Forced to Travel in Airplane’s Bathroom: Humiliated NY Man Sues Airline

“Above all else, JetBlue Airways is dedicated to bringing humanity back to air travel. We strive to make every part of your experience as simple and as pleasant as possible.”
Thus reads JetBlue’s “Customer Bill of Rights.”
Hmm… it seems a certain JetBlue pilot was unaware of company policy when he instructed Gokhan Mutlu to give up [...]

Airport Security Forces Woman to Remove Nipple Rings

This is so outrageous, I can barely contain my anger!
Mandi Hamlin is demanding an apology and a civil rights investigation, after being forced by US Transportation Security staff, at a Texas airport, to remove her nipple rings because she’d set off a hand-held metal detector.
“I felt surprised, embarrassed, humiliated, scared and angry,” Hamlin told reporters [...]

Co-Pilot on British Airline Dies Mid-Flight!

Yikes! Further to my fear of flying, I just saw this on cnews:
A GB Airways flight was forced to land in Istanbul on Sunday after the co-pilot, 43-year-old Michael Warren, died in mid-flight! The Airbus A320 was carrying 156 passengers from Manchester to Paphos, Cyprus before a “medical emergency” diverted the plane.
According to their website, [...]

Dying Woman Refused Oxygen on Plane

I’m afraid of flying at the best of times, mostly due to lack of control should something go wrong while I’m trapped 30,000 feet above the ground. Here’s a perfect example of just such a situation…
According to a story on CNN.com, 44-year-old Carine Desir died on an American Airlines flight, because she didn’t receive the [...]

Could You Survive a Plane Crash?

I’ve been doing some reading about plane crashes and I was surprised to learn that most people actually survive them.
Like me, you probably thought you were doomed should you find yourself catapulting toward the earth at mind-numbing speed. But, according to an article on BBC.co.uk, over 90% of plane crashes have survivors.
Apparently, between 1983 and [...]