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    How is Spirit Still Flying?

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    Cranky on the Web: Fares Up, Bag Fees Up

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    Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Spirit Possibly on Life Support, AA + UA = ??

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  • Savannah for $49.72 Roundtrip (Trip Report)
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    Savannah for $49.72 Roundtrip (Trip Report)

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    Feb 27, 2014

    I’d like to start this trip report with a big, heartfelt thank you to the Delta pricing department. If not for you guys and your hilariously low accidental fare filing, I wouldn’t have been able…

  • Touring Boeing’s 737 Factory in Renton
    737, Boeing, SilkAir

    Touring Boeing’s 737 Factory in Renton

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    Feb 25, 2014

    After SilkAir’s delivery ceremony for the airline’s first new 737-800 and the dinner at the Museum of Flight that evening, you’d think I’d be all geeked-out. You’d be wrong. I was extremely excited for what…

  • New Pilot Shortage Strategy: Rip Half the Seats Off the Airplane
    Great Lakes

    New Pilot Shortage Strategy: Rip Half the Seats Off the Airplane

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    Feb 24, 2014

    Pop quiz. What is wrong with this seat map that recently popped up on Great Lakes Airlines’ website? If you said it looks like there are seats missing, you’d be right. This is a Beechcraft…

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    Cranky on the Web (February 17 – 21)

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    Feb 22, 2014

    In the Trenches: Fighting Employee Burnout – Intuit Small Business Blog The weather has been awful and our concierges are working REALLY hard. It’s been tough.

  • Topic of the Week: Your DC-10 Memories
    DC-10

    Topic of the Week: Your DC-10 Memories

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    Feb 21, 2014

    It’s getting harder and harder to hitch a ride on a Douglas Commercial aircraft. The last passenger operator of the DC-10, Biman Bangladesh, has sent it off into the sunset. Douglas knew how to build…

  • Who the F*&@ is Florida Express Jet?
    FloridaExpressJet, Who the F*&@ Is

    Who the F*&@ is Florida Express Jet?

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    Feb 20, 2014

    Remember the good old days when all kinds of crazy people with money to burn started up airlines for just for the fun of it? Most of them failed miserably, but over the last few…

  • As United Shrinks Cleveland, Other Airlines Start to Move In
    Delta, Frontier, United

    As United Shrinks Cleveland, Other Airlines Start to Move In

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    Feb 18, 2014

    That didn’t take long. Just last week United announced it would dismantle its Cleveland hub, but now others are already starting to move in. Specifically, we see both Frontier and Delta announcing service. I’m sure…

  • American Eagle Envoy Pilots Throw Down the Gauntlet, Try to Call American’s Bluff
    American

    American Eagle Envoy Pilots Throw Down the Gauntlet, Try to Call American’s Bluff

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    Feb 17, 2014

    The idea of pilot shortages at regional airlines may seem mundane to those of you outside the industry, but this has created some absolutely fascinating situations that will impact every air traveler. Most recently, union…

  • United

    Cranky on the Web (February 8 – 14)

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    Feb 15, 2014

    With United hub’s exit, Hopkins is back on the radar of other airlines – Crain’s Cleveland Business I was asked to comment on the likelihood of other carriers looking at Cleveland to fill the void…

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