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Home » Weekend Digest » Live and Let’s Fly Weekend Digest: April 23, 2017
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Live and Let’s Fly Weekend Digest: April 23, 2017

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 23, 2017April 23, 2017 1 Comment

Another week, another onboard airline altercation gone viral.

I’ve spent most of the day offline today. My goal is to take one day off per week–not always possible, but my wife puts up with a lot during the week so it seems fitting that at least one day per week should not be spent hunched over the computer.

I realize that the steady downpour of onboard passenger incidents gets old. I’m doing my best to vary my writing with trip reports, travel tips, and other news, but it is hard to resist dissecting each story. Every incident opens the “hood” of the human mind and paints a picture of the stark juxtaposition between two sides of a story. While I hope to provide sufficient content to keep you entertained if you skip what has become a new miniseries, I cannot ignore it.

This week I plan to catch up on two small recent trip reports — the flights from my recent Europe trip as well as a couple hotel reviews plus the Turkish economy class report from Istanbul to Los Angeles and review of the Hyatt Centric Levent Istanbul.

Every weekend now for the last month we’ve had a viral incident. Will the week ahead be any different?


TOP STORY: Passengers at Odds Over Blame for AA Stroller Incident

AA Stroller Incident

When news broke yesterday that a Combative American Airlines FA Hits Woman With Stroller, Nearly Hits Baby AA quickly found itself in a mess. But I was impressed with AA’s Perfect Response to Out-of-Control Flight Attendant. This morning a counter-narrative emerged. Read why I don’t buy it.


Photo Guide: How Turkish Airlines Protects Your Banned Electronics

Turkish Airlines Electronics Ban Guide - 17

Learn how Turkish Airlines is handling the in-flight electronics ban. I was impressed at how well it did.


United FAs Refuse to Help Disabled 94-Year-Old Butter Bread, Walk to Lavatory

United Grandma

United told the granddaughter of 94-year-old business class passenger that she could not help her grandma to the lavatory and back because she was seated in economy class and her grandmother in business class. Then they refused to help her even though federal law requires it!


Review: Austrian Airlines 767 Business Class from Beijing to Vienna

Austrian Airlines 767 Busines Class Review - 34

There is nothing life coffee ice cream on a plane. Read my full review of a wonderful Austrian Airlines flight from Beijing to Vienna.


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NEWS & COMMENTARY

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Passengers at Odds Over Blame for AA Stroller Incident
AA’s Perfect Response to Out-of-Control Flight Attendant
Combative American Airlines FA Hits Woman With Stroller, Nearly Hits Baby
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Already? United Airlines Cuts Back on Polaris Amenities
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Arrogant U.S. Carriers Rejoice in Mocking Emirates
Photo Guide: How Turkish Airlines Protects Your Banned Electronics
Man Falsely Accused of Child Trafficking on United Flight, Humiliated
Despite Bad Reputation, Air China is Pretty Darn Good
United CEO Writes Me a Letter
Bumped from United? Free Private Jet Flights
For Your Protection, No Ice Cream Sundaes on United Airlines
Delta Closes SkyMiles Loophole
Time for Video Surveillance Onboard Planes?
United FAs Refuse to Help Disabled 94-Year-Old Butter Bread, Walk to Lavatory
Honeymooners Thrown Off United Flight
I Used My Cell Phone on Turkish Airlines. No One Cared.
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AA Learns the Concept of Diminishing Returns

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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1 Comment

  1. Alan Brint Reply
    April 26, 2017 at 4:32 pm

    Matthew, I’d like to disagree with you in your assertion that news stories like the ones this week get old. Of course, from a standpoint that they happen and the fact that they happen, that gets old. But please don’t stop writing about these stories if you think that they are important and interesting. I find those posts informative and they are interesting, even if the incidents happen way too much in this world.

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