A thrillingly put together video. Better than any fiction... and with a happy end. You can hear the mental fatigue in his voice as the time passes, and his relief at the moment he knows he and his family are safe.

(Written on 08.05.2020)(Permalink)

Air France has announced it will resume international flights in July. Trials are under way to verify the reliability of a fast test. I am assuming that they will have been completed by July. There is another aspect. Countries may require a negative test as a condition of entry. Take India, or African countries, many of whom have fewer than 20 cases per million. may not want to risk being contaminated by Europeans or Americans with cases in excess of 2000 per million. Popular tourist destinations such as the Seychelles, Thailand, Indonesia, Mauritius, Bahamas, all show infection rates of around 10% of European ones. They may require a pre-flight test.

(Written on 25.04.2020)(Permalink)

First. What do you do about 2-3-2, leave one of the two seats on each side empty, and 2-4-2, and 3-4-3. How many seats do you leave empty in the middle 4? And husband and wife with child. Not allowed to sit together? The idea hasn't been thought through. Second. By the time flights resume, there will be enough tests available for every passenger to be tested. It will be part of check-in procedure. Positive test ? No-fly.

(Written on 24.04.2020)(Permalink)

How come their share price hasn't completely collapsed ?

(Written on 15.04.2019)(Permalink)

If the airline had not made the decision. If the woman had not been telling the truth. If just one passenger had become infected, the airline would have been sued. To carry a doctor's certificate is so simple. Why not do it ? Compare with "An unvaccinated French boy is suspected of having reintroduced measles to Costa Rica after the Central American country had been free of the disease for five years." Someone at Costa Rica immigration must be saying, "how could we have prevented this"? Only part of the story that rankles : "The staff member helped Flake get a hotel for the evening and arranged for her to take a different flight on another airline." So American didn't want her, but OK to palm her off on another airline. Or was she required to get a doctor's certificate first ?

(Written on 08.03.2019)(Permalink)

Agree with Mike. I go to a supermarket, and avail myself of a buy-two-get-one-free offer. I only get through two and a half of what I've bought and throw the rest away. Will I be sued for not consuming everything I've bought? Only justification for suing would be the point raised by Andre Duijnmayer. Case law needs to be established that means, if you play the system, created by the airlines, provided you tell them you're dropping out, you can't be touched.

(Written on 15.02.2019)(Permalink)

At a guess Dead Body

(Written on 01.02.2019)(Permalink)

Agree with Matt Jensen. In today's world, money is king. But king's have power.

(Written on 04.01.2019)(Permalink)

Hallrob says "One-ways cost a lot and this is a way to book round-trip but fly one-way." Can someone explain why a round trip should be cheaper than a one-way. I can understand that a round trip should be cheaper than a single out plus a single return but cheaper than one-way doen't make sense. If the airlines do this, then it is not abuse to buy the cheaper ticket and use only the return half of it.

(Written on 25.12.2018)(Permalink)

Same in diving. You have a "buddy". He checks you. You check him.i.e. "double check everything with the other pilot"

(Written on 30.11.2018)(Permalink)