Looks like someone’s gonna get a promotion:
The report said the pilot summoned several flight attendants to remove the co-pilot from the cockpit, and one flight attendant suffered an injured wrist in the struggle. Doctors from Britain and Canada on board determined that the co-pilot was confused and disoriented.
The report did not mention how the co-pilot [...]

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Quoted from Faulty Qantas jet tails rival across Pacific Ocean :

A Qantas airliner that discovered its weather radar was faulty tailed an Air New Zealand jet across the Pacific on a Wednesday flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, an official said.

Greeeeat….I can’t WAIT to fly on these jokers again.

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In news that will totally break your heart, investment bankers are now being forced to fly peasent class.
Don’t get me wrong, if your company is doing well, I have no problem with a company paying for b-class, but it’s just irresponsible for people in the financial sector (especially if they’ve been taking public money) using [...]

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*shudder*
Cook said the four planes — a Delta Boeing 757, a Virgin Boeing 747 and two Southwest Boeing 737s — were traveling south en route to Orlando International Airport near Wilmington, N.C., when they were rerouted inland on orders from an air traffic control supervisor who wanted to test the skills of a trainee.
[SNIP]
Besides rerouting [...]

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Seriously, WTF?

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This is pretty frickin’ sweet:

Pretty awesome to see flights chasing the sun througout the day.

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As seen today at Bed, Bath, and Beyond…I was shocked that they had wiped off the carrier’s logo, because for those of you that fly a lot (or are plane dorks like me) you know EXACTLY whose livery this is:

Any takers?
Well if you’re interested it’s Iberia (select this line to see answer)

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And we’ve got our third major safety incident in a week.
Looks like they’re gonna get the up-close-and-personal treatment that AA got earlier this year from the FAA.
I just hope they have it all sorted out by November when I’m flying them ORD/LAX/SYD and back (LAX/SYD in A380…woot!).

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Oh dear lord…who would have thought that getting to LGA (from ORD) would be such an ordeal.
Robbyn and I were on AA 380; with an estimated push-back of 10:40am. We got moved back 10 minutes due to LGA weather issues, we did make it off on-time. Then we hit the wall of turbulence from hell. [...]

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This lovely gem of an article appeared as a sidebar the other day in the WSJ. I’m amused to see that someone in the FAA has a sense of humor.
My personal favorite is the set of beacons outside Liberty International in Newark being HOWYA and DOOIN.

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