It feel like its 9/11 all over again…only this time we did not learn our lesson. Alaska Airlines has added a number of reasonable new restrictions to its Washington, DC flights along with one rule I find patently absurd....
Jail Time, Huge Fines If You Misbehave On A Flight
Responding to a spate of poor behavior on commercial flights, the Federal Aviation Administration has issued a warning: behave now or huge fines and possible jail time with no warnings or negotiations. New FAA No Tolerance Flight Policy For...
Google’s Shameful Promotion Of Scam Travel Agents
I was fooled twice this week into calling scam travel agencies instead of airlines thanks to misleading Google search results. It is time for Google to crack down on unsavory thieves who prey upon unsuspecting consumers. Google Must Crack...
How Delta Air Lines Used A Mental Exam To Ground And Intimidate A Female Pilot
A judge has ruled that Delta Air Lines unfairly discriminated against a whistleblowing pilot by calling into question her psychiatric health. Judge Rules Delta Discriminated Against Pilot Who Expressed Safety Concerns Karlene Petitt earned a PHD in aviation safety...
Justice? Jail Sentence Reduced For Teen Who Flouted Cayman Islands Quarantine Rules
Skylar Mack, the 18-year-old American who faced four months in jail for violating the quarantine law of the Cayman Islands, has just had her sentence halved to two months. Does she deserve any jail time at all? Jail Sentence...
Anti-Maskers Face Heavy Fines For Assaulting Flight Attendants
You might have mistakenly thought that if you assault a flight attendant an airline can only come after you in a civil case. That is not correct. Two anti-maskers now face fines from the Federal Aviation Administration for their...
10 Things I’d Like To See From Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg
Joe Biden has announced plans to nominate Pete Buttigieg as his Secretary of Transportation. As Mayor Pete re-enters the national fray, I have a number of policy suggestions for his consideration. Mayor @PeteButtigieg is a leader, patriot, and problem-solver. He...
Couple Arrested After Knowingly Flying To Hawaii With COVID-19 On United Airlines
A man and woman have been arrested after boarding a United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Kauai knowing they had just tested positive for COVID-19. Couple Arrested After Flying To Hawaii Knowing They Were COVID Positive The couple,...
Qatar Apologizes For Illegal Airport Searches After Initial Non-Apology
After initially defending its actions, Qatar has apologized for subjecting women from at least 10 flights to deeply invasive physical exams in search of evidence surrounding the attempted murder of a baby girl. How should we weigh the apology...
Was Qatar Justified In Strip Searching Female Passengers After After Baby Found Abandoned In Airport Bathroom?
An airport cleaning crew found a premature baby abandoned in a bathroom at Doha’s Hamad International Airport. Acting quickly, authorities attempted to locate the mother. The result: international outrage over an invasive strip search of at least 13 female...
Should A Muslim Flight Attendant Be Exempt From Serving Alcohol?
A Muslim flight attendant has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow her to sue her former airline employer for forcing her to serve alcohol against her religious convictions. Is her pursuit of accommodation reasonable or justified? Muslim Flight...
Airline Relief Bill Blocked On House Floor
Republicans in the House of Representatives have blocked a stand-alone bill that would have granted immediate relief to airlines by extending payroll support for six additional months. Stand-Alone Bill To Extend Airline Relief Blocked By House Republicans House Transportation...
I’m Flying To Washington, DC To Pay My Respects To RBG
I honor people, but I also honor institutions. For both of those reasons, I am headed to Washington, DC to pay my respects to Justice Ginsburg. A Trip To DC To Say Goodbye to Justice Ginsburg I published my...
Flying With Ruth Bader Ginsburg
In losing Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the United States lost a brilliant justice and trailblazing woman. Today, I look back on a United Airlines flight gone awry, which forced the late justice to rapidly evacuate down an emergency slide after...
How 34 Flights On Spirit Airlines May Lead To 20 Years In Prison
A young man now faces a lengthy jail sentence after creating fake ID to secure free flights for himself and his friends. While he ended up with 34 free flights on Spirit Airlines, those tickets might come at a...
Horrifying: Mom Claims Southwest Airlines Continued To Serve Alcohol To Drunk Man Who Groped Her Teen Daughter
An angry mother is suing Southwest Airlines after she claims the airline continued to serve alcohol to a drunk man who groped her teenage daughter. A Horrific Southwest Airlines Groping Lawsuit In a lawsuit filed in Dallas, the mother...
United Airlines Says “Forever” But It Only Means “Until We Change Our Mind”
United Airlines claims it is “forever” getting rid of change fees on most tickets within the USA. It further emphasizes that this move is “permanent”. But do such promises hold any legal sway? To look forward, we must look...
Woman Sues EasyJet After Being “Forced” To Move Seats To Accommodate Religious Passengers
UPDATE: EasyJet Settles With Passenger A woman is suing easyJet over a pair of seat assignment incidents on flights from Tel Aviv. Her lawsuit claims she faced unlawful gender discrimination after flight attendants coaxed her to move seats to...
Emirates Flight Attendant Released From Notorious Dubai Jail, But For How Long?
Being at the wrong place at the wrong time came close to costing a 23-year-old Emirates flight attendant her life. But after two months of detention, Derrin Crawford is out of jail…for now at least. But until we have...
Airline CEO “Shatters Myths” About Government Aid To Airlines (No, He Actually Doesn’t)
Former Spirit Airlines CEO Ben Baldanza has penned a piece for Forbes defending airline bailouts by U.S. taxpayers and strongly dismissing the emotional “myths” people use to oppose government support. I’m still not convinced, though. CEO Discounts Airline Bailout...
