A great brouhaha is going on right now in the City of Brotherly Love over the proposed expansion of Philadelphia International Airport. Not surprisingly, US Airways (which currently holds a dominant position in Philadelphia) wants to keep it that way and opposes expansion.
Click here to read a leaked memo sent by US Airways CEO Doug Parker to his employees on the project. Here's an excerpt:
Memo: To US Airways employees
From: Doug Parker, Chairman and ...
Alec Baldwin is such a jerk. But this video is hilarious:
For those of you unfamilar with what happened, Baldwin was tossed off an AA flight last week after repeatdly ignoring FA requests to turn off his electronic equipment. Here's a bit of background info:
Passenger Steve Weiss, who was sitting across the isle from Baldwin, described the scene.
"Apparently he said he was playing a game, but he was actually talking on the phone. She [the flight attendant] ...
I've written before about untied.com, the site that allows disgruntled United (and now Continental) passengers to post complaints about their expeirence. The sight recently got a facelift, humorously now resembling the current United.com homepage.
Whenever I need a laugh, I go to untied.com to read some of the passenger complaints. Some of them are legit, but most are laughably ridiculous, like this one:
We booked this flight for 2 ...
Stop the presses! Stop the presses! The Wall Street Journal brings us this groundbeaking accomplishment of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA):
NEWARK, N.J. — A Transportation Security Administration screener at a New Jersey airport spotted a knife concealed in a carry-on bag.
The TSA says the screener was operating the X-ray machine at a security checkpoint at Newark-Liberty International Airport on Sunday when the screener saw the knife in the zippered ...
A new threat is on the loose--bandits wreaking havoc on one poor airline and sending its passengers into a state of panic. The airline has called for their destruction, but these zealots are on a mission and are not about to lay down their arms. Who are these thugs? Mice.
Last Tuesday in Hong Kong, Nepal Airlines flight 410 bound for Kathmandu was preparing for boarding when one of the pilots noticed a mouse scurrying by in the cockpit. Boarding was halted and troops were deployed to ...
Caution: Another story about a drunk Frenchman
Gérard Depardieu does not like to be kept waiting. The Golden Globe winner and Academy Award nominee also apparently enjoys alcohol. Throw in a flight delay and the combination becomes lethal.
It was Tuesday evening and Mr. Depardieu's Air France CityJet flight from Paris to Dublin was delayed by 15 minutes. As the plane pulled out of the gate, Depardieu signaled to one of the FAs that he needed to use the lavatory and he ...
