Monthly Archives: June 2011

Airport Message to Critters: Planes Suck

Sometimes romance shouldn’t be discussed in the cockpit, and sometimes its vital that it is. That was the case on Wednesday when diamondback terrapins looking for romance began crossing an active runway at John F

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Delta Pilots – Not a Day to Play the Lottery

What are the chances?

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Southwest Rant – Holding Pilots to a Higher Standard

The Southwest Airlines captain whose big mouth rant of frustration over the lack of suitable flight attendants to date during a trip in March has made him the latest example of declining professionalism among airline pilots. He mistook his office for his personal conversation pit, yes indeed

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Who Do You Trust?

There’s a world of difference between how much trust the citizens of various nations have in their government. This is particularly obvious here in New Zealand where, while listening to a radio news show recently, I marveled as caller after caller expressed confidence in their government’s ability to properly handle the crisis in earthquake-riddled Christchurch.

Thursday Internet | Blog | Cello Aviation gains Class A Licence …

Cello Aviation gains Class A Licence Corporate Jet Investor Matt Purton, blurb jet sales executive with Air Charter Service pronounced “Working with a group has been a entirely beguiling as well as veteran experience. …

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The View From 100K

Thanks to a certain Aussie pilot and 100K others! Its lovely, really it is, this view from one-hundred thousand. Not 100,000 feet silly, one-hundred thousand readers . Thanks to you , and you and you , and so many others, FLYING LESSONS crossed this exciting threshold sometime during (my) Wednesday night in New Zealand

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The Crash Heard ‘Round the World

Writing from New Zealand. Yesterday was a clear and crisp autumn day as magnificent as any I have lived through back home in famous-for-fall New England. Jane Orphan and I were soaking it up in the light-soaked dining room at Wither Hills Winery in Marlborough, New Zealand where the food was as excellent as the view of acres of vineyards.

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Geeks Just Want to Have Fun – ISASI Down Under

The Scottish transplant to the Royal New Zealand Air Force , Andy Cant, did the translating while the Kiwis shot comments and questions in my direction.

Don’t Believe Brian Ross? Ask John Travolta

Kudos to ABC News for reporting on the problem of using handheld devices during flight.

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Airlines Losing a Terrier in Bisignani’s Retirement

IATA boss Bisignani after his last state of the industry speech Writing from Singapore State of the industry speeches can be boring affairs. Even the best don’t garner adjectives like entertaining. But this morning’s presentation by Giovanni Bisignani, to an international gathering of airline executives was described just that way and that’s one reason why the airline industry is gonna miss the most colorful