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Air Travel

  • News

    April 25, 2012

    Gordon Hempton Wants You to Shut Up

    To protect the country's quietest place, one man's making a lot of noise.

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Comment of the Day: TSA Has Fascist Attitude Says Sort of Bourgeois Middle-Aged White Woman

    Last Thursday on Daily Weekly Keegan Hamilton interviewed John Brennan, the man now famous for stripping his clothes off at Portland International Airport in protest of the TSA.

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    Sea-Tac Fliers Say They Deserve an Egg McMuffin

    As reported last week by the Seattle Times, the addition of McDonald's to the restaurant roster at Sea-Tac would solve the airport's "longstanding hamburger problem." But fans of the fast food chain say the dearth of options now available to travelers seeking a breakfast sandwich is equally problema ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Alaska Airlines Eliminates Prayer Cards, But Pretzels Still Available

    ​Alaska Airlines won't be comin' in on a wing and a prayer any longer. Beginning Feb. 1, passengers will have to settle for just the wing. Call it separation of church and airline. For 30 years, customers could count on getting a little prayer card on their meals trays. For some, especially th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    Final Score for 2011: Airbus, 1,419 New Orders; Boeing, 805 New Orders

    For the fourth consecutive year, Airbus has won the new-orders battle with Boeing. The European jet maker believes its success over its American rival can be largely attributed to strong demand for its revamped single-aisle plane.

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Southwest to Buy $19 Billion Worth of Boeing Jets in Largest Aircraft Order Ever

    ​If Boeing pays its sales agents on commission (and Lord knows they should), then there are some serious bonus checks being cut right now.

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    Hey! Radiohead's Touring This Spring. Let's Start the Sasquatch! 2012 Rumors Now!

    ​Just last week a friend asked me if I'd heard who the Sasquatch! headliners were going to be this year. It was exhausting just to think about. "Haven't we only just recovered from 2010's four-day romp?" I responded, probably not out loud. I haven't even had my turkey yet and here we are talki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Boeing Implausibly Predicts Pilot Profession to Proliferate

    image sourceThe future is bright?​Boeing may not have reason to be bullish about its ability to fill upcoming orders for commercial jets, but why dwell on that when you can make outlandish claims about the number of pilots the industry will soon be needing to hire!

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2011

    Is Boeing Heading from Second Place to First Loser?

    image sourceThe 737 is dead! Long live the 737!​Imagine this scenario: Sometime in the mid-1990's, the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox managed to muscle out or swallow up every other team in Major League Baseball, and since then have played every game of every season, from spring train ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    Copper River King Salmon Debuts at Reduced Price

    ​Copper River King salmon is cheaper this year, but purveyors say the exalted fish hasn't lost any cachet. "We've had tons of calls already," says Elliott's Oyster House executive chef Robert Spaulding, who this morning marked the season's start by greeting the harvest's arrival at Seattle-Ta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    WSJ: How Southwest Succeeded and Boeing Failed in Ripped-Fuselage Incident

    ​In the hours after a gaping hole opened in in the roof above passengers on flight 812 to Sacramento, Southwest Airlines made a rather unprecedented move in the commercial airline world: it grounded nearly all its 737 flights without any prodding by the FAA. But while Southwest was busy nippin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    What to Do When Your Pilot Gets Sucked Out of the Airplane

    ​Last week it was established that on any given flight there's a distinct possibility that a gaping hole might suddenly open in the roof of the plane, causing rapid decompression and forcing an emergency landing. But what if a hole opens up in a more important part of the plane like, say, the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    Nisqually Earthquake, 10 Years and Counting: Where Were You When the Earth Shook?

    ​On a Feb. 28, 2001 I was not in Seattle. I was in Phoenix where if you see the earth shake it's usually just a mirage on the horizon. I was 18-years-old, not a year out of high school and avoiding college for the time being by working at America West Airlines (since absorbed by US Airways) an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    WTO: Boeing Received Some $24 Billion in Illegal Subsidies From U.S. Government

    ​The latest ruling in the Europe/America-gives-illegal-money-to-its-principal-aircraft-manufacturer saga has been handed down. And the score stands at 1-1.

