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Honoring the Flight Crews That Died 15 Years Ago Today
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It may be a Sunday, a day on which I rarely post, but today is no ordinary Sunday. Today marks 15 years since the US airline industry (along with the entire country) was flipped on…
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1 Week Until Dorkfest and Cranky on the Web: United’s Polaris, Cranky Concierge Interview
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REMINDER: We are one week away from this year’s Dorkfest. Next Saturday, come by In-N-Out at LAX between 11a and 1p. (Assuming it’s like other years, I’ll end up staying later.) We’ll eat burgers, watch…
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3 Links I Love: Delta’s Hypocrisy, Sully Haters, American Pilots Integrate
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This week’s featured link: Delta’s “Fly America” complaints get stranger the closer you look – ATW Editor’s Blog Delta’s still mad at the Middle East carriers, and now it’s mad at JetBlue for using an…
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9 Airports 1 Day: Orange County -> San Jose -> Burbank -> San Francisco -> Los Angeles
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Last week, I covered my first four flights on my quest to hit 9 California airports in one day. Now, it’s finally time to finish this up. I was tired after four flights, and I…
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Cranky’s 6 Favorite Fights
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No, it’s not a typo. This isn’t about my six favorite flights. Today, I’m talking about fights, and not ones started by commenters. (Ok, the fifth one was….) Usually I’m more than happy to just…
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Delta Finds the Best Use for Gogo Internet Yet: Turbulence Avoidance
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While the primary use of inflight internet has been to keep customers busy and distracted, there’s always been the potential for something more. Delta is now going to use Gogo’s wireless internet to make it…
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Cranky on the Web: Airlines Hiring Airline People
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United’s New President Shows Why Airlines Hire Insiders as Senior Executives – Skift Brian Sumers took at look at why airlines hire other airline people to fill their exec needs instead of going outside. United…
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3 Links I Love: Interviewing Ed Bastian, MD-80s Go Bye Bye, LAX in the 1960s
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This week’s featured link: Delta Air Lines CEO on why he still flies in the back of the plane – Marketplace Here’s a great 27m25s podcast where Kai Ryssdal from Marketplace interviews Delta CEO Ed…
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9 Airports, 1 Day: Long Beach -> Oakland -> Ontario -> Sacramento -> Orange County
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Enough build-up. Let’s get into the details of my crazy day of flying between 9 airports. Today I’ll look at the first four flights, and then next week, I’ll talk about the last four. Long…
