I just might be looking for a crashpad of my ‘own’ soon. This is a very candid look at crashpads. I bet most Americans have no idea what a crashpad is….even though they might be living next to one. This is a very well written article. For those who don’t care to read the whole [...]

I have always liked Expressjet. They had high pay, great morale and a great contract. They weren’t the first regional airline to try a run at running their own airline separate from their mainline contract. I had high hopes for them. When they were in operation customers raved about the service and amenities. Expressjet didn’t [...]

Some airlines pilots are not happy. http://vzaar.com/users/fupm/videos/31989 And the associated store: http://fupm.mybisi.com/

So far (knocking on wood), I have never landed this hard. The true forces involved can be seen in the wing flex after landing. Wow.

This would be a great thing overall although I do worry about the pilots at Lynx. One of my former students flies for them. http://www.blogsouthwest.com/blog/southwest-bids-frontier-airlines Thu, 07/30/2009 – 11:58 — Paula Berg Q&A with Ron Ricks, Executive Vice President Corporate Services and Corporate Secretary Today, Southwest Airlines confirmed that it is preparing a bid to acquire [...]

I’m glad to public eye is still focused on Regional Airlines. I was afraid after a month or two people would move on. CHANGE can’t come fast enough. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2009/07/regional_airlines.html FAA seeks rapid overhaul of rules that govern pilot training and scheduling for regional airlines Scott Shaw/The Plain DealerMichael Zaite, recently a co-pilot with CommutAir flying [...]