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The Emily Post Guide to Flying Private

Christine Drinan | Posted 02.03.2013 | Travel
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Christine Drinan

If you're lucky enough to be granted entry to the world of private plane travel, think of it as an invitation to your host's home in the sky. A little jetiquette goes far beyond not sticking your gum under the seat.

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Pilot Unresponsive As Private Plane Circles Over Gulf Of Mexico

www.msnbc.msn.com | Posted 04.19.2012 | Travel
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A private plane is circling over the Gulf of Mexico and the pilot is "incapacitated," and apparently unconscious. NBC's Pete Williams says authorit...

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Copenhagen: 1,200 Limos, 140 Private Planes At Climate Summit

Telegraph.co.uk | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
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On a normal day, Majken Friss Jorgensen, managing director of Copenhagen's biggest limousine company, says her firm has twelve vehicles on the road. D...

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AIG Board Refuses To Let New CEO Use Private Plane

bloomberg.com | Hugh Son and Christine Harper | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Robert Benmosche was rebuffed by the insurer's board after saying he...

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Friday Talking Points [42] -- Get Up, Stand Up, Barack

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Chris Weigant

I have to assume if you're reading this that you're sick of the Olympics already. Wow, that was fast. Is NBC's coverage going to be twice as bad as ...

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Friday Talking Points [39] -- Republican Elitism Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Chris Weigant

For only the fourth (or fifth, depending on how you count) time in his presidency, George W. Bush had a veto overridden by both houses of Congress thi...

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