News and notes from around the interweb:
- This was actually a condition of the original Southwest Airlines majority investor Wesley West – who put up 60% of their debt. Highly religious, he owned the Faith Ranch and wanted the carrier to be named Faith Airlines. With his idea, passengers could look up towards the heavens.
Airline President Lamar Muse, who was in charge of fundraising and put West on the board, demurred. He explained “that this would be a real engineering challenge and that only Boeing could discuss it intelligently with him.”
I do not care if this is crazy or makes financial sense. I WANT. https://t.co/qPfNpb14pk
— Brett Snyder (@crankyflier) May 3, 2024
- Air France KLM Promo Awards disappointing again
- Westin finally announced their Heavenly Bed 2.0. One Mile at a Time writes about it. I told you this was coming four months ago. I’m curious to hear what readers think of it, since my base assumption is that this is a cost-cutting move (since that’s the base case for everything Marriott these days sadly).
- Truth.
American Airlines now lets you watch an ad for 20 minutes of free wifi. I just watched an ad for “Visit Monaco.”
I’m sorry to inform Monaco that if I’m watching ads to get 20 minutes of free plane wifi, I’m probably too cheap to visit
— Alanis King (@alanisnking) May 1, 2024
- “…or are you just happy to see me?”
Officers at @iflymia detected this bag of snakes hidden in a passenger’s pants at a checkpoint on Fri, April 26. @TSA called our @CBPSoutheast and Miami-Dade Police partners in to assist, and the snakes were turned over to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. pic.twitter.com/CggJob8IT8
— TSA_Gulf (@TSA_Gulf) April 30, 2024
- Not just any regional jet, a Messy-operated regional jet.
United is bringing back the longest scheduled E170/E175 flight in the U.S. (and maybe the world?) this summer.
Operated by Mesa, the seasonal flight from Washington Dulles to Bozeman is blocked at nearly five hours and 1,773 miles. pic.twitter.com/BemuVhwbNi
— Ryan Ewing (@FlyingHighRyan) May 2, 2024
- Without comment.
Oops! pic.twitter.com/wGnj0IWiPb
— JollyRoger (@KemikalBurn) May 3, 2024
- Stop. The. Madness.
- Norwegian Cruise Lines Nude Cruise Will Sail From Miami
One thing the almost empty American Airlines overhead bins show is the absence of hard shell roller bags. I have personally moved on to a large backpack that has as much interior room as a hard shell roller carry on bag. It is also lighter than the roller bag which is useful on airlines that limit carry on weight (my latest need for that was on AirAsia). It takes up less room in the overhead bin.
@jns … +1 . Clever .
Given Southwest’s service disruptions, West could be proud that it takes real faith to book a flight on Southwest: “the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen”
I for one would be happy to fly in e175 just about anywhere. The seat plan and pitch is typically just a bit nicer. Overhead bin great.
I wonder if there’s any civilian IRROPS that have been captured on Google Maps, Bing Maps, MapQuest, etc.