Not that you would be getting this from here first, but just in case:

The evil union of flight attendants at BA has voted to strike from 22. December to 2. January.  Way to ruin everyone's Christmas, you assholes. 

The general statement can be found here, rebooking information here, and a message from the CEO here.  The general message - if you have BA flight bookings during this period - is that you are screwed.  Even I feel the pain for them, and for ...

On a side note, are you Carrie Underwood fans really going to let Jenn Brown's people kick your ass?  Seriously?

So it shouldn't be a shock that I've been thinking about making some changes to my carrier choices for some time now.  I've got Delta Platinum (soon to be Diamond), Continental Platinum, and BMI Gold.  The last two are from status matches I've made in the past month.

There are things that I want to be better at Delta.  I wish that the ...

It looks as if AA is having more problems than previously thought, although certainly not on par with US.  The Financial Times and Tulsa World are reporting that AA will be shutting down its Kansas City maintenance base and eliminating 700 jobs.

Also from the The Financial Times today, filed under the "Unions are Evil" section, is an article about Boeing's decision to start building 787s in South Carolina, because of the labor unions in Washington creating too ...

I'm currently sitting on AA flt 1104 STL-LGA. I've got a few free GoGo coupons, and this particular MD-82 has internet (and DC power), so here I am surfing at 35,000 feet. (I don't have an altimeter in my pocket, but FlightAware says 35,000 feet, and I believe them.)

Anyway... here are my hot nuts, which I took care to photograph (with my new iPhone, natch) because the hot nut mix has been an issue of much controversy of late on AA forums.

As far as I ...

 An excerpt from this week's "Middle Seat" column by Scott McCartney in the Wall Street Journal:

David Pykon, a New York hedge-fund trader, says he was given conflicting information by different American Airlines supervisors on daily expenses after his bag was lost on a Thanksgiving trip to Dallas last year. Although he had no clothes or toiletries, he was first told he had to limit his spending to $25 a day. Then he was told $50 a day. Later another official said $75 a ...

Short answer: probably not.

I sure thought about it yesterday when it became clear that United will be eliminating regional upgrades, but I have calmed down today.

I'm 1/3 of the way toward million-mile status on United, love Star Alliance, and have generally been satisfied with all aspects of United's performance this year.

Still, American now has a superior upgrade program (let's see if lasts) and a better soft product (though UA has a far superior hard product, in ...