Recent Articles
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A New Look for Cranky
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If you’re one of the 5,000 Cranky subscribers out there, you probably don’t see anything different. But, if you’re one of the tens of thousands…
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Air Jamaica’s Death Spiral Completes on April 12
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It seems like just yesterday that I named Air Jamaica the saddest airline ever. It looks like that title will be short-lived. April 12 is…
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Horizon Air CEO Weighs In On Whether Wholly-Owned Regionals are Safer
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I wasn’t planning on revisiting regional airline safety again this quickly, but then I received an email in my inbox this weekend from Horizon Air…
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Allegiant Buys ex-Thomson 757s for Hawai’i Flying, I’m Looking at Long Beach
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The long-discussed rumors have finally come true. Allegiant, long loyal to the MD-80, is branching out. Starting later this year, they’ll start flying 757s to…
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Cranky on the Web (March 1 – 5)
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Samoa and Arkansas Win Federal Air Travel Subsidies – BNET The winners of the Small Community Air Service Development Program grants are out, and today…
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Kids Take Over JFK Air Traffic Control, and I Think It’s Hilarious
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I assume by now you’ve heard about the kid that made a few calls to airplanes in the JFK tower, right? Lots of people seem…
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Join Me at the State of DIA 2010 on March 18 at Noon
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Attention Denverites – I know you’re out there. I’ll be heading to your town two weeks from today (March 18) to participate in a panel…
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Pilots, Commuting, and Fatigue
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We started this conversation yesterday in the comment section, and I think it’s deserving of its own topic. The Colgan Air accident involved a couple…
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Are Wholly-Owned Regionals Safer? (Ask Cranky)
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The discussion about how safe regionals are has been top of mind since the Colgan Air crash in Buffalo last year. A recent Frontline report…
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Republic Orders New Bombardier Airplane That Will Compete with Boeing and Airbus (If It Works)
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Republic, overlord of Frontier, Midwest, and a bunch of regional flying, made headlines last week by placing an order for 40 CS300 airplanes. These are…
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Cranky on the Web (February 22 – 26)
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First Class is Disappearing in Name Only – BNET Qantas is the latest to reduce First Class onboard, but it’s not really going away. It’s…
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How Frontier Got Me to Pay More for a Connecting Flight Than a Nonstop
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I’ve long sung the praises of Air Canada’s efforts to create fare product categories, but really, I’ve never gone through the purchase process for my…
