Brett
-
3 Links I Love: American Adds Profit Sharing, Baltia’s Domestic Plans, Alaska’s Electronic Bag Tag
This week’s featured link: AA Announces New Profit Sharing Plan – American Airlines American announced this week that it was finally giving…
-
Should Airports Extend Their Security Perimeters? No.
Any time there’s a bombing like the one in Brussels earlier this week, the chorus of people suggesting knee-jerk reactions gets much…
-
The Good and the Bad of Etihad’s A380 First Class Apartments (Guest Post)
It’s been a few years since you last heard from Geoff Fischer on the blog. But after tackling some seriously difficult challenges,…
-
Why the TSA, Congress, and Even the White House are Making Airport Security Lines Worse
After years of increasingly frustrating airport security experiences, the introduction of Pre Check seemed like the first step in reversing the trend.…
-
3 Links I Love: Other Industries Like Airline Pricing, United Flight Attendant Optimism, Norwegian’s Huge London Plans
This week’s featured link: Why ‘dynamic’ pricing based on real-time supply and demand is rapidly spreading – Los Angeles Times It has…
-
Some Have a Real Impact While Others Don’t, But Aviation Emission Reduction Efforts are Picking Up Steam
It’s been far too long since I’ve written about aviation and the environment, so today seemed like a good day to catch…
-
Flying Main Cabin Extra One Way and First Class the Other on an American A321 (Trip Report)
About a month ago, Salesforce.com asked if I’d be willing to come speak at an event they were holding for a small…
-
Why Does Congress Keep Trying to Over-Regulate Airlines?
It seems like every week, as of late, there’s a new proposed bill coming out of Congress that tries to slap over-reaching…
-
3 Links I Love: United’s Board Room Brawl, Amazon Airlines, Alaska’s Eclipse Flight
This week’s featured link: And it Turned in to a Boardroom Blitz – Wandering Aramean I was debating writing a full post…
-
Self-Cleaning Toilets Sound Great, But Why Not the Entire Airplane?
Has everyone heard about Boeing’s so-called self-cleaning lavatory prototype? Sounds great, but there’s some false advertising here. (It doesn’t actually clean itself.…
-
Walking the New Connector Between Terminal 4 and the Bradley Terminal at LAX
One of the big issues at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is the inability to make connections between terminals without having to…
-
Airlines Fight to Be Able to Lose Money in Cuba
It’s been a long time coming, but the thawing relations between the US and Cuba have finally borne fruit for the airline…