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A New Look for Cranky
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If you’re one of the 5,000 Cranky subscribers out there, you probably don’t see anything different. But, if you’re one of the tens of thousands of others who come directly to the site, you’ll notice…
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Air Jamaica’s Death Spiral Completes on April 12
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It seems like just yesterday that I named Air Jamaica the saddest airline ever. It looks like that title will be short-lived. April 12 is the day that the government is expected to hand the…
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Horizon Air CEO Weighs In On Whether Wholly-Owned Regionals are Safer
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I wasn’t planning on revisiting regional airline safety again this quickly, but then I received an email in my inbox this weekend from Horizon Air CEO Jeff Pinneo. Horizon is a wholly-owned regional for Alaska…
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Allegiant Buys ex-Thomson 757s for Hawai’i Flying, I’m Looking at Long Beach
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The long-discussed rumors have finally come true. Allegiant, long loyal to the MD-80, is branching out. Starting later this year, they’ll start flying 757s to Hawai’i. There has some really cool potential, especially some right…
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Cranky on the Web (March 1 – 5)
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Samoa and Arkansas Win Federal Air Travel Subsidies – BNET The winners of the Small Community Air Service Development Program grants are out, and today I take a look at the ones I like best.…
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Kids Take Over JFK Air Traffic Control, and I Think It’s Hilarious
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I assume by now you’ve heard about the kid that made a few calls to airplanes in the JFK tower, right? Lots of people seem to be flipping out over this, but honestly, I think…
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Join Me at the State of DIA 2010 on March 18 at Noon
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Attention Denverites – I know you’re out there. I’ll be heading to your town two weeks from today (March 18) to participate in a panel at the State of DIA (yes, that’s Denver International Airport)…
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Pilots, Commuting, and Fatigue
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We started this conversation yesterday in the comment section, and I think it’s deserving of its own topic. The Colgan Air accident involved a couple of pilots who were exhausted. One had just flown in…
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Are Wholly-Owned Regionals Safer? (Ask Cranky)
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The discussion about how safe regionals are has been top of mind since the Colgan Air crash in Buffalo last year. A recent Frontline report on regional pilot safety has fanned the flames, and we’ve…
