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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: MAX 9’s Remain Grounded, JetBlue’s New CEO
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FAA’s MAX 9 Investigation Begins The FAA opened its formal investigation into the incident on Alaska Flight 1282 last week, and the government took the time to state the obvious to Boeing by saying the…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 and the Boeing 737-9 Max
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Listen on Apple, Spotify, direct, or wherever you get your podcasts. Airplanes having problems? Seems like a good reason for Dave and me to get to the band back together again and talk shop. Well, that plus…
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And the Nominees for the 2024 Cranky Network Awards are…
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It’s that time of year again. When the calendar turns over, that means it’s time to announce the nominees for the Cranky Network Awards. This year’s fourth annual celebration is presented by Oakland International Airport and will…
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American’s Europe Fares Can’t Keep Pace
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One of the best things about the coming Cranky Network Awards on Feb 22 in Oakland is that we sift through a ton of data to help craft the full slate of nominees. And during that…
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A Confusing Series of Events Following the Boeing 737-9 MAX Losing Its Plug Door
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What a week it’s been in the airline industry. First there was the Japan Airlines A350 landing on a Dash-8, and now, we have the 737-9 MAX deciding to self-open a window (er, plug door) on…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Denver’s Mile High Plans, Air Canada’s Top Ten Performance
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United Submits First Plans for Denver Site United Airlines plans to have the first facility — a new simulator building — on its recently-acquired 113-acre site in Denver functional by fall of 2027. Because this…
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The Quiet Genius of ICAO Airport Codes
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I usually have a couple of these kinds of evergreen posts ready to go in case I’m not able to finish a more newsy post in time, so, here we are…. I’ll have the currently-unfinished…
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Blame the Design of Midway Airport for Southwest’s Holiday Struggles
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Happy 2024 everybody! If you flew this holiday season, you probably had nothing go wrong at all. That was the case for nearly everyone… except for those who flew Southwest to and from Chicago’s Midway Airport just…
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Airlines We Lost 2023
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Where does the time go? It is the last post of the year, and that means it’s time to honor those airlines that didn’t quite make it to see 2024. After last year’s relatively anemic list,…
