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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 I take a look at the ones I like best.…
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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 to be flipping out over this, but honestly, I think…
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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 at the State of DIA (yes, that’s Denver International Airport)…
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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 of pilots who were exhausted. One had just flown in…
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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 on regional pilot safety has fanned the flames, and we’ve…
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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 the “C-Series” airplanes that Bombardier has been putting together to…
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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 just changing names. Premium Air Traffic Surpasses Previous Year for…
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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 own ticket. When Frontier adopted a similar structure, I felt…
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Only Two Airlines Left Flying a Douglas Widebody Commercially
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This week Finnair Western, American, United, and even Delta (when they briefly operated the DC-10s they inherited from Western) to Hawai’i. I even flew on some more interesting characters – World Airways when they had…
