Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / February 2005

Pilot Allegedly Threatened to Crash Plane
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A United Airlines pilot who also flew for the
National Guard told a woman that he wanted to crash a plane into Wall
Street because some people made ``easy money'' there, court documents

Genital Mutilation American Style
How a father discovered, too late, that circumcision is not a good
thing.
by Rio Cruz

If anybody is familiar or has traveled from US to Australia on their
747 aircraft, maybe you can help me with this question:
My wife and I are planning our first visit to Australia departing from
LA. We would prefer not to share the long flight with a stranger seated

I wonder how Eireflop and others will deal with this one?
Pax compensation law -
Snipped from The Times:
'From February 17, passengers will be able to demand compensation of

I just went through this morning's postings on this newsgroup.  Only a
couple of even remotely aviation related posts - mostly on AA's removal of
pillows.  The rest is bs about circumcision and politics (particularly Iran
and Condoleezza Rice).

Hi..
I arrived at JFK on 06.02 at around 20.30 for the 23.00 flight to LHR.
Upon arrival at the check in desk, the agent said that a "Special
Promotion" was running and that we could pay %500 dollars and upgrade

Robert  Morien <PhD_failure@nousefulinfo.com> wrote:

EDITORIAL
U.S. Airlines Under a Tax Cloud
February 10, 2005
A $1.5-billion airline tax hike in President Bush's proposed budget is

Does anyone know of a good low cost travel insurance providor? I'm
looking for one that I can buy and claim online with. I hear World
Nomads is good and you can extend online as well, but I'd be keen to
hear from other travellers if they know of other companies.

I found this web site that gives free hotel coupons. It also has hotel
reservations and good forums. It seems to be a new web site, not that
many posts yet. It's called Travel Avenue.
The link is: http://www.hotelcoupons.shorturl.com

Penis sucking Rabbi infects infants with Herpes
NEW YORK (AP) -- City health officials are investigating the death of
a baby boy who was one of three infants to contract herpes after a
rabbi circumcised them.

What a shame that Lan Chile has now become "LAN" -- an airline that
represents several countries and not just Chile.
I still call it Lan Chile anyhow!
http://web.archive.org/web/19971012201051/http://www.lanchile.cl/

Low-cost carrier ups the frills
Low-cost airline Easyjet has been trialling a "fast-track" service for
passengers who may just happen to want something more than no-frills.
The carrier, which keeps its ticket prices down by cutting overheads deemed

none

I was flipping through the channels on the dish when I came across a
story on a Denver, CO news program (WB2 News).
It looks, as though F9 flight #449 has been quarantined at a gate at
DIA. It appears that a passenger on this flight has some type of a bad