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Published: August 31, 2025 14:33
The American mind cannot comprehend, etc…
For reference, here's what Amtrak's old Acela experience is like, accessibility-wise: https://wheelchairtravel.org/review-wheelchair-accessibility-amtrak-acela-first-class-boston-providence/
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Published: August 28, 2025 07:53
Authors, please do make sure that you are part of this class action if you are affected and eligible!
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Published: August 28, 2025 06:47
Oh, this one hurts — the blogging site that helped me build the writing portfolio that got me my first aviation journo gig fifteen years ago.
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Published: August 28, 2025 06:34
This is a GREAT story thread 🤣
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Published: August 27, 2025 11:16
Come for my deep-dive into Korean's new lounges at Seoul ICN in the terminal's Incheon 4.0 expansion.
Stay for the thoughtful questions about brand distinctiveness, designing spaces for airlines, and the use of cultural heritage in aesthetics in the…
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Published: August 27, 2025 08:43
Cannot believe it is over two months since KPop Demon Hunters was released and that today is the first day a press release in my inbox has started "with the success of KPop Demon Hunters"…
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Published: August 26, 2025 13:59
It’s giving “the European (outsourced third party gate agent) mind cannot comprehend”…
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Published: August 26, 2025 11:08
no i am désolé je die sur cette hill
Dunkin' should be « duen-kan » not « dun-keen » in French
as for « ses doh-nuts » je téléphone à la police
looking aussi at vous « le bacon » et « les muffins »
et remembering « un brookie au oréo's » avec hateitude…
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Published: August 26, 2025 09:56
Musing (with my fingers firmly planted together) that it's weird that I'm secretly delighted to see an airline doing something with those Airbus Airspace entryway panels that are otherwise Die Airbus-Raute…
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Published: August 25, 2025 18:16
was it "pronunciations for Portsmouth and Plymouth", aka "portse-moot" and "plee-moot"?
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Published: August 25, 2025 18:13
can u not pls
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Published: August 25, 2025 08:35
Not sure whether the Swiss First Grand Suite or the Eurowings €500+ seat fee to upgrade from Eurobusiness to a recliner from Berlin to Dubai is the weirdest thing that happened in the last week, but that’s why we’ve got the Update…
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Published: August 25, 2025 06:37
gonna assume the final clue is at checkin for Turkish Airlines at JFK
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Published: August 23, 2025 19:54
yes yes ta gueule I remember what British coffee was like before starbucks
served in a caffychair
with millac maid
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Published: August 22, 2025 18:10
I'm afraid I have some pretty bad news about the current rush within aviation to adopt various forms of generative AI.
My current favourite is airport chatbots, which sound incredibly confident when giving out wrong or unhelpful information.
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Published: August 22, 2025 15:35
You know, I thought airplane people went too far when airlines changed their livery, but this whole Cracker Barrel thing is, well, crackers.
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Published: August 20, 2025 08:17
grüezi everyone, it's wednesday morning and Swiss has sent me an exciting press release revealing the groundbreaking news that they are inventing the curtain
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