I won’t admit what search terms I used that brought this up, but I found a resort that has an interesting experience. They hide bottles of Cruzan Rum in the water so that while you are snorkeling, you have a chance of discovering a bottle of rum. I think I …
Read More »Victorious German World Cup Team Gets a 747 to Themselves
Apparently one of the perks of winning the World Cup is getting a private flight back home to your victor’s celebration. From the International Business Times: Flight LH2014 — an obvious reference to the Cup — took off late Monday afternoon from Rio de Janeiro’s Galeão airport, headed to Berlin …
Read More »Will Low-Cost Carriers Charge You Not to Have to STAND?
A new study has shown that it is possible for airplanes to offer standing-room only tickets aboard the planes. Â This technology could be available within the next five years. According to CNN: Â The vertical passenger seat — or “standing cabin” — may be the next big cost-cutting move in aviation, …
Read More »How to Handle an Emergency Landing: Take Selfies?
A plane from Portugal to Holland had to make an emergency landing. Â The oxygen masks fell and a passenger took the the opportunities to take selfies in the oxygen mask. Â Hey, it’s better than panicking! From the Mirror: If your flight suddenly goes into descent and Oxygen masks fall from …
Read More »Man Attempts to Ruin Ex’s Vacation via Bomb Threat
If you are looking to get revenge on an ex, I recommend not doing what this fellow did. According to SeattlePi.com: Milliren made the bomb threat just before 6 a.m., telling police that his ex planned to bomb a Southwest flight that had just boarded, a Port of Seattle Police Department detective …
Read More »Crap! Dog Poop Forces US Airways Plane to Make Emergency Landing
Yes, dog poop. A US Airways flight from LA to Philly had to make an emergency landing after a dog pooped in the aisle. Big deal, right? Well, the dog pooped. Â Like, really pooped. Â All over. So much so, they didn’t even have enough paper towels to scoop it up. …
Read More »JetBlue Plane Makes Emergency Landing at BOS After Striking Bird
If you are having a bad day, I think this bird is having a worst one. From Boston.com: A JetBlue flight leaving Logan International Airport this morning had to make an emergency landing after the plane struck a bird during takeoff, the airline said in a statement. JetBlue flight 111, …
Read More »Mule Pilot Hospitalized After Ingested Bag of Cocaine Bursts
A commercial pilot riding in (what I assume is) the jump seat ran into trouble when one of the bags of cocaine he had ingested burst during landing on a flight from Colombia to Houston. Realizing he was in trouble, he called 911 himself upon landing. Click2Houston has the scoop, …
Read More »Nurses Dress Like Flight Attendants to Make Patients More Comfortable
When you think of “comfort,” do you think of flight attendants? According to the Huffington Post: Nurses at Lianshui Traditional Chinese Medicine hospital in Huaian, a city in eastern China, are now wearing flight attendant uniforms… …the new initiative is designed to glamorize the nursing profession and to help foster …
Read More »Forgetting Things After Traveling Lots
I’ll be honest. Â I forgot how to work my shower after a three-week stretch of travel in April. That’s why this comic, Itchy Feet, made me chortle: What I liked about this comic strip is I think it fully appreciates travel in the crazy miles and points fashion–just flying somewhere …
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