The Federal Aviation Administration is charging American Eagle $2.5 million for not ensuring that weight records were accurate on each plane on dozens of flights in the past two years. When the crew of an airplane has incorrect information about the amount of weight in the cargo area, it affects how the pilot will gauge its take-off and landing procedures
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FAA faults American Eagle $2.5 million for misinformation
Transportation planners are a noble and advanced species; all I have met have opposable thumbs, walk upright, and have a reasonable command of fire and language. But the results of a fascinating new experiment reported in the journal Science give us cause to question whether their work would be better performed by primordial slime.
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Are Transportation Planners Smarter Than Mold?
As expected, a couple of the travel movies we’ve been following all year have landed some high-profile nods for the upcoming Academy Awards: “Up in the Air” has six nominations, while animated South American adventure “Up” has five; both are up for Best Picture. Here’s the full list of nominees .
PRINT ARTICLE Colts Defensive End Dwight Freeney has been struggling with ankle problems since their January 24th AFC Championship victory over the New York Jets. He was swarmed by reporters alongside fellow teammate Peyton Manning Monday afternoon at Super Bowl media day. Most questions directed towards Freeney were related to the third-degree ankle sprain he hopes to overcome by Sunday
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Colts Prepare Without Freeney
PRINT ARTICLE The Boston Celtics earned their first victory in four games Monday night against the Washington Wizards , but not all was good news for the 30-16 veteran squad at the Verizon Center. Even with Kevin Garnett back in the lineup, the Celtics haven’t been able to catch a break with injuries
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Celtics Handle Wizards, End Skid
Secondary or alternative airports are very popular mainly within people who travel a lot with low cost airlines. Such airports have lower fees and that’s why the final price of airline tickets can be lower. Moreover, you can find great deals to nearby airports during peak season
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Airport Of The Week: Alternative airports in the USA
Photo Credit: The Orlando Sentinel Ladies and gentlemen, break out your brooms. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter will unveil itself in Orlando in spring of 2010. From magical wands to flying broomsticks, secrets are swirling around the country as to what exactly will brew in the 20 acres of sorcery
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The Wizarding World of Harry Potter opens in Orlando, spring 2010
In a lengthy decision between joining Delta Air Lines and SkyTeam, and staying with American in the Oneworld Alliance, Japan Airlines president Masaru Onishi has said that a decision will come soon, and it will not be influenced by any other previous conversations. The airline will reportedly decide on its alliance as soon as possible, but it will not provide a time frame for when the choice will be made. Under new management, JAL is reconsidering the deal “from scratch” and filed for bankruptcy two weeks ago with a debt of $25.6 billion and ambitions to restructure, according to USA Today .
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JAL plans to choose an alliance as soon as possible
PRINT ARTICLE Texans QB Matt Schaub collected MVP rights after throwing for 189 yards and two touchdowns to lead the AFC past the NFC 41-34 in this year’s offensive friendly Pro Bowl yesterday in Miami. “It’s a game you watch growing up as a kid and wonder if you could ever be in,” said Schaub. “To actually be a part of it is incredible.” The attendance for the game was 70,697, marking the second largest audience in the events history
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Schaub, NFC Claim Victory
my favorite part is the beginning montage & P1 votes RT @ normalguyguide the e-brake is always, always great comedy. # I don't struggle to provide the service, just to keep up with posting everything RT @ themarc : your struggle to provide service # HA! want the address? RT @ brian72975 : Someone needs the ever-loving shit beat out of him: Fake Gordon Keith?
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-31
Air Canada announced plans to add seven routes to from Toronto to U.S. cities starting April 6, 2010 with daily flights to Orange County, Ca. The Canadian airline will continue with daily flights to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Memphis, Portland, (Maine and Oregon), Syracuse and San Diego .
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Air Canada announces major U.S. flight expansion
Photo Credit/Apple The newest innovation from the Apple engineers weighs in at 1.5 lbs and is only 0.5 inches thick ( read: it fits in my purse or carry-on, and still leaves room for everything else ). Apple’s iPad is Steve Jobs’ answer to the netbooks of today, and it’s already creating chaos among Apple aficionado’s.
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Can Apple’s iPad reshape the way you travel?
