Customers used to sneak a look at their phones during taxi, takeoff and landing. They tried to be as surreptitious about it as possible, to avoid being scolded by flight attendants. Once the ban on small electronics was lifted, and even though those are ...

Should You Say Something When Passengers Won’t Put Phones in Airplane Mode? and more...  In This Issue...  Should You Say Something When Passengers Won’t Put Phones in Airplane Mode?  US Border Patrol Provided Armed Security for Drug ‘Cartel Wedding’  The Christmas Eve Safety Briefing That Makes Flights Awesome  Air Travel Has Become Bad Enough Airlines are Losing 32 Million Ticket Sales a Year  Some Sort of Record: Man Gropes 3 Women on 45 Minute United Flight  More Recent Articles Should You Say Something When Passengers Won’t Put Phones in Airplane Mode? Customers used to sneak a look at their phones during taxi, takeoff and landing. They tried to be as surreptitious about it as possible, to avoid being scolded by flight attendants. Once the ban on small electronics was lifted, and even though those are supposed to be in airplane mode, customers continue to text, browse, and e-mail until they lose their signal in the sky -- and re-commence when their aircraft enters final approach. I don't remember the last time I saw a flight attendant say something, or ask a customer whether their typing was to queue a message for later or if they were actually connected despite being told to use airplane mode. Continue reading Should You Say Something When Passengers Won’t Put Phones in Airplane Mode?...          • Email to a friend •   US Border Patrol Provided Armed Security for Drug ‘Cartel Wedding’ Border Field State Park is the southermost point in California, adjacent to Tijuana. The US-Mexican border survey which took place following the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo which ended the Mexican-American war in 1848, began at Border Field. A US citizen convicted of smuggling "43 pounds of heroin, 47 pounds of methamphetamine and 43 pounds of cocaine" got married there to a woman from Mexico despite being cleared by a border patrol background check. Continue reading US Border Patrol Provided Armed Security for Drug ‘Cartel Wedding’...          • Email to a friend •   The Christmas Eve Safety Briefing That Makes Flights Awesome Many flight safety briefings are done by video nowadays, at least on aircraft equipped with inflight entertainment. But flight attendants used to do safety briefings live and on some aircraft of course they still do. As long as all of the relevant information is included in the briefing, the particular verbiage isn't dictated. Back in 1999, I think, I first heard "'Twas the Flight Before Christmas" and it went something like this: Continue reading The Christmas Eve Safety Briefing That Makes Flights Awesome...          • Email to a friend •   Air Travel Has Become Bad Enough Airlines are Losing 32 Million Ticket Sales a Year Americans "skipped as many as 32 million air trips in the year 2016." Factors cited by consumers about the hassle that makes travel not worth it including 'unbundling' (myriad fees) as well as airport hassles, long lines, and other inconveniences they attribute to the airlines. When you make travel less comfortable you are leaving money on the table from those customers who choose to take fewer trips. Continue reading Air Travel Has Become Bad Enough Airlines are Losing 32 Million Ticket Sales a Year...          • Email to a friend •   Some Sort of Record: Man Gropes 3 Women on 45 Minute United Flight The 282 mile flight is blocked at 1 hour and 25 minutes, but as much of that is on the ground in Newark as in the air. Harassing one woman for every 15 minutes in the air surely must compete for some kind of record of awfulness. Continue reading Some Sort of Record: Man Gropes 3 Women on 45 Minute United Flight...          • Email to a friend •   More Recent Articles United Passenger Accused of Racism After Losing First Class to Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Mid-Air Carry-on Bag Robbery and TSA Rejecting DC Licenses EVEN BETTER: Premium Economy From More US Cities to Beijing From $614 Roundtrip Ritz-Carlton Riyadh is Now a Saudi Torture Site       Click here to safely unsubscribe from "View from the Wing." Click here to view mailing archives, here to change your preferences, or here to subscribe • Privacy Email subscriptions powered by FeedBlitz, LLC, 365 Boston Post Rd, Suite 123, Sudbury, MA 01776, USA.