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Airbus to Make See-Through Planes; Your Move, Boeing

    ​European plane-maker Airbus recently asked its engineers to lock themselves in a room, eat their weight in peyote and dream up the Aircraft of the Future. What they came up with were morphing seats that conform to a person's shape, holographic projections that can change a private cabin into ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    Jewel Thomas Sues American Airlines for Scary Landing

    ​Here's one way to know you've just filed a frivolous lawsuit. Take 190 people and put them all on the same plane. Make an emergency landing in which no one gets hurt. Now, tally up how many of your fellow passengers sue the airline. Are you the only one? Then congratulations, you're now the p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Patty Murray v. Richard Shelby: Brawl of the Week

    ​Patty Murray has resumed a fight she picked last December with the state of Alabama over who should get to build 179 tankers for the Air Force. Murray joined Gov. Chris Gregoire in Everett this week, to trumpeting Boeing as the best company to build the planes. According to the company, th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    Northwest Pilots Who Overshot Runway Blame Air Traffic Control, Each Other

    Warning: Pilots are known to hide their conniving ways behind a friendly facade.​There may be no honor among thieves. But careless airline pilots seem pretty willing to knife each other in the back too. You may remember Capt. Tim Cheney, 53, of Gig Harbor and First Officer Richard Cole, 54, o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    Irish Bookies Bet on Boeing Dreamliner to Fly First

    Tony the Bookie will gladly take action on Boeing. After all, business is business.​God bless the Irish. More specifically, god bless the Irish who think that nothing is too weird to wager on. Paddy Power, the country's largest bookmaker, is now taking bets on which airline will be the first ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2009

    Bad News for Boeing, Vol. XIV

    ​Last week Boeing filed for building permits in South Carolina, with Gov. Chris Gregoire seemingly resigned to the fact that Dreamliner production may eventually fly east. Now today comes a one-two punch of more bad news. Just as demand is decreasing for its 747, so too is the cost to make it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2009

    What's "Justice" Got to Do With the Boeing/Airbus Tanker Battle?

    Hey, he got more!​In case you didn't know, Boeing and Airbus are battling to win a tanker contract from the US government. Boeing's supporters, like Patty Murray, are crying foul over the subsidies Airbus gets from European countries--subsidies deemed illegal in a preliminary ruling by the Wor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2009

    Where Do Old Boeing Jets Go?, Revisited

    ​Sometimes they take a while to enter the marketplace, but once Boeing jets leave, they're put to all sorts of uses you might never imagine. Previously, we learned they're used as luxury homes and hotels, as well as boats and restaurants. Today, we learn that they're also recycled into beer ... More >>

  • Film

    June 24, 2009

    Adoration: Atom Egoyan Is Still Smart, Confounding

    ​Sometimes they take a while to enter the marketplace, but once Boeing jets leave, they're put to all sorts of uses you might never imagine. Previously, we learned they're used as luxury homes and hotels, as well as boats and restaurants. Today, we learn that they're also recycled into beer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2009

    Boeing News Roundup: Jim Cramer Says Buy!

    This probably would've been worth more to the aerospace giant in those days before The Daily Show made Jim Cramer the poster child for irresponsible financial press cheerleading. But for those who think he got a raw deal or just like to keep tabs on him, CNBC's manic market-watcher says a (predicted ... More >>

  • Music

    April 22, 2009

    A Shot in the Dark: Stars and Bars

    This probably would've been worth more to the aerospace giant in those days before The Daily Show made Jim Cramer the poster child for irresponsible financial press cheerleading. But for those who think he got a raw deal or just like to keep tabs on him, CNBC's manic market-watcher says a (predicted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2009

    Boeing's Rendition Flights Grounded?

