11 month ago
deusx : A Users Manual to Seat 21C - Jet Lagged - Air Travel - Opinion - New York Times Blog - "CONGRATULATIONS ON SELECTING SEAT 21C! This manual is intended to familiarize you with the many options available to you."
Rod Begbie : A Users Manual to Seat 21C - Too true to be funny. (I was particularly pissy that on my flight earlier, the tray table was covered with a huge advertising sticker. I promptly peeled it off. Fucked if I'm going to let someone steal my attention when I'm trapped in a confined space) [via] #
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16 month ago
nelson : Alaska bush flying - Awesome photography, crazy landing spots
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20 month ago
adamrg : Don't Fly Without A Copy Of Rule 240
Linkorama : Rule 240 - Handy guide for how to deal with being delayed or canceled by a major airline. I copied it into my Miki
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23 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : AirTran Grounds Screaming Toddler And Family, Literally - AirTran Grounds Screaming Toddler And Family, Literally: excellent
deusx : AirTran Grounds Screaming Toddler And Family, Literally - Consumerist - "...we are suddenly more interested in flying AirTran for the no psychotic toddler policy. There are other people on the plane, and if you can't control your kid you need to be removed rather than ruin/delay the flight for everyone else."
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24 month ago
43folders : Why did Boeing’s wifi service die? « Scobleizer - Tech Geek Blogger - "I was suprised to learn that they enjoyed the 10 hours 'off the grid' where their employees and managers couldn’t talk with them." via:nickbrawn.com
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25 month ago
43folders : [Recliners vs. Uprights: Tighter Seating Puts Passengers at Odds] - I am an "upright" person. You should be too. One day there will be a reckoning; the "upright" people will rise as one and settle all old seat scores.
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43folders : Like Clockwork: Hour of Delay, Hour of Flight - washingtonpost.com - "The flight had the nation's worst on-time performance in September, arriving late 100 percent of the time..." via:obscurestore.com
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philgyford : GogglesBeta09.swf - Server problems mean I'm probably the last person to link to this. Still fun. (via Haddock)
Cameron Moll : Googles - Google Maps flight sim - Goggles, the Google Maps flight simulator. Crazy!
Jon Hicks : Goggles - Flight simulation with google maps! Via 38one [via]
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28 month ago
plasticbag : The UK alert level has been lowered and hand-luggage can not be taken on planes again - Only about half as much can be taken on board, liquids are still verboten and they're asking people not to bring too much as it takes a long time to search - but generally that's a pretty positive thing...
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36 month ago
kellan : Schneier: 30,000 People Mistakenly Put on Terrorist Watch List - In good news, after being "randomly" flagged for extra screening, on every flight I took for 3 years (dozens and dozens), the last few times I've breezed on with no more then the usual level of harassment. #
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37 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : Flight of Boeing’s 777 Breaks Distance Record - Flight of Boeing’s 777 Breaks Distance Record: that's one long-ass flight!
kayodeok : Flight of Boeing’s 777 Breaks Distance Record - The flight, lasting 22 hours and 42 minutes, demonstrated for the first time that a new generation of jetliners would leave no two cities beyond a nonstop flight — though a handful of flights may need to carry fewer passengers to make the distance
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