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Why Can’t Airlines Stream Black Box Data? (Ask Cranky)

This is more of a non-traditional Ask Cranky in that it’s been asked several times over the years, particularly in light of the Air France accident over the Atlantic when the thought was that the black boxes would never be found. The question? Why...

Published Tue, Aug 9 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Accidents/Incidents
Why Airlines Shouldn’t Have Passed On Tax Savings to Customers

The FAA is back up and running and tax collection is beginning again, but some people are still angry. Most airlines decided that instead of passing along the tax savings to customers, they’d simply raise fares and keep the difference. I’ve...

Published Mon, Aug 8 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Fares
Cranky on the Web (August 1 – 5)

Airport guide: Surviving LAX – CNN Out of the Office This week, I give some tips and tricks on getting through LAX, my hometown airport. It’s a nightmare for a lot of people, but it’s been home to me for years. Air travel tax refund...

Published Sat, Aug 6 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: LAX - Los Angeles, Southwest, ONT - Ontario
Topic of the Week: SkyWest to Fly for US Airways

Apparently US Airways likes double digits. It seems that 9 Express carriers weren’t enough, so now US Airways has added a tenth to the stable: SkyWest. When Mesa came out of bankruptcy, US Airways agreed to keep 7 of the 50 seat CRJ-200s and 6 of...

Published Fri, Aug 5 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: US Airways
Latest Report on Air France 447 Crash Still Blames Pilots, Training

There was plenty of backlash when I wrote about the causes of the 2009 crash of Air France flight 447 into the Atlantic Ocean back in May. Many of you wanted to wait until the final report came out, but I was confident that the story had become quite...

Published Thu, Aug 4 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Accidents/Incidents, Air France
Airbags Migrate from Cars to Airplanes

How many of you knew that you’ve probably flown on an airplane that has an airbag installed in the seatbelt? Probably not many of you, but there really is a decent chance that you’ve come near one and didn’t even know it. I spoke with...

Published Tue, Aug 2 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Safety/Security
US Airways Sues Pilots Union to Stop Illegal Slowdown Effort

Man, I really should have waited another day before writing that US Airways pilots union (USAPA) piece last week. Why? On Friday, US Airways filed an injunction in the courts to try to get the union to stop illegal slowdown activity. The evidence is quite...

Published Mon, Aug 1 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: US Airways, Labor Relations

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