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Airlines

  • 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

    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

    September 29, 2011

    Ramped-Up Tom Wales Murder Investigation Has Lawyer for Onetime Chief Suspect "Waiting for an Apology"

    Yesterday's announcement by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder of a new campaign to find Tom Wales' killer is welcome news. As you might remember, the investigation got off to a lackluster start, at least in the eyes of former U.S. Attorney John McKay, the subject of this week's cover story. McKay's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    Air India to Boeing: "So, About That $5 Billion for Those 787's..."

    ​It's no secret that these aren't the most wonderful of times for Boeing. From getting its ass handed to it by Airbus to the battle it faces with the federal government over opening a plant in union-allergic South Carolina to the revelation that it's short-changing the country on its tax bill, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Korean Air Refuses to Let Dying Woman Board Flight at Sea-Tac

    Oh, wait, you've got cancer?​Crystal Kim's daughter says she just wanted to take her dying mom to Korea for Mother's Day. But despite having two doctor's notes explaining that her mom's terminal breast cancer wouldn't pose a problem in transit, Korean Air still wouldn't let the woman board a f ... More >>

  • Diversions

    December 8, 2010

    ¡Ask a Mexican!

    Oh, wait, you've got cancer?​Crystal Kim's daughter says she just wanted to take her dying mom to Korea for Mother's Day. But despite having two doctor's notes explaining that her mom's terminal breast cancer wouldn't pose a problem in transit, Korean Air still wouldn't let the woman board a f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2010

    Congrats to Massy Ferguson, Winners of a Trip to Play the Iceland Airwaves Festival!!!

    ​Congratulations to Massy Ferguson, who are headed to the Iceland Airwaves Festival, Oct. 13 to 17. Reverb readers -- and, let's face it, probably a few bots -- picked Massy out of the 60 Seattle bands performing at REVERB Festival tonight to represent the REVERB class of 2010 in Reykjavík, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    Steven Slater, JetBlue Flight Attendant Turned Folk Hero, Is No Colton Harris-Moore

    ​Call Steven Slater a hero, if you must. The JetBlue flight attendant who cussed out a rude passenger, grabbed a few beers, then slid down the plane's emergency chute while it was still taxiing certainly found a memorable way to take his job and shove it -- right down to the fact that he was b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Boeing Lays Off the Only Guy Who Knows How to Install the Wings

    ​The Onion hits Boeing with a parody that, like any good satire, hits a little close to home mid-Recession. "With the airline industry continuing to suffer under the ongoing recession, the Boeing Company was forced Monday to lay off Al Freedman, the only guy left at the corporation who knows h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    Georgetown Music Fest Announces 2010 Lineup: Skeletons With Flesh On Them, Dark Time Sunshine, Black Whales, More

    ​The 5th annual Georgetown Music Fest will be held on Friday, June 25 and Saturday, June 26 this year, in partnership with SW's Artopia. Musical acts will play on three outdoor stages, so let's hope the weather holds up for the following lineup: Skeletons with Flesh on Them Dark Time Sunshine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    Seattle Blogs: Flying Just Got More Annoying, Thanks to Seat-Back Ads

    Seat-back ads might at least distract you from your neighbor's unwanted advances.​Your daily trip around the Seattle blogosphere. - Aerospace News reports that AirTran will now outfit all 138 of its Boeings with seat-back advertising. Will that provide enough money so they can stop charging f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    There's a Job for You Somewhere

    Unemployment is high and getting higher, and the Big B is fixing to lower the boom, so it figures that today's UW job fair--which features big employers like Alaska Airlines and T-Mobile and is open to the general public--is going to be crowded. But a conventional job fair isn't the only way to fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2009

    Morning Links

    Torture is a habit you don't just break overnight: Obama to take up to a year to close Guantanamo.UW Endowment: DwindlingCheap Alaska trip: Summer cruises on discount Dicey Alaska trip: Woman sues Alaska Airlines after being sprayed with de-icer while seated in first class. You expect those sorts of ... 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

    January 8, 2009

    A Vote-Toss Record

    Here's the final voter breakdown - right word - from the Obama election: the ballots of 10,993 King County voters could not be counted. That's a record, total-wise, but lower, percentage-wise, than the August primary election failure rate.Out of 774,580 registered county voters who were sent general ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2008

