Brett
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Scope: The Key to American’s Unsolvable Labor Problem
I’ve been getting deep into the weeds looking at American’s fight with its mechanics and fleet service workers recently. Many years after…
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Why Doesn’t My Carry-On Fit In Alaska’s Bag Sizer? (Ask Cranky)
It’s time for another Ask Cranky question. After getting sick of being hassled on past trips for my stuffed carry-on bag, never…
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A Closer Look at Tijuana Airport’s Cross Border Xpress
I’ve been aware of Cross Border Xpress (CBX) as a way for Americans to easily use Tijuana Airport for some time, but…
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Five Useful Things I Learned About TSA Precheck
At the end of a long Tuesday at IPW in June, I stopped off to visit with the TSA Precheck team. This…
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3 Links I Love: Vacation Time, Canada’s New Rules, Indigo, LaGuardia’s Pain
This week’s featured link: Travellers could get up to $2,400 if they are bumped from an overbooked flight under Canada’s new air…
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If Boeing Had Taken a Different Path
I received a note from a reader, Joel, asking for my thoughts on an article entitled The Coming Boeing Bailout? in Big…
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Norwegian Tries to Fix Itself Before It’s Too Late
There are changes afoot over at perennial money-loser Norwegian. After years of rapid growth and poor financial performance, the airline has finally…
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Unions Slapped for Not Obeying Temporary Restraining Order Granted to American
The fight between American and the TWU/IAM unions representing mechanics and fleet service workers continues to get worse. Though American was able…
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Cranky on the Web: The Mighty Hahn, American’s Delays
Tiny German airline a big player, thanks to interline deals – Travel WeeklyHahn has a really unique business model, and this spells…
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FULL: Sign-Ups for the LAX Airfield Tour are Now OPEN
Update: It took less than 20 minutes for this to fill up. I have reached out to LAWA to see if we…
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3 Links I Love: Shrinking A350 Seats, Zunum Death Watch, Seattle’s N Gates
This week’s featured link: Airbus changes tack on seat comfort, posits ‘sub-economy’ on A350 – Runway Girl NetworkOh Airbus. The company loves…
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Thanks to American, I Flew Southwest and JetBlue to Portland (Trip Report)
This trip should have been simple. We were having our annual Cranky Concierge team gathering in Portland (Oregon) and American’s award space…