This post originally appeared in Truth.Travel's aviation blog, On the Fly.
Just as two flaked-out flyboys were getting their licenses yanked by the Federal Aviation Administration earlier this week, an unusual confab was taking place in a hangar at Newark Airport: the chief executives of 25 of the world’s top airlines were lining up to welcome Continental Airlines into their fold, the Star Alliance.
These two seemingly disparate events have more in common than you might think.
A weeklong mystery about why two pilots blew past their destination and ignored numerous attempts to raise them was apparently resolved when the pilots explained that they got distracted figuring out a new scheduling program from Delta Air Lines. Delta is their new employer by dint of a merger with Northwest, where both have worked for years...
Read the full post on Fly.Truth.Travel.
Just as two flaked-out flyboys were getting their licenses yanked by the Federal Aviation Administration earlier this week, an unusual confab was taking place in a hangar at Newark Airport: the chief executives of 25 of the world’s top airlines were lining up to welcome Continental Airlines into their fold, the Star Alliance.
A weeklong mystery about why two pilots blew past their destination and ignored numerous attempts to raise them was apparently resolved when the pilots explained that they got distracted figuring out a new scheduling program from Delta Air Lines. Delta is their new employer by dint of a merger with Northwest, where both have worked for years...
Read the full post on Fly.Truth.Travel.
Alex Pasquariello is a senior assistant editor at Condé Nast Traveler covering news, politics, and environmental issues. He is fond of almost any pursuit that requires a helmet and his favorite ecosystem is high alpine tundra in late June.
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