I believe that his wife got a text about the positive diagnosis just before they boarded. If he showed enough symptoms that he needed to be tested, he shouldn't have gone anywhere until he got the results. Especially not an airport.

(Written on 03/13/2020)(Permalink)

The article mentions Midwest Express only in passing, but I have fond memories of 2x2 leather seats and fresh-baked cookies during flight. Ah, the aroma!

(Written on 12/13/2019)(Permalink)

This Forbes article has the top ten routes globally. British Airways Heathrow-JFK is #1 with $1.16 Billion in revenue. The top US domestic route is United's EWR-SFO route, at $689 million. https://www.forbes.com/sites/dominicdudley/2019/08/13/most-profitable-airline-routes/#479c517f6963

(Written on 10/29/2019)(Permalink)

So she claims to have an email giving her a possible upgrade on her JFK-HK flight, but she then tried using it to get an upgrade on the HK-JFK leg too. She got greedy and lost.

(Written on 09/30/2019)(Permalink)

I was working in midtown Manhattan that day. We heard what was going on and went down to the street where we could see the towers burning. They told us all to go home, but all the transit lines were shut down, so it wasn't easy to get off the island. While waiting on line for a ferry on the West Side, we could hear fighter jets overhead, but they were moving so fast that we never saw them.

(Written on 09/14/2019)(Permalink)

On Tuesday night I happened to catch a show (I don't even know what it was called) where they had the United Airlines dispatchers talk about that day. Pretty fascinating. They said that it was one of the chief UA dispatchers who first decided to ground all United planes. When the FAA noticed it and verified it with United, they decided to ground all planes not long after.

(Written on 09/14/2019)(Permalink)

There has to be much more to this. The mother was in the lavatory while the plane was still boarding? The airline claims they wouldn't stow their bags, but did she really go to the lavatory before stowing her bag? If someone was sitting in the daughter's assigned seat, shouldn't that person be the one to move? Did that person just grab her seat, even though it may have been assigned to her? Did the daughter then just sit in an open seat that was assigned to someone else? And what's the point of selecting seats ahead of time (and often paying for the privilege) if the airline can just move you around? Inquiring minds want to know.

(Written on 08/20/2019)(Permalink)

Terminal C is much improved, except for the very confusing check-in levels. Love the train connection to Manhattan. Constant flight delays are annoying. Why is Billy Bishop one of the 10 worst in the world?! Where else can you get off the plane and walk into downtown?

(Written on 05/15/2019)(Permalink)

I need WOW Air to stay flying at least another week. I have a FRA-KEF-PIT trip next Friday.

(Written on 11/29/2018)(Permalink)

I saw one of the sharks on the screen last night, for a flight out of Pittsburgh. Took me a minute to figure out what was going on, then I realized that it was one of their shark planes. Very cool!

(Written on 07/10/2018)(Permalink)