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Recently, I wrote a post on the clever way bars in the UK are battling sexual assault.  Signs in the bathroom instruct women to casually ask the waitstaff for Angela as a sign that they are in an uncomfortable situation.  The staff will help them out of it in a …

This was last month, but I just came across the Air Traffic Control audio for it now. A Lufthansa flight began (and continued) its take off from Brussels Airport without any clearance to do so.  In addition, an Aer Lingus flight was in its descent. The air traffic controller had …

Passengers were not too happy after Allegiant had to cancel a flight due to a wedding at the Chicago Rockford Airport. The first aircraft went out of commission due to a mechanical failure.  Allegiant said their plan to bring in a backup aircraft was foiled by the wedding. From My State …

Two days ago, I wrote on a snake passengers spotted falling out of the overhead compartment.  I pointed out that the snake definitely looked bigger than your normal garter snake. I wrote: In what appears to be a take on the famous Samuel L. Jackson film (and also channeling Indiana …

A woman with dementia disappeared from the Chicago Airport.  Her worried family later found out she had flown to Los Angeles on Southwest–all without a boarding pass.  She was at the airport to fly to Birmingham with her daughter and disappeared after going into a toilet stall. Her daughter is …

When the type of bed a hotel uses blocks access to under the bed, I’m usually just relieved I can’t lose my shoes there. But now I have something new to worry about. Hotel guests staying at a Mexico City, Mexico, hotel unknowingly spent the night with a corpse.  A …

Continuing with the theme of awwww-dorable cuteness, a fox in distress was saved by first responders in Grafton, MA. I don’t normally write on something like this, but it was a heartwarming moment that broke up some of the tension in the air for me here in Boston. (It could …

A flight attendant is alleging that she was met with retaliation from Horizon Air and Alaska Airlines after reporting the rest of her crew for drinking within 10-hours of their flight and for reporting the pilot for potentially being over the legal limit to fly. According to the plaintiff, Ms. Brown, …

A large snake fell out of the overhead compartment on a flight from Torreon to Mexico City yesterday. In what appears to be a take on the famous Samuel L. Jackson film (and also channeling Indiana Jones), the snake tried to make a break for it before being contained. From …

When perusing the web today, I started seeing articles about a woman who was kicked off a flight for being a Trump supporter.  This didn’t seem quite right to me, primarily because I don’t see politics intersecting with everyday air travel much. Flight attendants seem to care more about whether …