Airplanes

Congress Upholds Cell Phone Ban For Airplanes

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Cell phone calls on airplanes in flight are not only unsafe, they're obnoxious and they should be permanently banned, according to ...

How to Cure Airport Blues: Fly Nice!

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 07.25.2008 | Living


Joel Schwartzberg

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.

Gratitude

Lee Woodruff | Posted 06.23.2008 | Living


Lee Woodruff

Being in the air, I don't care if its first class, business or economy, is now a half step up from traveling in the back of a Greyhound bus. Only Greyhound buses are more punctual.

New Secret Airline Fees

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 06.17.2008 | Living


Joel Schwartzberg

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


Robert Davey

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


Hale

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


Steve Clemons

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


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


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


Pamela Newton

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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