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California, Long the Nation’s Most Important State for Building Aircraft, Just Watched Its Last One Roll Off the Line
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Since the beginning of powered flight, California and aviation have had a special bond. Early aircraft manufacturers swarmed to the Golden State to take advantage of all it had to offer: a growing, skilled workforce…
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Airlines Had a Ton of Late Night Flights Last Night That Don’t Normally Operate
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One of the hallmarks of a “new era” legacy airline is its ability to run more flexible banks at its hubs to take advantage of demand. This is something that some airlines picked up far…
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Cranky on the Web: The Best Layover Airport, LAX Tips
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It’s that time of year where an avalanche of holiday tip articles come out. I was quoted in a couple of them. What to Do When You’re Stuck in an Airport Over the Holidays –…
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3 Links I Love: A Small United Airplane on the Horizon?, Air Canada Invades the US, and Black Friday Deals
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This week’s featured link: United and ALPA Reach an Agreement in Principle to Extend Pilot Contract – United Newsroom United has been on a labor relations-roll since it kicked out its old CEO. It has…
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The True Meaning of Thanksgiving 2015
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For the second year in a row, a quick road trip brought me to Phoenix, so no airplanes were needed. I can’t say that’s a bad thing. While I relax in the Valley of the…
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Dining with John Travolta on a Pan Am 747
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A couple years ago, you may remember that I put together an evening of dinner and drinks on Anthony Toth’s Pan Am 747 mockup. It was a test run to see if Anthony could do…
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Across the Aisle from Delta’s SVP of Operations on Why Privatizing Air Traffic Control Would Be Bad
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If you haven’t heard, it’s time for Congress to once again try to reauthorize the FAA. I say “try” because in general, Congress is really bad at this. Usually it just passes temporary extensions which…
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3 Links I Love: American AAdvantage Goes Revenue-Based, Allegiant Says Aloha to Hawai’i, Interview with Spirit’s CEO
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Today’s featured link: American AAdvantage 2016 Changes (Including Award Chart Devaluation) – One Mile at a Time American announced it was going to a revenue-based program starting next year. You might expect me to have…
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An Excellent Crew on My First American Eagle Embraer 175 Flight (Trip Report)
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After a rough start on the ground, my flight up to San Francisco the day before was good and unremarkable. That’s how I like my flights. But the next morning, I was going to try…
