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Something newsy: Heathrow baggage chaos as BA computer system fails
This is not typically the platform I’d use to write a quick breaking news story, but I haven’t seen any coverage elsewhere, so what the heck.
British Airways suffered a failure of its baggage handling system at London Heathrow Airport’s Te...
Spirit's demise: sad and inevitable
Today’s is a quick post about Spirit’s collapse. Plenty has been written already, including by me. But it’s worth taking another moment to recognize that more than 9,000 employees lost their jobs (and another 8,000 contractors are impacted...
What United Airlines’ CEO said last week that I didn’t include in my story
(Personal update at the end, since I haven’t published here in a while)
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Last week I saw United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby speak at the Harvard Scho...
My favorite airplane snack is back
It’s been a busy February for me — I started six weeks clinical rotations in the Emergency Room for my paramedic program, I had the chance to tour a major airline catering facility here in Boston (more on that soon), and, like every other p...
When the Swiss cheese model fails
Aviation safety is always a relevant topic, but it’s been especially in the public mind since the pandemic rebound. As air travel picked back up, there were a handful of close calls, many of which involved aircraft crossing or entering runw...
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