Speaking of dreary...well, we weren't but since you bring it up, we were talking the other day. At some length. We spoke to the BBC for a fairly long analytical piece in which our colleague Nick Ionides played a role, and then we spoke to National Public Radio's Chicago station, WBEZ, about the dreary state of things at the second city's two airports. You can listen to either, or both, through the links.
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Speaking of dreary...well, we weren't but since you bring it up, we were talking the other day. At some length. We spoke to the BBC for a fairly long analytical piece in which our colleague Nick Ionides played a role, and then we spoke to National Public Radio's Chicago station, WBEZ, about the dreary state of things at the second city's two airports. You can listen to either, or both, through the links.
Did you miss us? Leaving aside the snarky answer, 'Yes, Dave, with every shot,' we hope we were missed or
Something's not working. Air fares were supposed to be going up, not down, but Travelocity says that just isn't happening. In fact, says the Sabre travel unit, average domestic airfare is on the way down. "Certain destinations have seen dips in price from time to time, but this is first time in recent memory we're seeing declines across the board," says Genevieve Shaw Brown, who serves Travelocity as senior editor. She adds, "All 10 of the nation's most popular destinations have at least some declines in airfare." Travelocity says that the steepest drop is at Chicago (seen here), where fares are down 17%, and San Antonio, down 16%. Travelocity calculates that average domestic airfare for spring is down $24 from the 2008 period, from $393 to $369.
Okay, we’re here. This is the guy who’s been babbling on the Airline Business blog and now he’s over in his own corner. 
You can ignore him or respond, both at your own peril. Because this blog is entirely a personal perspective based on about 20 years of reporting about airlines, you’ll probably want to respond, even if it’s just to point out 
that two decades of reporting does not necessarily make for wisdom. We do however remember both the good old days (to the right) and the bad old days. One thing we like to do is offer links, often to stories or reports about the subject at hand; if you have a link you want to suggest, send it along. Most of the topics that get out into Left Field will be airline strategies and tactics, often raised by the question, 'what were they thinking?' And of course some are raised by the profound admisssion, 'Oh, I see. I didn't understand.'
A few words about my life and times: I was born, went to school, spent four years in college in England (and still like the Brits), came to back to the US of A, taught school, worked in Congress, lost my hair 
and became an airline reporter. In that order. There’s an artist’s misimpression above and to the left and a picture of how I think of myself above, also above and left.
DAVID FIELD has been an aviation reporter since 1982 and is now Americas Editor of AIRLINE BUSINESS, the London-based monthly magazine for executive-level managers that covers airlines worldwide.
He covers safety, frequent-flyer and consumer issues as well as labour and financial aspects of airlines and airports. He spent nearly two decades at major daily newspapers, including USA TODAY, and earlier was congressional correspondent for Aviation Daily.
He is a frequent guest on public radio and television and on other media outlets in the US and the UK.
He is a former congressional aide and a former college instructor. He is a graduate of Oxford University in England.
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