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Airline pilots and their extremely rigorous training

 Rathke A few of you may have had the privilege of visiting the flight deck of a commercial airliner, and found yourself fascinated by the myriad levers, buttons, and other mechanisms surrounding the captain and co-pilot. After seeing that instrument panel, have you ever wondered what kind of training a pilot has? Of course, they must have a flight license, but how do you study for it? How long does it take? Are there other requirements along with flight training itself? Here's a quick…

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6 tips for finding cheap airline tickets

  Travelers who are passionate about wandering to new destinations often put a hold on their exploration owing to expenses. In order to fulfill all their travel wishes, and to save money for their next trips, they need to cut down flight expenses. If your someone who wants to save on travels, cutting down on flight booking cost is one of the ways to reduce your expenses. Flight tickets costs vary depending on the day of the week, time of the week, and holidays. Follow these simple tricks to…

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Standing Tall, Guiding All: A Look at Air-Traffic-Control Towers

 Tiia Monto You’ve all no doubt noticed that building, at or near the airport, which  resembles a lighthouse. In fact, air-traffic-control towers are lighthouses of a sort, albeit much more sophisticated and with many more functions. But what's inside an air traffic-control tower? Does is have more than one floor inside? Why is it so tall? Are they all the same? Here's a post to clarify a few things about one of the most complex buildings at any airport.read post  

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  • "Never Sit Next to Boring People Again." What do you think of these new sites that match you up with a flying mate? http://www.tripatini.com/profiles/blogs/never-sit-next-to-boring-pe...

  • Delta's website was charging its Frequent Flyers (people like me) more than ordinary passengers :( Our member, Charlie was quoted in the TravelDailyNews as saying -
    “It would appear from reports that, one of the benefits of belonging to Delta’s SkyMiles program is the privilege to pay more for your airfare,” said Charlie Leocha, Director of CTA"

     This has most medallion members pretty upset. I wonder if other airlines do the same ? 

  • $100 per carry-on bag -- this just in from Miami's CBS affiliate:  "Miramar-based Spirit Airlines has never met a fee it wasn’t willing to charge passengers. Now, the budget airline will hike some carry-on baggage fess to $100.

    "Spirit Air currently charges $45 for a carry-on bag. But as of November 6, customers who wait to pay the fee at the gate will pay $100. The fee will apply to any bag that has to be placed in the overhead bin.

    "The price for a carry-on bag paid for at an airport kiosk will increase from $40 to $50."

    To what extent are other airlines going to follow?

  • While it has been known for a while that cellphone usage does not interfere with modern avionics; and some airlines have mulled allowing use (not in the US), I would rather, that the plane be a sanctity of chatter-free zone for the duration of the flight. 

    Incidently the airlines allow laptop internet use via wifi on-board, but still prohibit voice through skype/google-voice/x-lite/etc.. 

    Certainly, airlines have vented revenue interests in outrageously priced voice communication via those handsets that are by your seat. Why would they ban an app in my mac ? If I can get audio/video why not skype ? or embedded the google voice player in gmail ?

  • Here's the latest volley in the debate over whether you should be able to use a cellphone on a airlines. Do you agree with the author?  http://www.tripatini.com/profiles/blogs/saying-i-love-you-at-35-000... 

  • You ask if in reality passengers care more about service than price. The answer here in Europe appears to be price. Almost all the British appear to be flying here on discount airlines. 

  • Purdue University's annual Airline Passenger Survey reports that the most important consideration to flyers today is customer service. But trips I've taken on planes where passengers chose the sardine can seats instead of paying a few dollars more for premium economy make me ask: Is customer service really passengers' most important consideration, or is price all that really matters?  

  • FAA: Air travel to double over next 20 years but ticket prices will rise slowly. Really? What about fuel?

  • Flying from Boston to San Francisco, Kaleel Sakakeeny found that he was responsible for .98 tons of CO2 -- that's a ton of gas, boys and girls. But are carbon offsets really the answer? http://www.tripatini.com/profiles/blogs/carbon-offsets-more-hype-than

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