That's a bit like saying that your car worked perfectly until a State Trooper came anong and gave you a ticket. No ody noticed the faulty altimeters until someone came along and wanted to use a lane that the instrument is blocking. More to the point, the cell phone companies paid for that bandwidth and the alitimeter operators didn't.

(Written on 2022/06/24)(Permalink)

Sure would have liked to see a photo of the plane after landing.

(Written on 2022/06/05)(Permalink)

Hmm....seems like this should have been news three years ago.

(Written on 2022/05/27)(Permalink)

None of that matters. Airlines use various data to tout their on-time performance: wheels-up, flying time, landing, and so on. The only useful metric answers the simple question, "Did I arrive on time?" which is when the aircraft door opens at the arrival gate. Everything else in between is pointless.

(Written on 2022/05/20)(Permalink)

Typical governmental ready-fire-aim behavior.

(Written on 2022/05/06)(Permalink)

Seems to me that VA needs to tighten up its credentials tracking. And, how did the co-pilot not know his/her training certifications were incomplete? Not sure I'd want to fly with a co-pilot with such disregard for the passengers to cause unnecessary delay and inconvenience.

(Written on 2022/05/06)(Permalink)

So, he's diabetic - and he's demanding drinks? Should have been a detox/rehab requirement in his sentence?

(Written on 2021/02/19)(Permalink)

Would have been nice to see this in Flight Aware BEFORE the National Geographic Special aired (four days before this publication).

(Written on 2021/02/19)(Permalink)

Why is this news? Southwest normally flies over 4,000 flights daily. Even with as much as half their schedule curtailed (i.e., 2,000 flights) 56 flights is less than 3% of their schedule. Although that would seem high normally, it doesn't seem unreasonable, or even remarkable considering the logistics of such massive recent impacts

(Written on 2020/04/10)(Permalink)

No. The airlines shouldn't get a bye on the backs of their customers, who are also being squeezed in the current economy, and who shouldn't be forced into being de facto lenders. It also sets a terrible precedent of allowing companies to be paid for involuntary undelivered goods and services. Let the airlines struggled along with all of us.

(Written on 2020/04/10)(Permalink)