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Plane Answers: Three inexpensive ways to make flying safer {Gadling}
Nov 23rd 2009 9:18PM That controller on the video sounds a lot like one that used to be in the tower at STL when TWA still had it's hub here. This controller could never get it right, and was guaranteed for at least one go-around/missed approach per her 2 hour shift on the runway.
And, unfortunately, STL is now down to class 2 status, falling quickly to class 3 when AA does it's next round of cutbacks in 2010.
End Black History Month? I Beg to Differ {Blackvoices Main}
Feb 5th 2009 2:09PM What's the difference between black history month and St. Patrick's Day? On St. Patrick's Day, everyone wants to be Irish.
Indian pilot forgets to load enough fuel for his flight {Gadling}
Jan 8th 2009 12:31PM But I'll bet the Slurpee machine was full!
Galley Gossip: Where did the service go? {Gadling}
Dec 31st 2008 12:16PM Heather,
I love reading your posts. I fly 4-5 times a year, and I'm amazed that most passengers can't figure out that if they want to be treated with respect and courtesy, they need to show that behavior first! I've never had an experience with a rude FA, but that's because I realize that I'm not the only person on that aircraft, and the FA's have anywhere from 50 to 300 other passengers to take care of besides me.
I just returned from a trip to China where I flew your airline STL-ORD-NRT and NRT-LAX-STL, and the FA's did a great job all the way!
I too, miss the "good old days" of flying. But don't be to hard on the ex TWA flight attendant. Through no fault of hers, or any other TWA employee, they lost their careers because of the shyster Carl Icahn. He also took down Ozark, so he could fatten up his wallet. Everyone here in STL misses the glory days of TWA when we had daily non-stops to LGW and CDG, and in the summer, FCO. Quite a change compared to now, when AA only has about 50 flights a day, with the rest being codeshare on Embraers.
Thanks for your posts, keep up the good work, and have a Happy New Year!
A nice roundup of some of the dumbest things the TSA did in 2008 {Gadling}
Dec 19th 2008 2:20PM Here's my TSA story. I was going through the metal detector at STL when I heard a crash. Seems the TSA idiot dropped my laptop on the floor. I turned around in time to see him pick it back up and put it back in the tray. I powered it up and the display screen was a mess of black blobs. I asked them what they were going to do about it, and they said nothing. When I got to my destination, I called the supervisor back in STL and he admits they "probably" dropped it, it's probably on the video tape records, but they're not going to do anything about it because I can't prove that it wasn't like that before I gave it to them! I called all the way up to Homeless Security in DC, and got the same answer all along the line! Talk about an agency run amok with no scrutiny!
If you're in the military you can drive a van onto a runway. At least at Sea-Tac. {Gadling}
May 22nd 2008 4:19PM We just had the same sort of thing happen here at STL. A homeless guy walks through a vehicle checkpoint, strolls across the tarmac, finds a regional jet that's unlocked, gets in and goes to sleep. The cleaning crew found him in the morning.
Wake up folks, Homeland Security, TSA, and all of the others are not able to prevent anything! If someone wants to commit a terrorist act, they will. All our government is able to do is give you a false sense of security by forcing law abiding citizens to jump through hoops and inconvenience us.
And if the "terrorists" are still upset with us, why haven't there been any further "attacks"?
And the best large airport in the United States goes to...... Philadelphia?! {Gadling}
May 21st 2008 11:06AM LAS got 4 out of 5 on security checkpoints? My experience is that they have the crabbiest TSA staff anywhere! And JFK and LaGarbage have high ratings? This is a seriously flawed study. My guess is that PHL paid for the survey and got the answers they wanted.
Who will be deported? The immigration in videogame {AOL Latino Blog}
Feb 20th 2008 5:04PM Illegal immigration should be a capital crime. If you're caught, no deportation, off with your head. If that doesn't work, we should invade Mexico and make it part of the US. Plenty of oil down there for us to go after! At least that way we get something that is valuable for taking on all the illegals.
