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Cranky on the Web: Travel Again, Variable Bag Fees, Higher Fares, Sexiness

Cranky Flier

Travel Again Podcast (Episode 2) with Mike McCormick and Ed Silver Mike and Ed asked me to come on to talk about a variety of things… but mostly sales and distribution thanks to the fireworks American has created in the last year. My part starts right before the 15 minute mark, but then you’ll still have to get through a couple minutes of baseball talk.

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Dust devils present significant aviation risks

Flight Training Central

Dust devils post significant aviation risks. Dust devils present significant hadzards to aviation and have been present in more than 170 accidents the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has investigated since 1982 according to an NTSB Aviation Safety Alert (SA-088) on the topic. The spiraling updraft of a dust devil can oncur under clear skies and warm conditions especially in areas with flat terrain such as the Southwest US.

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Flight Review: AJet (previously AnadoluJet) Boeing 737-800

All Plane

Flight#: TK7757 From: Baku (GYD) To: Ankara-Esenboga (ESB) Flight time: 2h 30min Aircraft: Boeing 737-800 Flight#: TK7732 From: Ankara-Esenboga (ESB) To: Berlin (BER) Flight time: 2h 20min Aircraft: Boeing 737-800 This flight report is actually a composite of two more or less successive flights I took with the new AJet, or maybe I should better refer to it by its former name AnadoluJet.

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Flight Review: flying coast to coast on an Spirit Airlines A320neo!

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Flight#: NK727 From: Newark (EWR) To: Oakland (OAK) Flight time: 6h 15min Aircraft: Airbus A320neo This was my experience with America’s most quintessentially low-cost airline, ultra-low-cost-airline (ULCC) in fact, and I did it full in, with what must be one of the longest no-frills flights in the contintent, a transcon, from Newark to California! Pre-flight experience There is not much to say on this front.