Blowing a Hole in the Southwest Airlines Ethos of Jet Travel
Let me count the ways in which I hate Southwest Airlines, especially in light of the fact that they don’t maintain their old, beat to hell, over-used jets very well, apparently outsourcing that to a company in Brazil. The passengers and crew on board the flight from Phoenix to Sacramento that blew a hole in the roof were very lucky to have survived the ordeal as well as they did. Credit the pilot –a junior Sully...
What Happens to Your Stuff in Vegas, Stays in Vegas
The Vegas Box allows you to leave stuff there for your next trip Most people go to Las Vegas for just a short time, so there is not normally a need to bring check-in luggage. That is, unless you want to bring your favorite bottle of shampoo, a big can of shaving cream or a spare bottle of tequila. Now there’s a way of doing that and sparing the hassle and expense of carting your liquids back and forth. It’s the newly...
Yosemite + Mariposa County: One of California’s Best Ideas
The Ken Burns documentary “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea” is shining an ever-brighter spotlight on California’s magnificent and awe-inspiring Yosemite National Park. Nearly 1,200 square miles of majestic Sierra Nevada territory was actually first entrusted to the state of California in 1868, before the national park system existed, in order to protect the scenic wildlands that range from 2,000 feet above sea level to...
Nashville: Music City Tunes Up For Tourism
Though its tagline, “music city” conjures up what the city is famous for, Nashville is so much more. From the low brow — the city’s fabled honky-tonks — to the highbrow — an impressive array of historic mansions and art institutions, Nashville has something for everyone looking for something different, unique and memorable. And you will never go hungry, nor tire of the good old-fashioned Southern...
Da Plane
I was told many years ago by my father, a pilot, never to fly the airlines of a third-world country. Why? Because they don’t maintain the planes properly, he said. The US airline industry is looking pretty third world right about now with the recent groundings, preemptively by American Airlines–like, oops, we better check the planes before we get fined millions of dollars like Southwest did! Southwest’s planes...
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