BOS-NRT 787 Trip-Arrival in BOS
I was a bit nervous this morning. There’s no way to fly IAD-BOS as part of the oneworld alliance, so I was on United. That meant that if there was some sort of delay and I missed the BOS-NRT flight, I was out of…
Travel
Yankees Update & Japan 787 Trip
Quick Yankees thoughts and some notes on my upcoming Japan trip: Yesterday was the 100th anniversary of the opening of Fenway Park. There was a big celebration before the game between the Yankees and Red Sox, our first time playing them this season. Then,…
American Moving Aggresively to Trim Labor Cost
According to this Wall Street Journal article, American Airlines is set to trim about 20% of it’s non-union payroll through job reductions and benefit reductions. I wrote earlier about the closing of the Admirals Club at my home airport, Washington Dulles. While I’m disappointed,…
TSA is Testing New Automation Technology for Boarding Passes
According to this piece in the USA Today, TSA is testing a machine that automatically authenticates most forms of identification. They’re testing it at Washington Dulles (IAD), my home airport, so I may get to try it soon. I don’t really view this as…
American Airlines to Close My Admirals Club at Dulles Airport
Okay, so it’s not “MY” club, but IAD is my home airport. And, according to this report, AA is closing a number of clubs. The only one I actually care about is Dulles. I truly love all of the IAD club employees. Not only…
A Little More Space Shuttle
We actually ended up getting a little more than we bargained for with the space shuttle landing. We were hoping for a low pass, then a landing. We got the first low pass at 9:45. Standing on the roof of the daily garage, we…
Space Shuttle “Lands” at IAD
I don’t have a ton of time to post, but the shuttle Discovery landed piggy back on a 747 at IAD this morning. Since the shuttle program has been discontinued, landings such as these are bound to be a thing of the past quite…
Upgraded at Hyatt Regency Denver
I’ve probably booked a few hundred room nights at the Hyatt Regency Denver over the last couple of years, so the staff knows me pretty well. I’m always treated very well by the staff, but I especially look forward to when the hotel is…
7 Years Later, Still No Labor Peace at US Air
US Airways flight attendants rejected yet another contract to give them pay raises and consolidate them into one seniority list. Flight attendants from the old US Airways are still working under pay cuts they took under a 2005 contract while the airline was still…
Price of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner?
I don’t have an online source for this, as I read it in the hard copy of the most recent edition of Airports International. Air India is trying to get someone to purchase the first 7 Boeing 787s it’s due to receive and lease…