Six Years of Flight Wisdom

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From the Editor When I first started with Flight Wisdom, we had a very different conception of what it would be. At the end of this month, we celebrate our six year anniversary. The first post was dated July 29, 2006. We started out wanting to do an information site with a blog attached,...
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TSA Blog Issues Non-Response to Their Officer Spilling Human Remains

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On Friday, June 29th, the TSA issued another of their blog posts, entitled Travelling with Crematory Remains. It seemed like an innocuous, yet random blog post. But it was yet another example of the TSA sidestepping controversy and not addressing their critics unless there is an opportunity to belittle those critics. On June 19th,...
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Flying was Safer in 2012

Air fatalities worldwide are down to 23 fatal crashes in 2012, down from 28...

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Times Contributor Blames the FAA for Making Devices Dangerous

We respect Nick Bilton and his writing. We even bought and read his book....

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US Ordering Additional Inspections of Boeing 737s

The Federal Aviation Administration said it would seek more detailed inspections for cracks on...

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More than 1500 Guns Were Confiscated at Airports in 2012

Skift reported that last week, a TSA screener found the 1500th firearm that a...

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New Interline Baggage Rules Make Sense

Earlier this month, Janice Hough at Consumer Traveler wrotethat coming anti-consumer “interline” baggage rules...

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Airplane Seatbelts are Pointless?

Is there anything Michael O’Leary won’t do for publicity? He’s gone on record claiming that...

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Let’s Not Talk about Rule 240

  In April of 2007, we wrote on the subject of Involuntary Reroute, in...

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Codesharing: Why Bother?

Back in July of 2011, we made the Case against Codesharing. But lately, we’ve...

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TSA Allegedly Refuses Private Screening to Terminally Ill Woman

Once again, the TSA has investigated itself and found it did nothing wrong. There is...


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