Safety/Security
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United Postpones Start of Faro, Cebu Due to FAA Restrictions
Rumors had been swirling, but on March 22, United’s VP of Corporate Safety Sasha Johnson put out an internal memo explaining that…
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Delta Tempts Fate as It Triples Down on Health and Safety
Thank you once again to our sponsor TheAirchive.net for supporting Cranky! It’s a Delta-focused post, so I had to pick something from…
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Why Mexico Likely Hates the Idea of COVID Testing for International Travel to the US
While vaccines are the ultimate way to get travel moving again, there has been a whole lot of talk about just how…
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Pre-Testing Program in Hawai’i: There Has to Be a Better Way
For the first time since January, I found myself on an airplane. Since travel can help spread COVID — I don’t mean…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – Updates on COVID Traveler Safety
Cranky Talk – Traveler Safety Part 2 On this week’s Cranky Talk… we’re doing another follow-up episode. No, it’s not that we’ve…
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Quantifying the Incredibly Unlikely Aerosol Transmission of COVID on Airplanes
There’s a good chance you know someone who has told you, “oh yeah, I know someone who got COVID on an airplane.”…
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3 Links I Love: Airplanes are COVID-Safe, Goodbye Alitalia, WestJet Stays West
This week’s featured link TRANSCOM/AMC Commercial Aircraft Cabin Aerosol Dispersion Tests – US Transportation Command and DARPAYou probably saw news coverage of…
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A New Cranky Talk Is Live: How Airlines Are Keeping Travelers Safe
Cranky Talk: How Airlines are Keeping Travelers Safe It’s Cranky Talk time again, and this week, it’s a super-sized 18+ minute podcast.…
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TSA Data Tells the Tale of Where Things are Ugliest
Many people have seen the overall TSA data showing how many people are starting their trips at US airports on the whole,…
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Questionable Motives and Tactics Cast a Shadow on the 60 Minutes Allegiant Story
When word came down that 60 Minutes would be shining a spotlight on Allegiant’s safety record a couple weeks back, I assumed…
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3 Links I Love: The Tale of the Mighty Seat Belt, Norwegian Hunts for Business Travelers, Lufthansa’s Two-Color Confusion
Decoding the Design of In-Flight Seat Belts – Atlas Obscura It takes skill to make an airplane seat belt into an interesting…
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US Eschews Sensible Risk-Based Security in Favor of Broad-Based Insanity
Nearly everyone is aware of the large electronics ban (aka the laptop ban) that went into place earlier this year for flights…