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Director Kevin Smith was in the news, the latest in a string of passengers Southwest Airlines judged as too big for one of their seats. To help sort out the controversy and look at effective solutions we will be joined by Bill Fabrey from the Council on Size and Weight Discrimination, Inc. Bill helped found the Council in 1991, along with seven others, and has served as a director since that time. Bill has been an advocate for size acceptance since 1969 when he founded NAAFA (National Association... Read More
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Emilio Corsetti appears on The Sky Steward Radio Show
January 15, 2010, marks the one-year anniversary of US Airways flight 1549 which was successfully ditched in the Hudson River after striking a flock of geese during its take-off climb. Although this is the most easily remembered airliner water landing, it is interesting to look back at a ditching that took place on May 2, 1970, involving an Overseas National Airlines DC-9 en-route from JFK to St. Maarten.
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On this episode of Jetiquette, we discuss the issue of large passengers and whether the situation could be handled better or at least with a little more compassion. Plus, have you used inflight WiFi on any of your airline flights? Have you wondered whether it could be come an airborne nuisance? Gailen and Margery discuss what limits are in place to keep the inflight surfing experience a pleasant one for everyone.
We’ll also revisit the Southwest Airlines “Crying Baby” incident... Read More
Is outrage over airline fees more about “how” they are being applied than the cost?
Airline fees are by far the biggest complaint right now among airline passengers and a major issue of competition between carriers. Southwest makes it a selling point that they do not have one add-on fare after another. In this new Southwest Airlines’ commercial, the baggage handlers even scold a regional jet of United Express as it taxis by demanding to know why they’re charging their customers... Read More
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The weekly Dear Sky Steward Digest covers airline news and more. This weeks edition:
Air France is introducing new perks for its economy passengers that it used to only offer to premium customers. This is part of the Air France strategy to compensate for declining air fares and a lower demand for premium seats. The seats are closer to the way seats used to be many years ago in business class before lie-flat seat became the rage.
JAL is still in play as Delta and American do their best to work... Read More
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