by Charlie Leocha | Oct 20, 2010
While the American public has been forced to produce picture ID cards in order to fly from any public airport in the country, pilots are still using ID cards that Representative Mica likens to a “Cracker Jack prize paper identification.” Even with a...
by Charlie Leocha | Oct 19, 2010
One of the least-understood areas of international airline operations is the granting of route authorization between various countries. Canada and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are in the midst of airline route negotiations that have boiled over into the political...
by Charlie Leocha | Oct 18, 2010
JetBlue launched a series of video ads that poke fun at other airlines. The tagline is, “You wouldn’t take it on the ground; why take it in the air?” Here are four videos from this series dealing with baggage fees, non-stop flights, drinks on planes...
by Charlie Leocha | Oct 15, 2010
I know that this headline sounds nonsensical. But this is what Delta is proposing in its comments to the pending DOT proposed rulemaking. Delta feels that access to extra airline fees should be negotiated with and sold to the giant computer systems that power...
by Charlie Leocha | Oct 14, 2010
Here is the TripAdvisor list of the Top 10 brewery tours across America’s fruited plains. Most of these brewery tours are still free, but, even those with fees don’t charge enough to scare anyone away. Karen Drake, of TripAdvisor, notes, “In addition...
