US Airways is under scrutiny again after a passenger claims he was forced to stand in an airline flight aisle for seven hours because of the obese size of his seatmate--the airline failing to sell the larger traveler two seats or catch its error at boarding. Read more
It’s not against TSA rules to fly with a vibrator though the Transportation Security Administration does request that batteries be removed from all sex toys before screenings, to avoid triggering security equipment and an alert that pops up to screening agents. Read more
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
'Sensitivity Training' is popular stuff these days for air travel related scandals: Transportation Security Administration (TSA) managers at LAX are getting some lessons after being sued over a transgender employee in a lawsuit claiming the agency made Ashley Yang dress like a man, use the men's restroom and pat down male passengers. Read more