Airlines
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British Airways Cabin Crew Earn the Cranky Jackass Award For Upcoming Holiday Strike
UPDATE 12/17 @ 853a – The strike is off! If you’re booked on British Airways for the holidays, you might be kicking…
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Virgin America Posts Operating Profit, Still Hurdles Ahead
First Alitalia had to go and post a profit and now Virgin America has done it. What is this world coming to?!?…
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787, A350, Air New Zealand, Airbus, American, BNET, Boeing, Delta, Government Regulation, JAL, Mesa Airlines, Southwest, United
Cranky on the Web (December 7 – 11)
Enjoy foreign service on N. American flights – USA Today I talk to USA Today’s Ben Mutzabaugh about some of the “fifth…
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Cranky Concierge Helps a Client Escape This Week’s Chicago Storm
The first true winter storm of the year rolled through the middle of the country yesterday, and that was the first big…
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United Shrinks Again, Orders 787 and A350 Aircraft
That post title doesn’t make much sense, does it? United couldn’t be ordering new planes and shrinking at the same time, right?…
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Was There a Terrorist Dry Run on an AirTran Plane? (I Think Not)
Did you guys see this really odd story about some problem passengers on an AirTran flight last month? I can’t quite figure…
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American, Continental, ExpressJet, Government Regulation, Labor Relations, SFO – San Francisco, US Airways
Cranky on the Web (November 30 – December 4)
Reason Number 1,423 Why the Essential Air Service Program is a Huge Waste of Taxypayer Funds – BNET Little Visalia, California is…
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Which All-737 Airline Is Installing In-Seat Video?
Everyone remember Lumexis? They’re the guys that showed me their new very light and kind of awesome inflight entertainment system that US…
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Allegiant Fights AirTran, Enters Orlando
For years we’ve heard Allegiant proclaim that they don’t really like competition. They’ve often boasted about how few of their routes have…
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Lufthansa Starts Making Changes at bmi
After a few months of hemming and hawing, Lufthansa has finally started to make its mark on bmi. The airline announced a…
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Cranky on the Web (November 24 – 28)
What are Scope Clauses and Why Are People Fighting Over Them? – BNET If you’ve heard people talking about scope clauses and…
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The Southwest Timetable Winner on the True Meaning of Thanksgiving
It’s certainly a coincidence that the winner of the signed Southwest timetable is none other than Robert Stack, the author of the…