by Charlie Leocha | Jun 18, 2026
Airline passengers are “worth” different amounts of money in various countries and states. The value of life varies depending on where the case is brought to court. The value of life is not what many would have guessed. Although the US is at the top of the...
by Janice Hough | Sep 2, 2025
Changing a return flight on a round-trip ticket can trigger massive additional costs. Whatever they say and however they explain it, increased return flight costs are often pure gravy for the airlines. Indeed, if passengers change from primarily empty to full flights,...
by Christopher Elliott | Jun 17, 2025
It’s been a terrible year for airline safety. Is it time to cancel your air travel plans after this Air India disaster? It happened again. Yes, it was a Boeing airplane in an Air India disaster. This week, Air India Flight 171 plunged into an Ahmedabad hostel...
by Charlie Leocha | Feb 25, 2017
A three-part series about the world of aviation from Public Broadcasting Services. This special series about the aviaiton world expires on March 8th, 2017. Take an afternoon or morning and enjoy these excellent shows about what it takes to keep our cities in the air...
by Charlie Leocha | Mar 4, 2015
The FAA reauthorization bill is coming up for a vote in about 200 days. Between now and then, there are a lot of issues that will be considered and that will impact airline passengers, airlines and airports significantly for the next half-decade. The bill includes...
