One of the things I will be forever grateful for when it comes to air travel is the ease in which you can move from land to land in such a short time span. I mentioned that I flew...
The Joy Of Cutting It Close At The Airport
One of the great joys of travel is when you cut it really close…and it works. After my annoying delays in Lisbon earlier this week, I was happy to be back in my home turf. I flew up to...
An Airline Pilot Explains Why Full Automation Will Never Happen
121pilot, a U.S. commercial airline pilot and contributor to Live and Let’s Fly, writes about automation. Automation Of Commercial Airlines? It’s Not Going To Happen… Matthew’s recent blog entry about Boeing’s desire to cut pilots out of flying is just...
Fifth Freedom Flashback: Bangkok To Ho Chi Minh City On Qatar Airways + Lufthansa
This week we are taking a walk down memory lane with a vintage first class trip report. I’m sharing photos and brief commentary from a trip I took in the final days of 2010 and first days of 2011...
Airline Gate Agents Have A Tough Life…
An ode to gate agents, the unsung airline heroes. Flight attendants and pilots receive a lot of praise, and rightfully so. But gate agents are the unsung heroes of the frontline airline business. They receive the brunt of passenger...
Lovely: Man Urinates In Airport Gate Area As Shocked Passengers Stare In Disbelief
A man was captured on camera relieving himself in an airport gate area as shocked passengers stared in disbelief. The popular Instagram account PassengerShaming shared the video yesterday, which has quickly amassed over 250,000 views: View this post...
10 Flights I Look Forward To In 2020
As we enter 2020, there are a number of airline premium cabin airline products I look forward to trying this year. Here’s the top-10 I will target, in order of priority: 10. American Airlines 777-300ER First Class American is...
How My Mileage Run To Australia Nearly Died An Agonizing Death
Creeping delays, a late evening flight, and a 45-minute connection in San Francisco very nearly doomed my United 1K mileage run to Sydney. All day my flight from Burbank to San Francisco showed on-time, but all day I knew...
Jejune “Celebrity” Shames Passenger For Occupying Middle Seat, Calls Her Racist
A jejune D-list “celebrity” took to Twitter to publicly shame her seatmate for refusing to slide over to an open aisle seat. Her request was reasonable; her subsequent actions disgusting. Rachel True, a small-time actress whose career peaked 20...
I Won’t Miss Super Shuttle…Will You?
Super Shuttle will cease operations on December 31st, marking the end of an era. While I wish no ill will toward the displaced employees, I cannot say that I will miss the blue and yellow vans… Since 1983, Super...
Scott Kirby Will Replace Oscar Munoz As United CEO In 2020
United CEO Oscar Munoz will step down in 2020, passing the CEO reigns to Scott Kirby, United’s President. In May, Munoz will transition to Executive Chairman and Kirby will assume the role of CEO. As rumors swirled that he...
A Cringeworthy Rant From A Callow Airline Passenger
A freelance writer for the Washington Post penned an essay entitled “Air travel shows what happens when we give companies ruinous power over us”, sharing of an “ordeal spanning 53 hours, six gates, three airports and two airlines.” His...
What’s The Longest Possible Commercial Flight?
The list of the longest airline routes in operation is hardly a surprise, but what about theoretical routes? What is possible with more technical innovation? The 10 Longest Airline Routes Currently Flying Currently, the 10 longest flights in the...
The Golden Era Of Airline Travel? We’re In It.
To all those who wistfully talk about the golden age of travel in the past tense, I’d argue we are in it now. Someone recently shared the video below with me. It captures what service was like onboard Korean...
“God Is Going Use Me Today At American Airlines To Do Kingdom Work”
Meet Greg McBrayer. He’s a Chief Flight Controller for American Airlines. He’s also an Anglican priest. He serves both roles each day at American Airlines’ headquarters in Forth Worth. McBrayer spent many years with US Airways in Pittsburgh before...
The Worst Barefoot Passenger I’ve Ever Seen
A picture showcases what is either a horrible practical joke or truly the worst passenger in the world. I’ve ranted or poked fun at barefoot passengers on several occasions at Live and Let’s Fly. I find bare feet worse...
The Fall Of The Berlin Wall Induced The Fall Of Interflug
The historic fall of the Berlin Wall 30 years ago in Berlin did not only mark the beginning of the end of the East/West divide in Germany. It also marked the end of Interflug, the East German national carrier....
Bonvoyed: SPG Members Leaving Marriott, Data Suggests
Marriott Hotels purchased Starwood and replacing the beloved Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) with a new combined program, Bonvoy. Three data points suggest that SPG members haven’t stayed with the new Bonvoy program. If you are considering booking travel or signing up...
CIBO OTG Taking Over Airport Hubs
If you’ve traversed many of the nation’s largest airports, you’ve encountered been inundated by CIBO or OTG food vendors and restaurants. Increasingly, it seems every restaurant in the airport is one or the other – how did this happen? If...
A Cool New Airline Book For My Coffee Table
Maps and airlines are two of my favorite things. A new book maps the history of airline route maps. When driving home from my son’s swimming lesson yesterday, I had Marketplace on and caught a segment on a new...
