Making Grandma Pay For The Sequester

April 29, 2013

To make the sequester personal, the administration grounded my mother in Chicago.

Aberrations Underscore Flight Crews’ Usual Excellence

April 5, 2012

Breakdowns and tirades get the headlines, but airline crews and ground staff do their best under difficult daily circumstances.

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A Third Chicago Airport Goes Nowhere, Slowly

January 6, 2012

They’re talking about a third airport for Chicago. Of course, they’ve been talking about it since the 1960s, so don’t book your flight yet.

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A Final Touchdown

July 21, 2011

Does the final Shuttle mission mark the end of American leadership in the skies – and should we care?

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The Comings And Goings Of The Private-Jet-Set

May 25, 2011

Taking investigative journalism where it has never been before, The Wall Street Journal reported this weekend that some very rich people have private jets, and they use them to go places. As the article in question reported, the movements of private jets (and nearly all other U.S. aircraft) are recorded through the air traffic control system. While this data generally is not accessible to the public, the newspaper obtained access …

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Nonessential Air Service

February 15, 2011

I’m going skiing in Vermont next month for a few days. As always, I’ll toss my stuff into the car and drive, but there is a government-subsidized alternative. For about $159 each way, I could fly from Westchester County Airport in suburban New York to Lebanon, N.H., which is about 20 minutes from my Vermont lodgings. The flight itself would last about an hour and twenty minutes. Including time to …

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