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After a series of hits in the news, United Airlines has unveiled a new plan for dealing with overbooked flights. All airlines overbook, and there is nothing illegal about it, but airlines’ bad methods for dealing with it has made recent news. This is p …
When will the airlines get it together? In the latest gaffe by a major carrier, United Airlines apparently kicked at fare paying two year old out of his seat to make room for a stand-by passenger. The child’s ticket reportedly cost almost $1000. And, a …
When a passenger purchases a ticket, that passenger is agreeing to the chosen airline’s contract of carriage. Airline passenger rights are not something most people think of very often, but travelers should know at least a little about them. You can fi …
And the hits just keep on coming for United Airlines. Or, in truth, self-inflicted wounds. In the latest moronic gaffe, United Airlines reportedly charged a United States National Guard officer $200 because his government issued duffel bag, filled with …
American Airlines is reportedly planning to squeeze more seats onto its new Boeing 737 airplanes. Don’t expect a better fare however. Expect the same service with more knee pain and other discomfort. The reason, obviously, is to increase revenue on fli …
Uber recently announced that it has partnered with Bell Helicopter among others to change the way we travel. Many of us use Uber for car service, but now Uber hopes to revolutionize the industry by adding helicopter-like service to its list. Bell has a …
It would appear that United Airlines is in the process of writing a book about the stupidest business practices ever. From what I can tell, the working title is “The Friendly Skies – Not!” Just looking back at the past few months, in December 2016, Uni …
United Airlines had to remove one of its own pilots prior to takeoff on Saturday after a rather bizarre meltdown. The pilot apparently arrived late for United Airlines flight #455 from Austin to San Francisco still in street clothes. She then began wha …
We’ve posted blogs before about the dangers of bird strikes to aircraft. Bird strikes happen regularly, yet can be very dangerous and represent a serious aviation safety issue – think Captain Sully Sullenberger. Yesterday, there was a more unusual inci …
After three years with no luck, authorities have officially ended the underwater search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. The plane disappeared over the Indian Ocean on March 8, 2014, while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, with 239 people on bo …