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airlines and airplanes
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July 18, 2012
Is the ‘Nickel and Dime’ Strategy Working for the Airlines?
Have the airlines gone too far with the extra fees, or are they on to something?
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December 7, 2011
Waging War on Wages
Why don't more companies follow American Airlines' strategy of declaring bankruptcy to slash labor costs?
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December 29, 2010
Can Air Travel Be Improved in Bad Weather?
Are there ways to schedule flights to avoid thousands of cancellations and delays?
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August 10, 2010
A Code of Conduct for Passengers?
In light of the Steven Slater case, how can rules help ease the friction between passengers and the flight crew?
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May 4, 2010
Who Benefits When Airlines Merge?
Does airline consolidation drive up fares or reduce logjams on runways?
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April 22, 2010
The New Age of Travel: Blimps and Beyond
Iceland's volcanoes inspire dreams of future, and futuristic, alternatives to airplanes.
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December 30, 2009
Aviation Security and the Israeli Model
What can the U.S. learn, if anything, from a different system of passenger screening?
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December 28, 2009
What’s Missing in Airport Security?
Can safety rules be tightened without clogging up air travel?
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October 23, 2009
Do Pilots Get Enough Sleep?
Regulators are designing strategies to reduce fatigue in the cockpit.
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September 28, 2009
The In-Flight Menace: Wireless Chatter
Why are we addicted to staying connected even when it makes us miserable?
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August 1, 2009
Check-In to Bag Claim: Better Ways to Fly
The discomforts of air travel -- readers count the ways, and offer some suggestions.
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January 16, 2009
Miracles and Plane Crashes
What accounts for plane crash survivability? Pilot skills, better aircraft features or competent passengers?
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