    Barack Obama's plans to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp may also bring an end to the rendition flights secretly undertaken by the government with the help of the Boeing Co. in Seattle. The Gitmo order will reportedly include a directive to the CIA to shut down its clandestine global prisons for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    I'm Beginning to Sense a Trend: Boeing Announces Job Cuts

    This is one ugly news day. Boeing announces that it will cut 4,500 commercial airline jobs.

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2008

    Boeing: Airbus' Bird Is Too Big, and Too Costly

    This is one ugly news day. Boeing announces that it will cut 4,500 commercial airline jobs.

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2008

    The Daily Wire: Style in the Aisle

    This is one ugly news day. Boeing announces that it will cut 4,500 commercial airline jobs.

  • Calendar

    February 6, 2008

    The History of Fashion in Flight

    Come fly with some stylish stewardesses

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2008

    Our Short National Hannah Montana Nightmare is Over

    Come fly with some stylish stewardesses

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2007

    War is, Hell, Profitable

    Come fly with some stylish stewardesses

  • News

    October 12, 2005

    Election 2005, Public Health

    Come fly with some stylish stewardesses

  • News

    August 17, 2005

    Airport in a Storm

    Come fly with some stylish stewardesses

  • News

    February 16, 2005

    Business, The Police, Media

    Come fly with some stylish stewardesses

  • News

    July 28, 2004

    Airbus America

    The European plane maker wants to build aerial tankers in the U.S. So Washington state is wooing Airbus to locate here, as it did with Boeing, right? Right? Wrong.

  • News

    May 12, 2004

    Buzz

    The European plane maker wants to build aerial tankers in the U.S. So Washington state is wooing Airbus to locate here, as it did with Boeing, right? Right? Wrong.

  • News

    April 21, 2004

    Plane Pain

    Boeing's ethical challenges aren't a problem for its new business partner, the state. At least not yet.

  • News

    December 3, 2003

    Bad News Boeing

    Since Phil Condit took over, it's been one thing after another. And the bigger Boeing's grown, the more unmanageable it's become.

  • News

    June 25, 2003

    Let Go of Boeing

    Locke is doing 'whatever it takes' to land the 7E7. But how bad would it be if he failed? Ask Renton.

  • News

    October 24, 2001

    News Clips— Decisive/Divisive

    Locke is doing 'whatever it takes' to land the 7E7. But how bad would it be if he failed? Ask Renton.

  • News

    October 3, 2001

    News Clips— Respected/Rejected

    Locke is doing 'whatever it takes' to land the 7E7. But how bad would it be if he failed? Ask Renton.

  • News

    September 12, 2001

    A bird's eye view

    Seattle Weekly's group publisher Albie Del Favero finds himself an eyewitness to the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history.

  • Music

    September 12, 2001

    Brain of J

    Read all about it:Burning Airlines haven't crashed yet.

  • News

    September 27, 2000

    Risky Runway

    The Port's new mega-project at Sea-Tac rests on a shaky foundation. With serious questions raised about its environmental impacts, its costs, and even its structural feasibility, it looks like a near-billion-dollar boondoggle in the making.

  • News

    August 30, 2000

    Remember: As you view our surveillance overview, the surveillance overviews you.

    The Port's new mega-project at Sea-Tac rests on a shaky foundation. With serious questions raised about its environmental impacts, its costs, and even its structural feasibility, it looks like a near-billion-dollar boondoggle in the making.

  • News

    June 16, 1999

    Air Farce One?

    Whistleblowers claim Boeing built unsafe planes on a ramped-up assembly line marked by sabotage.

  • Film

    April 28, 1999

    Boobs

    When the most noticeable ones aren't the ones on Vicki Lewis, you know your film's in trouble.

  • News

    May 20, 1998

    Mayor Schell's Dutch treat

    He's no longer a Port commissioner, but he still took a posh Port junket—for the city's sake, of course.

  • News

    April 8, 1998

    Boeing's discount jets

    Customers can pick up flawed 'factory seconds' at bargain prices. Have you flown a 'blem' lately?

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