Showing posts with label air travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label air travel. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 01, 2015

Airlines consider offering standing room in lieu of seats

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By Jack Brummet, Aviophobia Ed. The New York Times   reported yesterday  that Airbus has been very discretely trying to drum up interest i...
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Saturday, November 30, 2013

Aviophobia (fear of flying), Part 5

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By Jack Brummet, Aeronautics and Travel Ed. I'll never love flying.   But it seems to get me where I want to go and I've learned ...
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Sunday, February 24, 2013

The Friendly Skies: it's safer than ever before to fly (well, maybe except on The Dreamliner)

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By Jack Brummet, Aviophobia Ed. The past 10 years have been the safest in the country's aviation history, with 153 "just&qu...
Monday, November 22, 2010

The New New Patdown & The TSA uproar

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By Jack Brummet All This Is That Social Mores Editor I've written quite a few times over the last three years about TSA and their v...
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Spirit Airlines to institute pay toilets and seat belt surcharges on all flights

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By Pablo Fanque, All This Is That National Affairs Editor Fact checking and research by Jack Brummet As you may recall, All Th...
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Travel Pals - 2+ weeks traveling with Keelin, Claire, and Colin - pictures of us on the road

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What a great bunch these three were to travel with. We had a great time, and saw far more, and met more people than we ever hoped for. I wi...
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Bombay calling! Getting there

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We left Seattle at around 2pm Sunday.  We arrived in Bombay sometime around 3:30 am Tuesday. It took about 24 hours to get here on a Boeing...
Friday, January 29, 2010

Travel shots: getting poked for health

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I stopped in at the Dr. yesterday for eight shots in preparation for my trip to India in March (Mumbai, Aurangabad, Pune, Hyderabad, and Ud...
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Wednesday, January 06, 2010

I've been patted down 150 times to maintain the illusion of safety

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Since 9/11, I have been patted down at airports here and abroad around 150 times. My stainless steel femur sets off the metal detectors eve...
Monday, March 02, 2009

Two years on the road slows to a trickle

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I have retired the list I kept in the sidebar " Where is Jack ," which was helpful the last couple of years as I flew around the ...
Sunday, July 06, 2008

On the move again,from Rhodes to Seteia, Crete

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We're kind of in the phase of our trip like "If it's Tuesday, it must be Rome." After two days on the island of Rhodes, ...
Thursday, June 19, 2008

Arriving in Istanbul Thursday night

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Our itinerary: Depart Seattle 3:00 pm Wednesday. Arrive Calgary 5:00. Wait for four hours. Fly to London overnight. Wait two hours. Fly to ...
Wednesday, June 18, 2008

On the road to Turkey

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click to enlarge ---o0o---
Friday, June 06, 2008

Full body scanners cranking up at Baltimore, Denver, Albuquerque, JFK, Dallas, Detroit, LAX, Vegas, Miami, and Wash., D.C. airports

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Courtesy of the TSA , body-scanning machines that scan beneath your clothing are installed or are being installed in 10 of the nation's ...
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Welcome to Japan!—complimentary marijuana given to tourist

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A traveler arriving at Tokyo's Narita airport over the weekend went away with an gnarly souvenir from customs -- a bag of cannabis. A c...
Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Off to the motherland!

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I leave Seattle at 6:30 and arrive in England at around noon (UK time) tomorrow. ---o0o---
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