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
Four out of ten people snore in the UK -- and Crowne Plaza plans to do something about it: The hotel chain introduces "snore absorption rooms" at new locations--but also introduces human "Snore Monitors" to 'patrol' Britain hotel floors. Those would be humans, basically lurking to report snoring offenders. It's invasive, and its creepy to the tenth power. Read more
The TSA agency known for groping arrests an airline traveler for the same in Phoenix: Officers claim Yukari Miyamae woman grabbed an agent's breast, applying a squeeze and twist. But the agency that wants to prosecute a sexual abuse felony is out of luck. Some should've done homework, now forced to abandon the charge that has no sexual motivation. Read more
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) investigates an air traffic controller who's allegedly not only drunk on the job--but actively working at the air traffic Denver Center in Longmont, Colorado, when getting popped by a random drug and alcohol test. The employee's been in rehab since the incident. 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 an interesting irony: while air travelers are prohibited by TSA and airlines from boarding with liquids like water, sex toys are fine to bring on board that plane--including restraints and whips. 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
Southwest Airlines crew disciplined a U.S. citizen--removing her from a flight for wearing a headscarf and refusing to allow her on the flight because of crew discomfort, in an act called anti-Muslim. Three Jews are thrown off an Alaska flight, the same day, for ritual prayer. Read more
A Southwest Airlines employee is back to work flying passengers--after the pilot's open mic taped audio rant filled with obscenities and homophobic slurs, open admission of hating gays, and dubbing overweight women "pigs". Lawmakers and customers call for a boycott of the airline. Read more