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JetBlue Will Fly You Out of the Country If Your Candidate Loses the Election

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 09:27:44 +0000

As the Presidential campaign heads into the home stretch, expect more and more folks to pull an Alec Baldwin and declare they will be exiting the country if their favored candidate is not victorious.

While people (Baldwin included) rarely ever follow through with these threats, this year JetBlue is making it a bit easier for folks to decamp to foreign soil if their guy suffers electoral defeat.

The Best Time to Buy Plane Tickets Is Almost Upon Us — Dollars and Sense

Shauna Wright — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 09:01:20 +0000

With all the fees airlines have been packing on in the past couple years, it may seem that tickets are impossibly expensive.

But there are times when it’s cheaper to buy them — and those times are fast approaching.

Flight Attendants Hate To Pour Diet Coke

CJ — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:36:36 +0000

Flight attendants don’t get paid if the plane door is open and they don’t like pouring Diet Coke either. It’s so carbonated, it takes forever to pour. They have to police the bathrooms to make sure no one is joining the mile high club and can even be fired for calling in sick. According [...]

Airline Passengers Live Their Worst Nightmare, Thanks to a Single TSA Agent

Shauna Wright — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:23:23 +0000

Hundreds of travelers at New York’s JFK Airport who’d already gone through security screenings were forced to do the unthinkable — get in line and do it all over again. It happened Saturday when it was discovered that one of the TSA agents didn’t know his metal detector had been unplugged all morning.

Man Boards Plane Without a Ticket After Getting Out of Jail — How'd He Do It? [VIDEO]

Amy Sciarretto — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:21:51 +0000

This news ought to do little to renew your faith in airport security systems. On Tuesday, a man boarded a plane in San Diego without a ticket. Even worse, he was just released from jail a day earlier. Flight attendants on flight 6323, headed for Los Angeles, noticed an extra passenger during the head count. [...]

Silence! Malaysia Airlines Offers Kid-Free Areas on Planes

Shauna Wright — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:07:49 +0000

Anyone who’s ever taken a long flight and tried to relax while children screamed or ran around may put Malaysia Airlines on a list of favorite companies after the carrier announced it’s now offering child-free spaces on some of its planes.

Jet Blue Pilot Is Subdued By Passengers After Mental Breakdown

Sam Stokes — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:10:32 +0000

Since the increased security and airport restrictions that came about after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001, air passengers can understandably at times be a bit uneasy. But one would expect for the crew to manage to keep it together. In a breaking news story, reports have surfaced of a Jet Blue pilot seemingly losing [...]

Lafayette Airport Will Conduct Disaster Drill Thursday

Debbie Ray — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:27:44 +0000

This is only a test. On Thursday, March 22, Lafayette Regional Airport will hold a Federal Aviation Administration mandated disaster drill beginning at approximately 9:00 a.m. According to FAA Regulations, Lafayette Regional Airport is required to conduct a full-scale plan exercise every three years. The purpose of the drill is to exercise the airport’s emergency [...]

When Is The Cheapest Time to Book a Flight? — Dollars and Sense

Shauna Wright — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:31:51 +0000

If you’re starting to plan your summer vacation, you may think buying your plane tickets months ahead of time is a cost-saving move. But according to a new study, that may not necessarily be true.

Airlines Don't Want You to Know How Much Flights Will Really Cost — Dollars and Sense

Shauna Wright — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:20:54 +0000

If you’ve ever bought a plane ticket and wound up paying far more than the touted fare, the Department of Transportation is here to help.

Starting January 24, airlines will be required to include all government taxes and fees in their advertised prices.

Pilot Causes Terror Alert When He Gets Stuck in the Bathroom [AUDIO]

Kathy Landin — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:20:43 +0000

They may want to re-evaluate pilot training over at Delta Airlines and spend a little more time on how to work the lavatory. The pilot of an 18-passenger Delta flight got stuck in the airplane’s bathroom mid-flight and ended up causing a terror alert on the ground.

Stowaway Bat Freaks Out Airplane Passengers [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:15:06 +0000

Forget snakes on plane — now we’ve got bats invading our airlines. Last Friday, passengers on an Atlanta-bound Delta flight felt like they were in an airborne Gotham City when a bat emerged from the cabin, giving travelers quite a start. The critter flapped up and down the aisles for a bit before someone in [...]

Turkish Airline Safety Video Performed by Cute Kids

Andrea Rosen — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:39:41 +0000

If you’re a frequent flyer, you’ve probably zoned out during quite a few airplane safety demonstrations. Pegasus, a Turkish airline, brilliantly eschewed the usual bored flight attendants for some seriously adorable kids. The tots, dressed as attendants, passengers and even an aviator-clad pilot, walk us through proper seatbelt buckling and how to operate an oxygen mask with panache.

Female Passenger Bares All Mid-Flight

JayCee — Tue, 10 May 2011 22:35:59 +0000

Most flights that I am on have a tendency to be boring, but passengers on a Delta flight from Chicago to New York were highly entertained last Saturday after a woman stripped naked while en-route.

One For Our Friends at TSA

Debbie Ray — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:31:34 +0000