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This is an alert for anyone concerned with the deteriorating airline service. Those following negotiations with airline pilots are betting that the mainline carriers will soon allow regional pilots to fly aircraft carrying up to 125 passengers. That means more regional flights for domestic passengers. Translation: more poorly trained pilots, smaller planes, underpaid staff, less service and more consumer confusion.
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Savvy travelers are supposed to know what to do, and what not to do, in order to avoid being ripped off. But even the most sophisticated ones have been victims of nefarious characters and acts that have turned their trips into ones from hell.
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With so many conflicting reports about “full body scanners,” what they can and can’t do, privacy issues, and their safety, Ned Levi has developed a comprehensive analysis about them. Ned looks at these devices, concentrating on their efficacy, privacy, safety, and bang for the taxpayers buck.
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Here’s an odd one: On my recent US Airways flight into Washington National, I couldn’t hear the safety briefing. Why? Because a guy three rows behind me was talking loudly, non-stop, during the briefing. He was in a pilot’s uniform. A first officer. And he wouldn’t shut up.
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For those of you who, like me, travel a lot on airplanes, there is good news: Airline executives have become much more innovative in the past year! The bad news is that all of the innovation has been in dreaming up new fees to charge us customers.
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The government has some good news for you: The number of traffic fatalities is at its lowest level since 1961. Injuries are down, too.
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Years ago, Ned was in an airplane mishap. In his column today, Ned discusses crash survival, and practical ideas to improve your survival probability in the unlikely chance of an accident.
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Do women traveling alone need to take extra safety precautions? It depends on their comfort level. On the other hand, everyone should use common sense no matter where they find themselves. Here are 10 sensible rules for women traveling alone.
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The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation heard from the FAA, pilots and air traffic controllers regarding the state of NextGen, the new air traffic control system (ATC) to be deployed across the U.S., this week. It’s not a pretty picture.
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Nine Muslim passengers were ordered off an AirTran flight, cleared of wrongdoing by the FBI, yet were refused a rebooking. What happened?
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