Underdressed Passenger or Overreacting Airline?
Young Woman’s Outfit Raises Eyebrows, Ire of Southwest Flight Attendant
By DAVID SCHOETZ
Sept. 7, 2007
Her outfit aboard a Southwest Airlines plane two months ago first earned her a flight attendant’s reprimand and now has sparked a decency debate that may result in a lawsuit.
Kyla Ebbert, a blond, shapely 23-year-old San Diego coed […]
Arianna Huffington
HUFFINGTON POST
In the Age of Terror, Isn’t Busting Toe-Tappers an Insane Use of Our Law Enforcement Resources?
Posted September 3, 2007 | 05:18 PM (EST)
In the consensus judgment of America’s 16 intelligence agencies, the terrorist threat to our homeland is “persistent and evolving,” placing our country in “a heightened threat environment.”
Given that chilling assessment, isn’t […]
Arab princesses kicked off British Airways plane to jeers and whistles after refusing to sit next to male strangers
By RAY MASSEY
Last updated at 11:45am on 28th July 2007
The delayed plane sat on a baking Italian runway for almost three hours
Three Arab princesses were thrown off a packed British Airways flight after refusing to sit next […]
(Don’t get too excited, DBp condemns child-battering.)
While not uncommon in discount stores and on interstate motor coaches, this behavior is rare aboard airliners. Once could assume the contrarian position and conclude that the woman was concerned that her children’s talking and whining would be cause for banishment from the flight.
The story about the […]
Mother says baby’s ‘bye-bye’ got them booted off plane
By KEN SUGIURA
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 07/12/07
A weary Kate Penland and her 19-month-old son, Garron, were more than ready to say goodbye to Houston last month as they sat in an airplane that was 11 hours late for its scheduled departure to Oklahoma City.
Instead, the Buford resident […]
TB-infected man sued by plane passengers
8 Canadians who took same flight claim distress, financial losses
Toronto Star
July 13, 2007
Megan Ogilvie
Health Reporter
Eight Canadians who took the same flight as a TB-infected American lawyer launched lawsuits yesterday against the man, claiming financial losses and emotional and psychological distress.
One passenger, a 72-year-old Montreal man, has tested positive for tuberculosis, […]
Airline apologizes for sewage on plane
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Thu Jun 21, 12:59 PM ET
Continental Airlines Inc. is apologizing to its customers for “poor conditions” aboard a transatlantic flight where one passenger described sewage spilling down the aisle from a lavatory.
“I’ve never felt so offended in all my life,” passenger Collin Brock of Washington state told Seattle’s KING-TV. “I […]
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Airbus A380 pilot sits in the cockpit of an Airbus A380 aircraft at San Pablo airport in Seville May 8, 2007. The aircraft will fly to the Air Force base in Moron de la Frontera where it will undergo noise-certification tests. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (SPAIN)
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Bigger pay for pilots of super jumbo A380 plane
by Rachel Lim […]
TSA loses hard drive with personal info
By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press
Last updated: 8:03 a.m., Saturday, May 5, 2007
WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration has lost a computer hard drive containing Social Security numbers, bank data and payroll information for about 100,000 employees.
Authorities realized Thursday the hard drive was missing from a controlled area at TSA […]
Passengers stuck on grounded planes tell horror stories
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The stories would have probably been more frightening with a flashlight under the chin of the story teller.
POSTED: 8:24 p.m. EDT, March 17, 2007
Story Highlights
• Passengers say there seemed to be a shortage of deicing fluid at JFK airport
• One angry flyer says he sat on grounded […]
I do believe the unfortunate death of this airline pilot will delay any possible plans the airline industry may have had to cut costs by using no co-pilot. For who think this action would have been impossible, locomotive firemen did more than shovel coal.
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A Continental Airlines plane. The pilot of a Continental Airlines flight […]