There’s a certain sort of unspoken pact among airplane passengers when it comes to obeying the rules. For example, I’m not going to tattle on you for keeping your iPad on during takeoff (although I’ve got a wicked side-eye) but if you try to use the emergency exit in mid-flight, people are gonna stop you. Or at least, they should. [More]
Trying To Exit The Plane In Mid-Air Earns Man Improvised Shoelace Shackles
By May 28, 2013
Alaska Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Pilot Passes Out
By February 1, 2013
An Alaska Airlines flight flying from Los Angeles to Seattle had to make an emergency landing last night in Portland, Ore. after the pilot passed out, which could be a pretty scary situation. All 116 passengers aboard and the five crew members aboard are reportedly safe after the procedure. [More]
Alaska Airlines Suffers Computer Systems Outage After Sprint Accidentally Cut Fiber Optic Cable
By October 8, 2012
Not totally unlike when I yell to my roommate in the other room “Hey! The Internet is out — did you unplug something?” Alaska Airlines suffered a pretty severe computer system outage today after a cable in a Sprint fiber optic network in Wisconsin was cut. The disconnect rendered the airline basically powerless, delaying flights at all of its 64 destinations. [More]
Alaska Airlines Offers Free Tickets & Miles To Passenger Stung By Scorpion
By June 30, 2011
There’s nothing in the Alaska Airlines contract of carriage about arachnid attacks, so when a passenger on board one of its planes was stung by a scorpion, the airline could have easily shrugged it off as one of those crazy things that happen when you’re a world traveler. Instead, someone at Alaska Air realized this was an opportunity to go above and beyond. [More]
