Don’t take a picture on the plane until you’ve read this story
Next time you’re tempted to take a snapshot of an interesting cloud formation or your seatmate sprawling into your personal space on a plane, remember Arash Shirazi and Steven Leslie.
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Would you care to hold that plane?
Holding a plane for a passenger is an iconic customer service gesture. In a different era of commercial aviation, before on-time arrivals became so important that aircraft doors closed 15 minutes before departure, planes were almost routinely kept at the gate for passengers who were trying to make a connection or who were just late.
Can breast-feeding activists have it both ways on a plane?
One of the hot discussions this summer centered around the rights of mothers to nurse their babies on a plane.
Ridiculous or not? Going out of your way to avoid planes
We’re a nation of drivers, no doubt about it.
Southwest Airlines pilot holds plane for murder victim’s family
It’s easy to be an airline industry critic in an era of “no waivers, no favors” and fees on top of fees. It’s easy to paint airlines as heartless corporations that treat us like self-loading cargo.