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Salon.com
July 26, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Do seat cushions actually save lives? And why don't U.S. airlines fly to Africa?   |
Salon.com
August 30, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Airline security. Where are all the female pilots? And how do airliners find the runway in the fog? |
Salon.com
August 23, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot How hard is it fly an airliner? And why can't I keep my tray table down during takeoff? |
Salon.com
June 28, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Do pilots sweat bullets during wind-whipped landings? And why are those darn windows so small? |
Salon.com
October 18, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot The pilot seniority blues. And, what happens when avians and airliners collide? |
Salon.com
September 6, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot What are the 10 worst airline crashes of all time? |
Salon.com
September 27, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot How could a pilot not be trained for fog landings? And how is "Jet Smarter" author Diana Fairechild like Ralph Nader with a tray of peanuts? |
Salon.com
July 18, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Do airlines cut down the flow of oxygen in the cabin to save fuel? Can wind shear rip off a plane's wing? |
Salon.com
September 13, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Can an airliner get a speeding ticket? And, isn't it a bad thing when an engine bursts into flame? |
Salon.com
March 28, 2002
P. Smith |
Air travel's communications killer Twenty-five years ago, the greatest disaster in airline history killed 538 people, in part because of a radio glitch that still hasn't been fixed... |
Salon.com
September 20, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot What happens when you drop dry ice into an airplane toilet? And are regional pilots just rejects from the big airlines? |
Salon.com
August 9, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot When airplanes collide, who is responsible? Are we doing enough to prevent such disasters? |
Salon.com
January 15, 2002
P. Smith |
The inherent danger of flying Shoe bombs and suicidal 15-year-olds are heightening fears about airline security. But aside from creating more chaos at airports, what can we do? |
Salon.com
December 10, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot United isn't the first great airline to fall on hard times. Does anyone still remember Eastern? Or the glory days of Pan Am? |
Salon.com
July 12, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Up, locked, and loaded Should guns be allowed in the cockpit? Possibly, says Salon's aviation expert, but not at the expense of other solutions to air terror. |
Salon.com
August 2, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Can it really get too hot to fly? And what was it like to be in the air on Sept. 11? |
Salon.com
October 25, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Flying Beech 99's, ogling Gulf Air's stunning stewardesses and other career highlights. Plus: What are the scariest airports? |
Salon.com
March 8, 2002
P. Smith |
How safe is your airplane? After the crash of American Airlines Flight 587, some pilots requested that all Airbus A300 planes be grounded. But they're still aloft... |
Salon.com
November 16, 2001
P. Smith |
Turbulence can kill Investigators are suggesting that Flight 587 may have become fatally entwined in the jet wake of another plane. Stranger things have happened... |
Salon.com
January 13, 2003
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Can we stop bombs in our baggage? And, how do pilots amuse themselves at 30,000 feet? |
Salon.com
February 4, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Concorde Not even a hideous crash -- and the worst single event in the history of the airline business -- could permanently ground the most sensual and timelessly attractive of airplanes... |
Salon.com
June 21, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Airplanes don't get no respect The glamour of the jet age is gone, and that's a shame. It's time to bring back the wonder. |
Salon.com
October 11, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Ugly airplanes... Pilot promotions... Why do seat backs have to be in their "full upright position" for takeoff and landing?... etc. |
Salon.com
September 12, 2001
Phaedra Hise |
Flying with phantoms A pilot waves goodbye to the World Trade Center... |
Wired
March 2002
B.A. Warner |
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control How Europe's deregulated airlines are using cut-rate fares, Web engines, and small airfields to shake up the flying game... |
Popular Mechanics
January 2006
Jim Gorman |
'We don't have any engines' Two joyriding pilots took a jet to its 41,000-ft. ceiling -- and paid for the stunt with their lives. PM investigates the crash of Flight 3701. |
Salon.com
May 30, 2002
P. Smith |
Crash culture Who is to blame when a 22-year-old 747 falls from the sky? |
Salon.com
November 22, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot The science of weighing airplanes. And, how many things can go wrong with a jet before it's not allowed to fly? |
