Germanwings Flight Crashes in French Alps, 150 Presumed Dead
A Germanwings flight crashed in the French Alps Tuesday, the French civil aviation authority has confirmed. The Dusseldorf-bound plane, an Airbus 320, was carrying 144 passengers, four crew members, and two pilots. French President François Hollande told reporters that "there might not be any survivors."
The Drunken Lawless Masses Are Menacing Commercial Flights
There is a lot to feel anxious about when traveling by air: you are in a sealed metal container hurtling through the sky; there could be a supernatural menace lurking in the cargo hold; sometimes they play reruns of Two and a Half Men on the little in-flight TVs.... Increasingly, though, a different type of terror…
Wisecracking Flight Attendant Gives the Best Safety Spiel Ever
Thursday night, I had the express pleasure of being stuck on a tarmac at JFK for three hours, and how I wish I had this sassy flight attendant with me in my time of need. Usually my body knows to conk out (or rather do the weird thing where technically you're sleeping but you reap absolutely none of the benefits)…
Jay Z Opening a Club at the Airport Because Flying Wasn't Shitty Enough
The key to a successful business, as I understand it, is finding some shit nobody needs and then filling it in the most inconvenient possible way (I am not great at business). Which is probably why Jay Z is opening a nightclub at the Atlanta airport—because lots of people NEED to voluntarily go hang out at the worst…
Want to Go Viral? Just Make Up Some Bullshit About an Evil Fat Person
Some dude named Rich Wisken apparently achieved mild viral success a few years ago with a "hilarious" Craigslist ad, and, sick and tired of not being good enough at writing to get actual writing jobs, he's been chasing that dragon ever since. Unfortunately for Wisken, he recently hit upon one of virality's fundamental…
Here's What It Feels Like to Be a Fat Person on a Plane.
On a crack-of-dawn flight from New York City to Seattle recently, I had my first ever, um, altercation with a seat mate. I'd almost missed the plane—I was that person staggering on board just before the doors closed—and I'm sure he thought he was going to have the row all to himself. I flashed him an apologetic smile…
In Disney's Planes, the Guys Soar While the Girls Get Left in the Dust
I’ve blogged twice about the sexist preview for “Planes,” and after seeing the movie today, I’m afraid I’ve got to blog about this awful scene once more. The sexist scene actually opens the movie. It sets the tone for the whole film, which is the opposite of what I thought the scene was going to do. When I saw the…
Dicks at the Airport Assume Silly Women Don't Belong in First Class
This whole WSJ article about the differences between men's and women's travel habits is super interesting—and you ought to read it—but I just want to talk about this one passage right now because I just completely rage-hulked out of my pajama jeans:
Glenn Beck Pouts About How American Airlines Was Mean to Him
Glenn Beck, the media personality who made being a recovering alcoholic his on-air shtick, used his radio show Wednesday to tell his 8 million listeners that an American Airlines flight attendant was rude to him because of his political persuasion, as if Glenn Beck was the first person ever to realize that air travel…
"Don't Be A 'Fraid-Cat, Mother. There's No Danger."
Well, besides the fact that she's dragging mommie-dearest into the propeller. [Vintage_Ads]

