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Double Feature: Entire Crew Drunk on Ukraine Flight; Air Canada Delays Plane Due to Olympic Hockey
Mar 11th, 2010 | By Jared Blank
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The entire crew – flight attendants and pilots – scheduled to work a flight from Kiev to Simferopol on Ukrainian carrier Donbassaero was determined to be drunk and removed from the plane by police. According to this article (in German, sorry) the crew all had blood alcohol levels above .3%. Keep up the good [...]
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I was formerly the travel analyst with Jupiter Research, but I've done a bunch of other things since then (including Tripmela.com, a Travelzoo for India).
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Lawsuit: Passenger Needed His Scrotum Attended to, Airline Staff RefusedMar 10th, 2010 | By Jared Blank
An Air Transat passenger is suing the airline because during a 2008 flight from Montreal to Mexico flight attendants refused to examine his scrotum. The end.
Wait – you wanted more details than that? I’m happy to: the passenger found that he had sudden (and unexpected, obviously) bleeding coming from his scrotum area during the flight [...]
Danger Week Continues: Air India Pilots Threaten to Stop Flying to Kabul
Mar 9th, 2010 | By Jared Blank
Air India’s pilots have threatened to stop flying to Kabul if the airline does not give it clearer guidelines to protect their safety when they fly to the region. The pilots blame poor air traffic control, guidelines for whether they can takeoff or land with poor visibility, and procedures for handling a hijacking. For their [...]
Read moreA Quick Update on Flights to Baghdad
Mar 7th, 2010 | By Jared Blank
I continue to be amazed that scheduled airlines are flying into Baghdad. No civilian would ever consider traveling to the city at this point, but 13 airlines are making the trip (see the full list here). Sure, most are obscure, but Royal Jordanian and Turkish are making the trip from Amman and Istanbul, respectively. And [...]
Read moreJAL Warns Laid Off Flight Attendants: Please Don’t Sell Old Uniforms to Fetishists
Mar 5th, 2010 | By Jared Blank
Hm. JAL, which has laid off 1,300 flight attendants recently, has found that there is an aftermarket for its uniforms, with some being listed on eBay for more than $3,000. Why so much? Apparently JAL’s uniforms are prized by fetishists (I don’t know and I don’t want to know the specifics on that). JAL has [...]
Read moreAmtrak Offers Free – Yes, Free! – WiFi on Acela Trains; Status as Greatest Means of Transportation in U.S. Now Sealed
Mar 2nd, 2010 | By Jared Blank
I love the Acela. If you’ve taken the Acela, you love it to. It is everything travel should be – comfortable, convenient and (at least for the U.S.’ non-high-speed-rail lines) fast. There are plugs at every seats. Seats have more than ample legroom. You are not molested upon boarding. You can arrive 1 minute before [...]
Read moreDon’t You Hate It When Your Flight Gets Canceled Because Your Flight Attendants Had a Fight?
Mar 1st, 2010 | By Jared Blank
A Delta Connection flight from Rochester (NY) to Atlanta was canceled last week after two flight attendants got into a fight that was either verbal (according to the airline) or involved punches (according to a passenger). Pinnacle Airlines, which operates the route as Delta Connection, said that the brouhaha occurred after a passenger became ill [...]
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