where hundreds of us gathered, ate burgers, watched airplanes, and…
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Alaska Airlines Gets Us to Oregon… and Back (Trip Report)
We try to do a summer vacation with my parents along with my brother and his family once a year if we…
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See You at Cranky Dorkfest 2023 This Saturday
We’re only three short days away from Cranky Dorkfest 2023! I’m looking forward to seeing everyone there. The Details If you were…
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Regionals Are So Desperate for Captains, Mesa Will Pay Anyone $20,000 to Find One
We all know that regional airlines have struggled to attract enough pilots to keep their operations running over the last couple years.…
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Cranky on the Web: Paying to Avoid Children
For travelers who want to avoid babies and kids, one airline will test an adults-only section – Associated PressI have no problem…
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Alaska Eliminates the Need for the Airport Passport Check
When I flew Alaska out of Portland recently, I noticed that there were still kiosks there for international travel. Those machines’ days…
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Who the F*&@ is BermudAir?
I haven’t done one of these posts in awhile, so… let’s do it. BermudAir is a new airline that’s going to start…
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Red Way Goes Away
It appears that Lincoln, Nebraska’s longshot play to get more air service has now failed.. and remarkably quickly. The creative but risky…