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There’s been some interesting news about pilots this week–most happening in the last last 24-hours! A United Flight destined for Seattle had to emergency-land in Boise when someone on board suffered a heart attack–the pilot. Over 50% of British Pilots admit to sleeping while flying, while another subset of that …

From Ryan Grenoble at the Huffington Post, female flight attendants at Qatar Airways must get the airlines permission before tying the knot. In addition, Qatar reserves the right to fire them for getting pregnant. Qatar Airways, not surprisingly based out of Qatar, is a state-owned carrier.  The ITF (International Transport …

“Manager from easyjet just said I couldnt board flight because I criticised @easyJet on twitter before boarding the flight….” I follow a bunch of academics on twitter  and I started seeing tweets about EasyJet threatening a PhD Student and Law Lecturer with denied-boarding because of a negative tweet.  I got …

According to CBS news: A pilot and his passenger walked away after their vintage 1940’s airplane crash landed in a wooded area near the Beaver County Airport on Friday evening. News stories tend to exaggerate because it looks like he just needed to emergency land in the woods (which thankfully …

I started reading an article on ESPN about the amount of travel sports teams have to do and how there’s disparity between East and West Coast teams. From Jim Caple: “[T]he Dodgers just completed their fourth trip to the East Coast to play against NL East opponents. (It was their …

Following on the tail of a smoke filled diverted flight (see what I did there?), Ben Mutzabaugh of USA Today reports that an AirTrain Flight was diverted after a passenger attempted to open a door. The flight was enroute from BWI (the destination of the other diverted flight) to Austin.  …

Snakes in a Canadian Motel! Possibly vying for the set location for the next “Snakes on a…” movie, a Canadian Motel was found to be harboring forty African Ball Pythons. The police discovered these four-and-a-half feet long creatures stuffed into storage boxes in the back of the hotel. According to …

I’ve always been a fan of Wawa over Sheetz, and I bet this pilot is a fan now after he safely landed his plane right in the parking lot of one: According to NBC Washington, the pilot forgot to refuel, realized his mistake, but couldn’t land on the runway in …

While they are a +1 to your fashionability, these shoes will definitely raise your suspicion levels at a TSA check-point… From Lee Moran at the New York Daily News: These shoes were confiscated off a passenger trying to get through security in La Guardia.  While these sexy heels don’t actually …

I guess Anna Chapman was Team Edward all along. Anna Chapman is the failed Russian spy/socialite who carried a $2,300 Chanel Purse with spy gear sewn into the lining. She’s been more successful at being a model now, but I guess now she’s looking for love: Anna, realizing they would …