Right off the heels of Apple’s iPad announcement , Southwest Airlines hits the apple fan base with a new app, complete with the airline’s signature “DING!” Southwest’s first app for iPhone and iPod touch allows customers to book airline tickets , check-in for flights, check flight status, view flight schedules, and download DING! to get exclusive fares on Southwest flights. Download the Southwest Airlines iPhone application and get a special DING! fare, good for today (Jan. 29) only
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Need flights? Southwest has an app for that
JetBlue check-in desk/New York JFK Airport T5 JetBlue is preparing itself – and its travelers – for a messy travel weekend. Despite the pending storm that is making its way up the East Coast, causing JetBlue to proactively issue travel advisories for the Boston , DC and New York areas, the low-cost airline is transferring to a new reservations system starting at noon on Friday
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JetBlue: Passengers should prepare for new reservations system, winter storm
In the SuperFreakonomics Virtual Book Club, we invite readers to ask questions of some of the researchers and other characters in our new book. Last week we opened up the questioning for Claudia Goldin and Lawrence Katz, labor economists and experts on the male-female wage gap.
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SuperFreakonomics Book Club: Goldin and Katz on the Male-Female Wage Gap
Musers take a trip to the world of handshakes. There’s nothing worse than a limp hand in my opinion
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Handshake Talk
For the 8:40 segment today, they’re playing some uncomfortable audio.
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Uncomfortable Audio
Zipline tours are starting to pop up across the nation as unique and exciting ways to explore a new setting while on vacation. Get the heart pumping as you discover beautiful rivers, hidden forests, and natural wildlife, all while doing 30 mph hanging from a wire
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Some of the top zipline tours in the nation
In light of the upcoming delays that begin at New York’s JFK International Airport on March 1, 2010, airlines are preparing to make changes to avoid any massive delays. The airport is typically packed even during slow, less-demanding travel periods, so the runway closure will make flight scheduling more complex. Especially since New York is a hub both domestically and internationally, closing its longest runway could affect the entire country.
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Airlines prepare for JFK runway construction
Musers talked to Tiger Woods while in the sex clinic getting rehab. Poor guy sounds really upset he can’t touch his private place while in there
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Fake Tiger Woods – From Sex Rehab
Low cost airline WizzAir has introduced its new web check-in service to further airports. Web check-in is now available on all flights departing from Brussels Charleroi, Budapest, Eindhoven, Gdansk, Frankfurt Hahn, Glasgow Prestwick, Hamburg Lübeck, Katowice, London Luton, Paris Beauvais, Poznan, Prague, Sofia, Turku, Warsaw, Dusseldorf Weeze and Wroclaw
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WizzAir introduces web check-in to further airports
Yesterday, Corby realizes that at the Super Bowl he is going to be rooming with Norm. Something he’s obviously not interested in doing, much like the rest of the crew.
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Rhyner LIES – CSI (Corby Scene Investigation)
Great news for bold travelers: Joining the mile high club just got easier. Well, except for the fact that you won’t be a mile up in the air when you join. Dutch hotel company, Hotel Suites , has launched a new type of luxury accommodation: an airplane hotel suite that is as smooth, chic, and relaxing as your average stay at the spa
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Nothing is up in the air about this plane
Finally, Tom Hicks MLS listing of the Rangers can be deleted. He talks about how he’s unhappy he didn’t get the MLB championship.
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Fake Tom Hicks – Sells Rangers
Take a stroll along the famous Amsterdam canals Hey, students, this is one announcement you don’t want to miss: Cheapflights is teaming up with STA Travel for an exclusive savings on 2010 travel. Starting January 26, 2010, students will receive $20.10 off any airline ticket purchase of $200 or more. We have highlighted some amazing deals to Europe , although there are no limits or restrictions on where you can travel.
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Deals Exclusive: STA Travel and Cheapflights team up to offer students travel discounts
Flyers can stretch out and sleep in economy class Seems Air New Zealand heard the sleep calls from economy class consumers and is making a change. Air New Zealand will be reconfiguring their Boeing 777 cabins to make room for lie flat seats in economy seating. These lie-flat beds make that endless flight to Australia seem a little more relaxing
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Air New Zealand to put lie-flat beds in economy class flights
Oooooh soo classy, class it up baby. Hello sweet little Tickethead P1
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Another Late Concert Calendar Just for the H E double hockey sticks of it!