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I Don’t Think I Like Change
Change is bad. It’s how you get New Coke, wilted tulips, and other sundry destroyed icons. American announced their rebranding this morning: It’s been compared to Air France and Cubana. The livery has already been painted a 737. Photo Courtesy … Continue reading
Another Enhancement to Global Entry
US CBP recently entered into a partnership with the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service to permit Global Entry members (as well as NEXUS/Sentri members with GE) to use Australia’s electronic passport gates. While I’m obviously 16 years of age, … Continue reading
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First World Problems
Admittedly, much of my discussion on this blog frequently focuses on very first world problems. For example, my upgrade did not clear on my American flight to San Francisco last night. (It’s hard to complain when I was on a … Continue reading
Boeing Customer Experience Center
As part of our Boeing tour, we got to visit the Boeing Customer Experience Center. Since the aircraft interior mockups were not especially realistic–Boeing found whatever seats they could and stuck them inside, I actually found the faux advertising posters … Continue reading
“People of Cattle Class…”
NYBanker of SitInFirst found an excellent video on YouTube about the coach experience.
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Jack the Cat Found
After a massive media frenzy in August, American Airlines found Jack the Cat this evening, safe and well.
A New Generation of Global Jet-Setters
The Wall Street Journal discusses how “20-Somethings Rack Up Frequent-Flier Miles to Take Far-Flung Journeys; Flying to Fiji for Lunch” in its Middle Seat column.
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More Taxes for Airfare
The passenger security fee might be going up as part of Obama’s deficit reduction program. Matthew at Upgrd reminds us of the bits of the TSA we don’t need: whole body imaging.
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Civil Liberties Have Had Better Days
“The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower The USA Today reports “at least five…flights were disrupted Sunday because of security concerns.” … Continue reading
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Boarding Processes
There’s plenty of anecotal views on how to best board an airplane. A new paper showed up in the arXiv last week with experimental results (albeit with limited sample size) for different strategies. Randomized boarding beat back-to-front and the block-based … Continue reading
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