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Tag: airlines

The truth behind turning off electronic devices before takeoff.
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The truth behind turning off electronic devices before takeoff.

03/13/201504/14/2022 Posted byPeter Crosby

For years, you’ve probably been puzzling over the most mysterious question of the ages: “Why do airline passengers have to turn off our electronic devices before take-off?” Will it really crash the plane? Well now, finally, there’s a good answer. Or three.

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Airline pilot explains why cabin air isn’t all just body odor and farts.
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Airline pilot explains why cabin air isn’t all just body odor and farts.

12/08/201404/14/2022 Posted byPeter Crosby

And what about offices, movie theaters, or classrooms?

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Flight attendants annoyingly try to prevent passenger deaths.
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Flight attendants annoyingly try to prevent passenger deaths.

10/27/201404/14/2022 Posted byPeter Crosby

I hate the in-flight safety videos as much as the next guy.

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Plebeian no more: United reinstates my “Premier Silver” status.
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Plebeian no more: United reinstates my “Premier Silver” status.

10/18/201404/14/2022 Posted byPeter Crosby

Of late, I have been traveling “on my own dime” as they say.

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Ticket price increases guaranteed (TSA security increases still highly debatable.)
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Ticket price increases guaranteed (TSA security increases still highly debatable.)

08/22/201410/14/2021 Posted byPeter Crosby

Just when you thought flying couldn’t get any more expensive, the TSA piles on to get their pound of flesh and help price airline travel out of the reach for most Americans. Well, at least we’ll get more security out of it, right? RIGHT?!

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Rating agency officially confirms what most travelers know: U.S. airlines are the worst.

07/30/201410/14/2021 Posted byPeter Crosby

Not that I’m shocked or anything, but Skytrax just announced that “America’s airlines are the world’s most profitable and least comfortable.” Who’s Skytrax? Well, it’s an airline…uh, tracking company.

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It’s official: Airlines have finally gone mad with power, “We are Golden Gods!”
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It’s official: Airlines have finally gone mad with power, “We are Golden Gods!”

07/28/201411/08/2021 Posted byPeter Crosby

While I’ll certainly admit that “the ability to fly” is a pretty cool super-power (and I’m starting to believe that it’s going to airlines’ collective heads.

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Airbus patents modern day mass torture device to dissuade low income travelers.
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Airbus patents modern day mass torture device to dissuade low income travelers.

07/16/201410/14/2021 Posted byPeter Crosby

Just when you think airlines can’t make the experience any worse.

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Airline brings sexy back; ‘civility’ and ‘humanity’ still in development.
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Airline brings sexy back; ‘civility’ and ‘humanity’ still in development.

07/13/201410/14/2021 Posted byPeter Crosby

If I had to rank the many problems that I have with flight attendants, their uniforms probably wouldn’t be tops on my list. But when you’re already a decent airline, your priorities can be a little different.

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