pilots

If you’ve ever gone to a theme park, you may have seen there’s a system in place to ensure everyone’s seat belt (and/or shoulder harness) is fastened before the ride…

In nearly every article you read about airlines today – be it a blogger, newspaper, social media, you name it – you’ll see headlines about the nightmare air travel has…

What were you doing when you were 15?  Maybe you had a hobby, like video games or playing on your high school’s football team. Or maybe you were taking lessons…

There are several things you may hear on, or about a flight that MAAAAAAY not be 100% the truth… “Turn off all large electronics or it may interfere with the…

Add this to the “really icky” files. A Frontier Airlines pilot was arrested late last week. He is accused of installing a hidden spy camera in the bedroom window of…

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.…