Brett
-
Virgin America Has One More Day Before it Disappears and Alaska Is Prepared
Virgin America’s time is almost up. After the last flight goes tomorrow night, April 24, the airline will officially be gone from…
-
Cranky on the Web: Rethinking Window Seats After Southwest 1380
Window seat or aisle? After Southwest incident, some fliers think twice – CNN Money If you read the title of this post…
-
3 Links I Love: Allegiant and the FAA Get Hammered, Rolls Royce Has Engine Problems Yet Again
This week’s TWO featured links: I decided to feature two links this week, because they shine light on two sides of the…
-
Southwest’s Post-Accident Response Starts the Right Way, But The Road is Long
At first, it seemed like a routine engine failure. Sure, the pictures coming off Southwest flight 1380 looked bad as did the…
-
Sun Country Earns the Cranky Jackass Award for Giving No Options to Stranded Customers
When it comes to major weather problems, I’m a pretty forgiving person. Weather wreaks havoc on an airline, and recovery can be…
-
IAG Shows Its Smarts With Effort to Acquire Norwegian
There is nothing quite like watching CEO Willie Walsh and the team at the generically-branded International Airlines Group (IAG) work. Every so…
-
Cranky on the Web: Why Boarding Sucks, Taking Out Loans to Travel
Boarding an airplane is such a pain in the neck. Can the process be fixed? – Los Angeles Times Catharine Hamm at…
-
3 Links I Love: Two Airlines Pour Money into JetSuite, Evolution of Ontario, Prescott’s Options
This week’s featured link: JetSuite Plans Big Expansion With New Investments From Qatar Airways And JetBlue – Forbes I continue to scratch…
-
American Makes a Move to Grow Dallas/Ft Worth, But Bigger Decisions Need to Be Made
Everyone wants an Atlanta. Delta has built Atlanta into an incredible hub, a machine that pushes through an enormous number of passengers…
-
A Pleasant Alaska First Class Flight to Puerto Vallarta and an Equally Pleasant Return on Delta in Coach (Trip Report)
I celebrated my 40th birthday in Hawai’i last year. This year, it’s my wife’s turn. Though our big celebration is this summer,…
-
American’s Widebody Plans Crystallize with 787 Order, A350 Cancellation
What American would do with its widebody fleet has been top of mind for a whole lot of people lately. In the…
-
Cranky on the Web: Southwest Stretches Its Fleet
Southwest Tries to Do More With Less Because of a Temporary Aircraft Shortage – Skift Last Saturday my wife and kids took…