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Government Passes A Bill To Let Airplanes Land Faster & Allow Remote-Controlled Drones To Roam The Skies
By Mary Beth Quirk on February 8, 2012 2:00 PM
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Five years of fighting and a shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration have finally resulted in Congress passing a bill that could change the experience of flying commercial as we know it. The skies are going to get a lot more tech-y, to put it very simply. More »
TSA Employee Accused Of Lifting 8 iPads That Were Definitely Not His
By Mary Beth Quirk on February 1, 2012 3:00 PM
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A Transportation Security Administration worker at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport stands accused of theft, after cops say he was found with eight iPads he'd boosted from checked luggage. Looting bags has become too popular of a pastime these days, but luckily one owner used his device's tracking system to locate the pilfered pad. More »
Senator Calls Out Spirit Airlines For Trying To Mislead Public About Airfares
By Chris Morran on January 26, 2012 12:15 PM
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You may recall that earlier this week, bottom-dollar carrier Spirit Airlines launched an e-mail campaign to convince customers that the new FAA regulations requiring truth in airfare advertising was really just a ruse by the federal government to hide taxes and tax hikes in airfares. Well, that didn't go over well with Senator Barbara Boxer of California, who threw off the gloves and sent a bare-knuckles letter to Spirit in response. More »
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SOPA Also Shelved Indefinitely
By Chris Morran on January 20, 2012 2:38 PM
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The same day that the Senate decided to postpone its voting on the Protect IP Act, the House Judiciary Committee has decided it's probably time to give more than cursory thought to the Stop Online Piracy Act and has postponed the piece of legislation for the time being. More »
You Can't Score A Free Plane Seat For Your Baby By Putting Him On Your 3-Year-Old's Lap
By Chris Morran on December 30, 2011 12:15 PM
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As any parents who have flown with little babies probably knows, many airlines will not require a ticket for children under two years of age, so long as the child is seated on an adult's lap. But U.S. Airways had to give the boot to a family of six after the parents figured they could simply seat one of their under-2 children with their ticketed 3-year-old. More »
Petitioners Collect Signatures For The Right To Use Electronic Devices During Takeoff And Landing
By Mary Beth Quirk on December 6, 2011 10:00 AM
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Do you need to play Angry Birds during takeoff? Is the next page in Game of Thrones just begging you to read it right this very moment? If so, there's a new petition on petition on the White House's website demanding that customers be allowed to use their electronic devices, if they're on airplane mode, during takeoff and landing. More »
Breaking The IKEA Catalog's Fourth Wall
By Laura Northrup on December 1, 2011 8:00 AM
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What happens inside the pages of an IKEA catalog when no one's looking? Don't be silly. A catalog is just photographs, not a real-time portal into a secret world where real people are always standing very, very still to create a façade of domestic perfection on a budget. Or that's what they want you to think. More »
Travelers Would Actually Pay Attention To Pre-Flight Safety Instructions If They Were More Like This
By Ben Popken on October 28, 2011 5:00 PM
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Airlines should take a cue from this sketch video and incorporate more dance moves into their pre-flight safety instructions if they really want passengers to start paying attention. More »
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Consumer Groups Scold Airlines For Pocketing Tax Money During FAA Shutdown
By Chris Morran on September 14, 2011 12:30 PM
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Surely you remember the recent FAA shutdown, during which the government couldn't collect taxes on airfares, leading the airlines to temporarily raise their base prices and pocket an estimated $70 million a day. Now a coalition of consumer groups, including our benevolent benefactors at Consumers Union, are voicing their displeasure for this and other anti-consumer behavior. More »
The Letter That Got My Homeowner's Insurance Company To Pay Up
By Ben Popken on August 17, 2011 5:00 PM
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Reader S finally got his homeowner's insurance company to pay up for the rebuilding of the glass railings around his condo, thanks to a well-crafted and scary letter he wrote them. Here is his story, and his ass-kicking letter. More »
Southwest Leads Airfare Rollback Following Return Of Taxes
By Chris Morran on August 9, 2011 3:31 PM
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Late last week, when legislators took a vacation from vacation to hammer out a deal that put FAA employees back to work and millions of tax dollars back into federal coffers, a number of you expressed skepticism about predictions that airlines would lower their fares to where they were before the FAA lost its authority to collect taxes. But it looks like all the major airlines have now rolled back their prices over the last two days. More »
Will Airlines Roll Back Fare Hikes Now That The FAA Can Collect Taxes Again?
By Chris Morran on August 5, 2011 2:23 PM
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Immediately after a standoff in Congress left the FAA without the authority to collect taxes on airfares, almost every major airline moved to jack up their ticket prices. But now that the shutdown has ended — at least temporarily — will the airlines respond by lowering prices to where they were before? More »
Legislators Take Break From Vacation, Hammer Out Deal To Get FAA Back To Work
By Chris Morran on August 4, 2011 4:21 PM
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After nearly two weeks of a partial Federal Aviation Administration shutdown that has left 4,000 employees without pay and kept millions of dollars in taxes from being collected, Democrats and Republicans have come up with some sort of deal that could get the agency back up and working as early as tomorrow. More »
40 Of 100 Most-Delayed Flights Take Off Or Land In Newark
By Chris Morran on August 4, 2011 1:15 PM
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If you're reading this story on your laptop or smartphone while waiting for a flight to or from Newark International Airport, we have some good and bad news. On one hand, there's a decent chance your flight will be delayed. On the other, you'll have plenty of time to file a complaint with the airline, airport and FAA. More »
Senate Unable To End FAA Shutdown; Inspectors Working Without Pay
By Chris Morran on August 3, 2011 8:15 AM
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Around 4,000 Federal Aviation Administration staffers remain on unpaid furlough this morning and dozens of airport inspectors have been asked to continue working without pay while their employer loses out on millions of tax dollars it lacks authority to collect, after the Senate was unable to end the stalemate behind the FAA's partial shutdown. More »
Delta And US Airways Will Refund "Taxes" Collected During FAA Shutdown
By Ben Popken on August 2, 2011 3:00 PM
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Delta was the first airline to start giving out refunds for the extra money they've been scalping from passengers while the FAA remains shut down. After the airline made the announcement Monday, US Airways on Tuesday said they would follow suit. More »
Planes Collide In Alaska For Second Time In A Month, Killing Four
By Phil Villarreal on August 1, 2011 9:45 AM
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Alaska's skies seem to be dangerous for private aircraft these days, with the second mid-air collision in a month killing four Saturday. The accidents came less than a year after Alaska senator Ted Stevens perished in a plane crash in the state. More »
Senators Blast Airlines For Profiteering During Tax Holiday
By Ben Popken on July 27, 2011 11:00 AM
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Naughty, naughty. Senators Jay Rockefeller and Maria Cantwell are wagging the fingesr at airlines for raising airfares during the tax holiday that has resulted from the Federal Aviation Administration's shutdown. The practice could have "long-term negative repercussions for the industry," said the senators in a letter sent to the airlines on Tuesday. More »
How To Get A Tax Refund From JetBlue
By Ben Popken on July 26, 2011 4:00 PM
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If you have a ticket with JetBlue for dates between July 25 and August 2nd, here's how to get a refund on collected Federal taxes just by sending an email. More »
FAA Has Trouble Successfully Firing Air Traffic Controllers
By Phil Villarreal on July 26, 2011 1:15 PM
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When you're an Air Traffic Controller who gets fired, there's a 40 percent chance you'll manage to keep your job or retire on your own terms. The Federal Aviation Administration has trouble ridding itself of workers it accuses of screwing up, including two-thirds of those it tries to fire for using drugs or alcohol on the job. More »
