Say hello to my weekly news round-up, brought to you by the crazy people who fly, flight attendant’s who probably shouldn’t be, and the twilight zone, because we all know even if things are going smoothly, crazy things do happen!

This Week in the Cabin two flight attendants in Rochester, NY got into in argument which eventually canceled [...]

For those of you who don’t live in the Phoenix area, you might not have seen the news. On Monday, February 15th, a Canadian man named Stephen Walter Tait, traveling out of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport created quite the scene. Allegedly intoxicated, Tait creates quite the commotion in front of US Airways gate A4. It is [...]

In recent news, American Airlines has come out publicly to say that in the event of a flight attendant strike (over contract negotiations) the airline is committed to their operation and would consider training their managers and support staff as flight attendants.
Putting aside the ramifications and reasons over a strike, this is a bad, bad [...]

The last week has been anything but quiet in the airline industry. On December 25, 2009 Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, otherwise known as the Underwear Bomber tried to take down Northwest Airlines flight 253. Thankfully, the passengers and crew were able to apprehend the terrorist when his explosives failed to ignite. Following this event, the Transportation [...]

I came across this blog post on Gadling, via Twitter. The author, George Hobica, founder of Airfarewatchdog, writes about passengers and crewmembers being polite to one another up in the air. He writes about the famed orange juice incident on American Airlines and a few personal situations he’s found himself in. He also comments:
When asked, [...]

Yep. You read that correctly. I was just as shocked as you are when I first read this story.. and frankly, I’d love to meet these ladies.
Donna Dacko and Inga Isakson were working a flight to ONT (Ontario, CA) from SEA (Seattle, WA) on December 25, 2007  when just prior to landing the flight hit [...]

Shame on you, Senator Chuck Schumer (NY)! The same Senator who advocated and voted for passenger rights on board an aircraft called a flight attendant a “bitch” after being asked to power down his cell phone prior to departure of a US Airways Shuttle flight from New York to Washington on Sunday.
According to reports [...]

First off, I’m kind of mad at what I’m about to show you, and at the same time, I find it kind of funny. Below is an excerpt from USA Today’s Letter section where readers are commenting about an article written about the recent spike in carry-on luggage in aircraft cabins:

Apply carry-on rules to crew as well [...]

Much like the rest of the country, I’m confused about what really happened on Northwest Airlines (Delta) Flight 188 from San Diego to Minneapolis.

For those that might not have heard, the pilots were having a “heated” discussion about company policy and procedure and were distracted enough that they managed to fly over the Minneapolis airport [...]

I just stumbled across this on the internet. Apparently, David Carroll was flying from Halifax, through Chicago onto Nebraska and witnessed the rampers throwing the guitars his band checked around the tarmac.
He contacted United about paying for his $3500 guitar, they said no. So, he wrote a song.
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