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  • Overbooking, Technology, United

    United Asking for Volunteers Online

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    Nov 12, 2007

    Though I obviously like it better when my fiancée is here in town, it seems to be much better for my blog when she’s traveling. Last time, it was the infamous United dinner roll debacle.…

  • Trip Report: Bring Me Home, Delta
    Delta, Trip Reports

    Trip Report: Bring Me Home, Delta

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    Nov 10, 2007

    BlogWorld was a success for me. I’m going to be making some changes on the site over the next few weeks that I think will benefit all of you, my readers. But first I need…

  • Southwest, Trip Reports

    Trip Report: Southwest’s First Day With Bingo Seating at LAX

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    Nov 9, 2007

    As I mentioned briefly, I flew to Vegas yesterday morning on one of the first five flights out of LAX using the new Bingo Seating boarding process. Since I’m actually attending the BlogWorld Expo conference,…

  • Southwest

    Southwest’s Big Changes

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    Nov 8, 2007

    Today was a big day for Southwest Airlines as they rolled out a bunch of changes to the core parts of their business. I’ll get into each one of them, but overall I like what…

  • Across the Aisle Interviews, ExpressJet

    Across the Aisle from ExpressJet

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    Nov 7, 2007

    It’s been awhile since my last airline interview, so I’m happy to have another one to post. I started talking to ExpressJet about doing an interview a couple of months back, but I was only…

  • Accidents/Incidents, British Airways, Sri Lankan

    That Sri Lankan Plane Didn’t Need Its Winglet

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    Nov 6, 2007

    If you’ve been watching the news over the last 24 hours, you’ve probably seen countless reports about the Sri Lankan plane that was *gasp* going to fly after it’s winglet sliced into the winglet of…

  • Operations

    How Daylight Saving Time Impacts the Airlines

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    Nov 5, 2007

    Once again, it’s my least favorite time of the year . . . the end of Daylight Saving Time here in the US. Sure, there are good things about it. It was nice driving to…

  • Advertising, Frontier, Southwest

    Southwest and Frontier Tip Theirs Hats to the World Series Teams

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    Nov 2, 2007

    The World Series is over, and now we have four long months of cold and darkness before the glory of spring training begins once again. My Diamondbacks fell a little short of the series this…

  • Mergers/Finance, Who the F*&@ Is

    What the F*** is a Wet Lease?

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    Nov 1, 2007

    When SAS started talking about how they would actually replace those Q400s they’re ditching, I noticed plenty of discussion about wet leases and dry leases. That made me realize it was a great time for…

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