    SXSW Recap Part One

    Here's the final voter breakdown - right word - from the Obama election: the ballots of 10,993 King County voters could not be counted. That's a record, total-wise, but lower, percentage-wise, than the August primary election failure rate.Out of 774,580 registered county voters who were sent general ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2008

    Protect ya . . . Mac

    Here's the final voter breakdown - right word - from the Obama election: the ballots of 10,993 King County voters could not be counted. That's a record, total-wise, but lower, percentage-wise, than the August primary election failure rate.Out of 774,580 registered county voters who were sent general ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2008

    Our Short National Hannah Montana Nightmare is Over

    Here's the final voter breakdown - right word - from the Obama election: the ballots of 10,993 King County voters could not be counted. That's a record, total-wise, but lower, percentage-wise, than the August primary election failure rate.Out of 774,580 registered county voters who were sent general ... More >>

  • Diversions

    January 16, 2008

    The Appropriate Way to Observe MLK Day

    Here's the final voter breakdown - right word - from the Obama election: the ballots of 10,993 King County voters could not be counted. That's a record, total-wise, but lower, percentage-wise, than the August primary election failure rate.Out of 774,580 registered county voters who were sent general ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2007

    The Other South Bend

    Here's the final voter breakdown - right word - from the Obama election: the ballots of 10,993 King County voters could not be counted. That's a record, total-wise, but lower, percentage-wise, than the August primary election failure rate.Out of 774,580 registered county voters who were sent general ... More >>

  • Film

    April 26, 2006

    Bloody Tuesday

    You don't want to see it, but this important and powerful 9/11 movie demands to be seen, even if no catharsis follows.

  • Diversions

    November 2, 2005

    Nov. 2-8, 2005

    You don't want to see it, but this important and powerful 9/11 movie demands to be seen, even if no catharsis follows.

  • News

    October 12, 2005

    Election 2005, Public Health

    You don't want to see it, but this important and powerful 9/11 movie demands to be seen, even if no catharsis follows.

  • News

    July 17, 2002

    Epidemic or Exaggeration?

    The alarmist rhetoric on fat is a little flabby.

  • Music

    April 10, 2002

    Days of our nights

    The alarmist rhetoric on fat is a little flabby.

  • Music

    March 20, 2002

    Days of our nights

    The alarmist rhetoric on fat is a little flabby.

  • News

    December 26, 2001

    News Clips— Santas/Scrooges

    The alarmist rhetoric on fat is a little flabby.

  • News

    December 5, 2001

    Boeing bust

    Massive cuts at the Lazy B will drive unemployment higher.

  • News

    November 14, 2001

    Strange board fellows

    From Unocal to United for Seattle's Jack Creighton—with the Taliban between.

  • Music

    November 14, 2001

    Days of our nights

    From Unocal to United for Seattle's Jack Creighton—with the Taliban between.

  • News

    October 24, 2001

    News Clips— Decisive/Divisive

    From Unocal to United for Seattle's Jack Creighton—with the Taliban between.

  • News

    September 12, 2001

    Happy Birthday, this is the end

    From Unocal to United for Seattle's Jack Creighton—with the Taliban between.

  • 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.

  • News

    August 29, 2001

    Bumberblast

    The critics pick 'em, you see 'em. Everyone wins!

  • Music

    August 8, 2001

    Days of our nights

    The critics pick 'em, you see 'em. Everyone wins!

  • News

    March 21, 2001

    News Clips— Pass/Fail

    The critics pick 'em, you see 'em. Everyone wins!

  • News

    November 29, 2000

    Paper tiger

    Daily newspapers ain't what they used to be.

  • News

    November 15, 2000

    Rock the vote

    Daily newspapers ain't what they used to be.

  • Arts

    March 1, 2000

    Lakmé

    Never was operatic tragedy so enjoyable.

  • News

    February 9, 2000

    Flight data vs. flight memory

    Never was operatic tragedy so enjoyable.

  • News

    January 19, 2000

    Warm, fuzzy, and stupid

    Never was operatic tragedy so enjoyable.

  • Diversions

    November 3, 1999

    Space: the final ad frontier

    Never was operatic tragedy so enjoyable.

  • News

    October 27, 1999

    Time bombs in the sky?

    Boeing 767s flew with flaws, claim whistle-blowers.

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