I'm on AA flt. 185 right now, cruising at 40,000 ft. somewhere over Arizona. I'e watched six episodes of The League on my laptop, and now I'm sitting here with another 40 minutes or so to kill. Some thoughts:

1. I'm on an empty 767-200 right now. When we boarded, the gate agent first asked for first, business, and Priority AAccess. Then she started to announce groups, but just gave up and said, "If you're breathing and you have a ticket on this flight, hop on." (I'm not ...

I'm consistently underwhelmed by AA's usage of technological tools to engage with customers. Their twitter and blogosphere presence is virtually nonexistent (with the exception of @AdmiralsClub). Though I find it extremely useful, their website isn't all that eye-popping or user-friendly. And they don't offer a ton of online tools for, well, anything.

So American Airlines bucked their own trend yesterday when they launched a new widget that allows you to find out if your upcoming ...

I'm sitting on an airplane right now, AA flt. 21 JFK-LAX.

Apparently it's very windy in Los Angeles right now, and my wife (thanks, a lot, my dear) just sent me this article from the LA Times:

Strong winds this evening forced one flight heading to Los Angeles International Airport to be diverted to another airfield,  said Allen Kenitzer, spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration. He said the winds, gusting up to 35 knots, forced two other flights to use ...