At this point in the game and the latitude flight attendants seem to feel with civil rights and violations of passengers' liberties, only a lawsuit seems bound to correct the airline industry's out-of-control crews. Green Day band leader Billie Joe Armstrong is booted from Southwest Airlines over sagging pans--as the Patriot Act has become an excuse for the abuse of civil liberties. Read more
It takes a lot of skill to be one of the top skiers in the world. And it takes the brain of a teenager to potentially blow a chance at the 2014 Olympics before the age of 21. 18-year-old Robert "Sandy" Vietze--one of the world's best skiers--has been officially kicked off the U.S. Ski Team after allegations of drunkenly urinating on a 11-year-old girl aboard a Jet Blue flight. Read more
French film star Gerard Depardieu and Air France-KLM Airlines aren't jiving too well. Air France claims Depardieu was intoxicated while urinating on a plane--the likeable movie star was slated for a Paris to Dublin flight when he relieved himself on the cabin floor. Friends say repeated flight delays--and bad aim in a bottle--are to blame. Read more
For those craving a cigarette while on a domestic flight, be warned: The FBI could get involved--at least if you're flying on Southwest Airlines. It's all over an electronic cigarette, peanuts and pretzels. And a serious lack of friendly skies that are threatening a smoker with 20 years' jail time. Read more
Don't suffer a personal or family tragedy that leaves you grieving. It just might get you get kicked off Southwest Airlines. Two sisters whose destination was their father's house, after their dad suffered a heart attack, claim they were booted from a Southwest flight in late July--after one of the women began crying. Read more
Per-Erik Jonsson, a 63-year old Swede was a passenger basically dying of a heart attack on a Ryanair flight when a nurse by the name of Appleton was able to slap the man's chest and get him breathing again. The Ryanair Airlines' reaction to a dying plane passenger: Sell the ailing victim a ham sandwich and maybe a soda. Seriously. Read more
Seriously, Delta? Two more Delta Airlines planes collide on the runway at Chicago's O'Hare Airport July 29, 2011--in yet another airplane collision that seems to mark a trend for the company that's now had seven (7) planes in tarmac accidents or 'incidents' in just 4 months. This part's good: Delta's dubbing the most recent Illinois collision a "taxiway incursion". Read more
If passengers don't already worry over air travel, it seems fliers can have anxiety even before take-off: Two Delta planes collide July 14 in takeoff preparation at Boston's Logan Airport. The crash follows April's JFK taxiing collision in New York and marks the second runway accident in 3 months. Three Delta planes have now had runway accidents in just months. Read more
It's pure marketing genius: While news outlets won't shut up about the oncoming point of certain disaster that's been dubbed "Carmageddon", Jet Blue makes the wise move to profit off the free exposure. After all, anchors across the nation are going to continue talking about the potential "disaster" that's going to bring absolute ruin to L.A. Read more
It's quite an irony: TSA and airlines subject passengers to more and more stringent rules to fly--supposedly to protect passengers and maintain safety--yet Southwest Airlines and the FAA allow a pilot filled with hate to fly airplanes carrying hundreds. James Taylor apologizes to flight attendants to avoid a lawsuit. If you're the public or a Southwest customer, don't expect one. Read more