BusinessWeek
October 14, 2010
Chan Sue Ling |
As Asian Air Travel Soars, Pilots are Scarce As Asian air travel soars, the demand for pilots will likely outstrip supply. Some airlines are offering perks to recruits, including free training. |
Salon.com
July 28, 2000
Stephen Yafa |
Unfriendly skies Passengers who try to fly on United are ending up as casualties of a labor war between the airline's management and its "employee owners." |
Salon.com
November 27, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Why are pilots so scruffy? What happened to the mile-high hanky-panky of yesteryear? Plus: More entries for the rock 'n' roll jetliner hall of fame. |
Salon.com
July 28, 2000
Elliott Neal Hester |
Out of the Blue Lies in the sky: An inside look at United Airlines' abysmal service. |
National Defense
August 2009
Stew Magnuson |
No Further Funding for DHS Shoulder-Fired Missile Program The Obama administration in its 2010 budget has not requested further funding to test a controversial program to protect commercial aircraft from shoulder-fired missiles. |
BusinessWeek
May 2, 2005
Kripalani et al. |
Dogfight Over India Airbus and Boeing are going all out to win billions in plane orders from India's booming airlines. Even startups are being taken far more seriously these days. |
Knowledge@Wharton
December 18, 2002 |
Saving United Airlines: A Labor-Intensive Proposition Experts on the airline industry at Wharton and elsewhere say there are two indicators that can provide clues about how United's future may shape up: the behavior of its labor unions and the health of the U.S. economy. |
Wired
March 2003
John Galvin |
Always a Dull Moment The Virtual Air Traffic Simulation Network (Vatsim), provides simulated control of an airliner or control tower in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game that is as boring as the real thing. |
BusinessWeek
May 6, 2010
Paul M. Barrett |
Airline Mergers Aren't Storybook Romances The Continental-United tie-up makes sense in a bloated industry, but history shows that big airline mergers yield mediocre results at best. |
Knowledge@Wharton
April 9, 2003 |
War, Disease and the Economy Are Battering the Airlines. What Lies Ahead? The airline industry can't catch a break. The industry has gone from merely trying to figure out how to survive a world of lowered demand to figuring out how to survive unexpected crises approaching from all sides. It's not easy. |
Salon.com
October 30, 2001
P. Smith |
Search for bombs, not nail clippers A commercial pilot says that security checks are laughably misdirected... |
Salon.com
November 13, 2001
Damien Cave |
"It couldn't have come at a worse time" Former Transportation Secretary Sam Skinner explains how the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 will affect the air travel industry... |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Flight Delayed Again? The Hub's the Rub New research shows that most of the delays due to air-traffic congestion are evidence of trade-offs made by an air travel system in which passengers get something in return for congestion -- more frequent service to a greater number of destinations... |
Popular Mechanics
August 2007
Barbara S. Peterson |
End of Flight Delays? FAA's GPS Fix Could Bust Sky Gridlock The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been quietly using Alaska as a testbed for technologies that could radically transform the nation's antiquated air traffic control (ATC) system from ground-based radar to space-based GPS. |
Popular Mechanics
December 10, 2008
Michael Milstein |
Is a Controversial Technology to Blame for the F-18 Crash? The F/A-18D Hornet that slammed into a residential neighborhood in San Diego Monday came from the first family of fighter jets with full fly-by-wire technology. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2009
Jeff Wise |
The Tech That Makes New Airplanes and Runways Safer The plane, the runway, the airport, the technology are all examined here |
BusinessWeek
August 2, 2004
Brian Grow |
Can Delta Carry Song's Tune? The faltering airline company Delta Air may remake itself along the lines of its low-cost subsidiary Song. |
AskMen.com
Nick Clarke |
Top 10: Budget Airlines Budget airlines help you get where you want to for less; we've compiled a list of the world's top 10 budget airlines, meaning you can afford to travel this year without the fear of your home being repossessed. |
The Motley Fool
May 23, 2011
Aimee Duffy |
On the Merge of Greatness? Will Southwest reign supreme or end up just like all the other airlines? |
BusinessWeek
September 29, 2010
Bachman et al. |
Southwest Charts a New Flight Plan In a bid to continue growing and lure more lucrative corporate travelers, Southwest Airlines is paying $1.4 billion for AirTran. |
The Motley Fool
September 26, 2011
Robert Eberhard |
Can American Eagle Get Off the Ground? The proposed spinoff of American Eagle could rely on the future success of AMR. |
BusinessWeek
July 5, 2004
Wendy Zellner |
Big Airlines: Not Much Runway Left United and the other major carriers must remake themselves -- or go down trying. |
