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The Origin of Business Class and Putting in Carpet Before the Hotel is Built and more...  In This Issue...  The Origin of Business Class and Putting in Carpet Before the Hotel is Built  American’s Boeing 777-300ER Reconfiguration Plan Revealed  Atlanta Airport Power is Back – Avoid Atlanta Airport! – as Delta May Face Fines  Turning Down $2000 United Travel Voucher and TSA’s Ask Me Anything  Pilot No Shows, Forces Delta to Cancel Last Ever Boeing 747 Flight Departing U.S.  Quick: 1000 Free Marriott Points (Transfers to Starwood)  Right Now: Atlanta Airport Loses Power, Passengers Trapped and TSA Yelling  American Will Start Cleaning Vents on All Their Planes  More Recent Articles The Origin of Business Class and Putting in Carpet Before the Hotel is Built A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips. Continue reading The Origin of Business Class and Putting in Carpet Before the Hotel is Built...          • Email to a friend •   American’s Boeing 777-300ER Reconfiguration Plan Revealed American hasn't publicly shared details of what the configuration of the 777-300ERs ("77W") would look like once premium economy is added -- what those seats will trade off with. The first plane to be reconfigured left for Paine Field December 3rd. And American has now dropped a seat map. Continue reading American’s Boeing 777-300ER Reconfiguration Plan Revealed...          • Email to a friend •   Atlanta Airport Power is Back – Avoid Atlanta Airport! – as Delta May Face Fines Atlanta airport electricity was restored around midnight Sunday night after an outage that lasted 11 hours. After around 1000 flights were cancelled at the airport, many travelers simply stayed even though MARTA was running. Planes and crew are out of position, not ready to fly. Delta won't even let unaccompanied minors near Atlanta. Continue reading Atlanta Airport Power is Back – Avoid Atlanta Airport! – as Delta May Face Fines...          • Email to a friend •   Turning Down $2000 United Travel Voucher and TSA’s Ask Me Anything A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips. Continue reading Turning Down $2000 United Travel Voucher and TSA’s Ask Me Anything...          • Email to a friend •   Pilot No Shows, Forces Delta to Cancel Last Ever Boeing 747 Flight Departing U.S. Just last week Delta told investors that their operation was so good only weather could snarl it. I suggested this was hubris along the lines of American's Doug Parker claiming his airline would never lose money again -- and I suggested that the Atlanta-based airline, known for IT meltdowns, had better hope as well that "all of their pilots stay happy" because pilots can bring down any airline. Today Delta was scheduled to fly its last-ever Boeing 747 departure from the U.S., Detroit to Seoul. And one of the plane's four pilots didn't show so Delta had to cancel the flight. Continue reading Pilot No Shows, Forces Delta to Cancel Last Ever Boeing 747 Flight Departing U.S....          • Email to a friend •   Quick: 1000 Free Marriott Points (Transfers to Starwood) Marriott will give you 1000 points for answering a simple question on Twitter. And here's the answer. Continue reading Quick: 1000 Free Marriott Points (Transfers to Starwood)...          • Email to a friend •   Right Now: Atlanta Airport Loses Power, Passengers Trapped and TSA Yelling Atlanta's airport is experiencing a significant power outage. Passengers are trapped on planes, as jetways can't move. People are stuck on escalators, not allowed up or down. And TSA agents are yelling. Continue reading Right Now: Atlanta Airport Loses Power, Passengers Trapped and TSA Yelling...          • Email to a friend •   American Will Start Cleaning Vents on All Their Planes On Friday I wrote that flight attendants had shamed American will photos of dirty vents and as a result the airline would start cleaning the vents on Airbus A330 and A320 aircraft. There's even more good news to report. Continue reading American Will Start Cleaning Vents on All Their Planes...          • Email to a friend •   More Recent Articles Review: American Airlines Boeing 787-9 Business Class, Paris – Dallas Why Basic Economy is Like the Movie Say Anything and Customers Have Their Boom Boxes Out       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.