Congress Upholds Cell Phone Ban For Airplanes
WASHINGTON — Cell phone calls on airplanes in flight are not only unsafe, they're obnoxious and they should be permanently banned, according to ...
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How to Cure Airport Blues: Fly Nice!
Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 07.25.2008 | Living
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The next time you find yourself waiting at an airport terminal in a waiting-at-an-airport-terminal kind of mood, give being nice a try. It's way cheaper than coffee, and the favor often makes a return trip.
New Secret Airline Fees
Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 06.17.2008 | Living
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Say goodbye to the carefree days of free bag checking at the airport. More airliners are announcing they're going to be charging passengers for checki...
The Legacy of TWA Flight 800
Robert Davey | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics
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Whether the FAA has the nerve to impose a new expense of hundreds of thousands of dollars per aircraft remains to be seen. Whether the rule is necessary is another question.
It's Time to Reregulate Business, Part II
Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 04.01.2008 | Business
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As if on cue, more news is coming out that shows how the government has let business say and do things that aren't good for the U.S. public's health or overall working conditions.
Frank Gaffney: Boeing's Surprising Spear-Carrier in the Middle East?
Steve Clemons | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics
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Boeing has no sense of what consequences a financial relationship with Frank Gaffney might have on its Arab nation customers.
Airline Food Improves (If You're Willing To Pay For It)
New York Times | Susan Stellin | Posted 12.11.2007 | Business
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Now that the airlines have had a few years of experience selling food in the coach cabin instead of including it in the price of a ticket, they are ap...
Fatal Airline Crashes In US Down 65 Percent In Past Decade
New York Times | MATTHEW L. WALD | Posted 09.30.2007 | Business
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After two infamous crashes in 1996 that together killed 375 people, a White House commission told the airline industry and its regulators to reduce th...
Fear of Flying: The Problem with Modernity
Pamela Newton | Posted 09.12.2007 | Living
While one highly advanced part of the human brain is able to devise a machine that can fly over the ocean, another more primitive part is confused and terrified by finding itself up there.
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