Miscellaneous
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2018 Flying Summary
I said I was going to leave North America in 2018, but that didn’t happen. For a variety of reasons (many work-related),…
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Reviewing Your 2018 Predictions and Making Your 2019 Picks
It’s the end of the year, and you know what that means. It’s time to look back at your predictions for 2018…
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A New Book: 3 Feet to the Left
How about something a bit different today? It’s not uncommon for me to get requests to read a manuscript, and I will…
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Another Successful Dorkfest
If you didn’t come to Dorkfest on Saturday, you missed out on a great time. We had well over 100 people show…
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Dorkfest is Just Over a Week Away
Dorkfest is almost upon us. One week from tomorrow, I’ll be at the park across from the In-N-Out at LAX (9149 S…
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Honoring the Flight Crews That Died 17 Years Ago Today
It’s always worse when it falls on a Tuesday. Seventeen years ago, I remember going to bed on a Monday night, ready…
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California Pacific Will Fly November 1, But For How Long?
The wait is over. California Pacific, an airline that has been around for years in theory, has finally taken flight. The airline…
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Reviewing Your 2017 Predictions and Making Your 2018 Picks
It’s official, 2017 is over so it’s time to look back and see how you all did with your predictions. A year…
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2017 Flying Summary
There’s no question 2016 was a bad year for flying for me, but 2017 was so much better. The only thing 2017…
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Honoring the Flight Crews That Died 16 Years Ago Today
I know one year shouldn’t make a difference, but there’s something about this year’s anniversary that makes 9/11 seem more distant than…
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In Case It’s Not Clear, People Really Hate Airlines
When the images of a bleeding passenger being dragged off a United Express flight began to surface, it was clear that this…
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2016 Flying Summary
I knew this wasn’t a good year for flying, but I didn’t realize just how terrible it was until I added the…