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    Airlines We Lost in 2006

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    Dec 30, 2006

    As in most years, there were a whole slew of airlines that went under in 2006. There were large ones and small ones, old ones and new ones. Some of them were well known while…

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    Housekeeping and Strange Feeds

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    Dec 29, 2006

    I’ve been doing some housekeeping by transferring my images to a different location for all previous posts, and that has caused my RSS feed to go a little crazy. See, each time I save the…

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    Slappy McSlapper

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    Dec 28, 2006

    It’s a sad, sad day when a drunk guy gets cut off. It’s even more sad when the genius tries to show his displeasure by smacking a fellow passenger. Amazingly, this is exactly what happened…

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    The Freedoms of the Air

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    Dec 28, 2006

    When I get into dork mode, I often start speaking in crazy airline language that few of my friends understand. One of the things that has confused many a person over the years is my…

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    TSA Censors Nudie Pics

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    Dec 27, 2006

    Remember those nudie pics I blogged about before? Well, it looks like they won’t be making their way to your nearest airport anytime soon. Now it appears that the TSA has paid the company which…

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    Going to Mexico or Canada? Bring Your Passport

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    Dec 27, 2006

    It has probably not been publicized nearly well enough yet, but soon you’re going to need your passport to go anywhere outside the US by plane. On January 23, anyone traveling by air between the…

  • Government Regulation, Virgin America

    Virgin America Goes Up . . . Must Come Down

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    Dec 27, 2006

    It’s been a good news/bad news kind of week for Virgin America. (UPDATE – it’s all bad news now. The application has been rejected. See bottom of this post for more.) On Friday, the airline…

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    Trip Report: Indy for Christmas

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    Dec 26, 2006

    I made it back last night from the second annual Christmas trip to see my girlfriend’s family in Indianapolis and all went well. Tickets were over $500 roundtrip when we started looking a few months…

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    Random Bits of Info – Hooray!

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    Dec 21, 2006

    There seem to be a lot of stories today that I’d like to talk about, but as I wrap up work and get ready to head out of town, I thought I’d better just summarize…

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