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Cranky on the Web: The Many Steps of Omicron Cancellation Panic
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It’s remarkable how you can tell a story sometimes just be looking at the progression of media requests that come in…. As Omicron Overshadows Christmas, Thousands of Flights Are Canceled – The New York TimesThis…
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2021 Flying Summary
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There’s another year in the books. My mileage wasn’t much higher than the year before, but my segment count? Well, that was 4x last year. I went back to the more normal pattern with more…
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Airlines We Lost 2021
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Welcome to my favorite post of the year. This year, we had far fewer entries than in last year’s bloodbath, but that’s because the herd was really culled when the pandemic began. This year is…
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Omicron Begins to Wreak Havoc on Airline Schedules
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And how was YOUR holiday weekend? If you were flying, well, chances are higher than usual that you had to deal with some ugliness. Another holiday, another meltdown. Was it a pilot shortage? Spiking sick…
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Do You Have the Mind of an AvGeek?
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Who’s ready to have a little fun? During this year’s Cranky Dorkfest, Kevin Trinkle from American Airlines went around and asked 73 of these people to answer 10 questions: He used these to create trivia…
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Reviewing Your 2021 Predictions and Making Your 2022 Picks
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So, how did your predictions go this year? For most of you, the answer was… not well. This was one hard year to predict. But hey, there was some success in there, so kudos to…
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A Week of Big Schedule Change Highlights the Final Episode of Skeds of Air Lines
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Skeds of air Lines has been the #1 soap opera in the world* since its launch last year, but as they say, all good things must come to an end. This will be the final…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – Dave Went to Europe
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Cranky Talk – Dave Went to Europe We. Are. Back. Dave has returned from Europe, and I thought it would be fun to make him tell you allllll about it. Ok, you got me. We…
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Cranky on the Web: So Many Schedule Changes, Ontario Rebounds
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What to do when an airline changes your flight: Coping with carriers’ increasing schedule changes – Cleveland.comWhen a columnist at a newspaper keeps having schedule change nightmares in her own family, there’s a good chance…
