pilots

If you’re on a plane, you may hear the pilot, flight attendants or other personnel use words or terms that you may or may not have heard before. Or at…

When Joe and I were en route to Iceland and took our first post-COVID flight (which, as it turned out, wasn’t really post-COVID), MCO –> JFK, we were a little…

When I wrote my post about United Airlines requiring employees to get vaccinated, I expected to get comments about how such a requirement infringed on personal freedoms. Not surprisingly, the…

Pilots, flight attendants and other cabin crew have very important jobs to do, most of which have something to do, in some way, shape or form, with our safety. But…

There have never been very many ways to get an upgrade on a plane. Back in the “olden days,” you might be able to get upgraded if you had status.…

When retired basketball star Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna were tragically killed in a helicopter crash in early 2020, the basketball world, and its fans, reeled. Since then,…

If you’ve ever been on a plane, you’ve been through a pre-flight safety video. Or if not, then a live demonstration. If you’ve been through more than one of those…

I was doing errands around the house this weekend and flipping channels for something to watch. As is usual, unless you’re into sportsing stuff, which I’m not, the pickings were…

To say that Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) has been a long time in the making, is probably one of the understatements of the decade. After nearly 15 years of planning,…

Hello travel friends and happy Saturday! Here’s a recap of what’s gone on at YMMV this week. From what we’ve written to what others wrote that we really liked and…