Inside Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner. Would You Fly It?

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A couple of day ago Travel and Leisure asked me (and other industry folks) if I would fly on Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner. I replied “I would get on one of the Dreamliner’s tomorrow if it was a short hop (1-3 hours). But with all of their ‘teething’ problems I wouldn’t feel comfortable flying over an [...]

American Airlines’ Tablet Program is the First of its Kind

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Your flight lands on time only to sit on the runway for 30 minutes. At this rate, you’ll have to make a mad dash for your connecting gate, for which you don’t have the information. Just as you start to panic, in walks an American Airlines flight attendant. She’s holding a sleek, new Samsung Galaxy Note. With [...]

Do the FAA and U.S. Airlines Get It?

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I just received this email with the subject line “The FAA Reprimand Was Wrong!!  Virgin Atlantic Gets it – the FAA and U.S. Airlines Don’t”. Do you agree? One thing is for sure it’s not factually correct as nobody has ever flown 3 million miles in a year — except an astronaut. “I was on [...]

NYC –> JFK –> LAX –> Costa Rica

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Buenos Dias from Costa Rica! This week, we’re going to explore options to travel from New York City to JFK Airport, including one for just $7. I then fly to Los Angeles for just $119 plus $12.95 for American’s in-flight Internet. There’s nothing like passing time in the sky on Wi-Fi! From there, it’s off [...]