MetaFilter posts tagged with flying and airlines

Vintage Flight Attendant Photos

brain_drain — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:07:58 -0800

Remember when air travel was viewed as glamorous and exciting? Of course you don't. So check out this collection of vintage flight attendant photos: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

How To Travel With Just One Bag.

brain_drain — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:13:28 -0800

Tired of waiting an hour for your luggage? Can't fit all your gear into a tiny suitcase? Struggling to find the perfect carry-on? OneBag can help.

Cabin crew, please make sure we have remembered to close the doors.

thatwhichfalls — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:44:45 -0800

Veritas Airways , the airline that tells it like it is.
The Economist asks, "In-flight announcements are not entirely truthful. What might an honest one sound like?"

No chance for MeFites

mr_crash_davis — Wed, 19 May 2004 23:03:09 -0800

Want to fly free? Song may accommodate you. All you have to do is be nice.

Mile High Dating

Irontom — Wed, 09 Jul 2003 08:11:22 -0800

Mile High Dating: combining Internet dating with unlimited free flights is allowing America West employees to become jet setting bachelors (anyone can do it, but according to the story it's mostly men taking advantage of this combination). It costs them next to nothing for a weekend trip (if everything works out) but seems amazingly romantic to the women. [more inside]

Oriole Adams — Thu, 23 Aug 2001 15:57:20 -0800

Air rage terrorist in the waiting, or cranky old man? I can understand flight crews taking every caution with their captive audience, but will the new "zero tolerance" policies make for an airline police state, where shoddy treatment is the norm, and passengers dare not speak out Or Else?

fluxcreative — Mon, 09 Jul 2001 07:32:52 -0800

Those darn airmen in their flying contraptions... Interested in hearing other's opinions on this. If I have an airplane should I be able to fly wherever I want to, or should property owners be able to erect an invisible fence 40,000 feet high around their property to keep airplane owners away? Also, if I can keep people with noisy airplanes from flying close to my house, can I also outlaw people with noisy motorcyles from riding on country roads near my home?

cmacleod — Tue, 31 Oct 2000 14:39:28 -0800

Singapore Airlines Flight 006 Survivors Report. A rather gripping account of the crash here last night. Hard to believe that they would have a plane taking off in the middle of a typhoon but hey "we do this all the time; it's fine."