Do I have to worry about my pilot showing up under the influence? Plus: A safety milestone goes quietly unnoticed
By Patrick Smith Nov 12, 2009
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Do two distracted Northwest pilots portend a frightening breakdown in air safety? No. Plus: A personal note
By Patrick Smith
October 29, 2009
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Why do people keep insisting that pilots manipulate the air supply in planes? It ain't true, folks
By Patrick Smith
September 25, 2009
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We're still looking for pointy objects when we should be looking for bombs. Time for a leaner, meaner operation
By Patrick Smith
September 11, 2009
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The icon of big government liberalism also knew when to unfetter the market. If only the GOP was equally flexible
By Andrew Leonard
September 2, 2009
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Airworthy planes, "dangerous" airports, and baby talk from the cockpit
By Patrick Smith
July 31, 2009
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Already in 2009, 11 major accidents involving commercial jets. We're in trouble, right?
By Patrick Smith
July 24, 2009
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Two Airbus crashes in two months: Should we worry? Plus: Welcome to the Six Continent Club!
By Patrick Smith
July 10, 2009
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Business has never been better for the fearless pilot who takes back millionaires' expensive toys.
By Marc Weingarten
June 6, 2009
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From swine flu to malaria, how jetliners can spread disease. Plus: Is the air on planes really as dirty as we think?
By Patrick Smith
May 8, 2009
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How did a suicidal passenger get the door of a pressurized plane open? Plus: Can't any pilot fly most planes? And: The autopilot was on during landing?
By Patrick Smith
May 1, 2009
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Is it wrong for airlines to charge obese passengers more? Broadsheet writers debate United Airlines' new policy.
By Sarah Hepola
April 20, 2009
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My job prospects were diminishing, the economy was convulsing, but I said "screw it" -- and took a vacation I couldn't afford.
By Robert Lanham
April 13, 2009
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Did a stupid, inexplicable mistake cause the crash near Buffalo, N.Y.? Plus: The weird hell of working for a regional airline.
By Patrick Smith
April 3, 2009
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If you're a pilot, no matter how much skill you have, or how many lives you've heroically saved, the only thing that matters is seniority.
By Patrick Smith
March 20, 2009
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Will the airlines' current financial troubles affect safety? "Sully" Sullenberger thinks so, but I'm not so sure.
By Patrick Smith
March 6, 2009
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How to build the perfect airline terminal? Here are 15 steps in the right direction.
By Patrick Smith
February 13, 2009
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JetBlue is touting its fancy new terminal, but it just makes me wonder: Why can't Americans build better airports?
By Patrick Smith
February 6, 2009
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Airport foul-ups, traffic tie-ups, rude taxi drivers ... I've had it!
By Cary Tennis
January 20, 2009
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Bailout nation: Will the airlines follow Detroit to the government trough?
By Patrick Smith
December 19, 2008
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Can commercial jets fly upside down? Has terrorism forced a change in transoceanic flight paths? And other probing questions for our expert.
By Patrick Smith
December 12, 2008
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We're about to elect a new president. Will he have the will to take on the serious issues affecting air travel?
By Patrick Smith
October 31, 2008
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The American non-traveler: What's the price of staying put? Plus: When airline pilots have the opportunity to roam widely, but choose not to.
By Patrick Smith
October 24, 2008
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Around the world in 41 hours and 17,000 miles. Plus: I want to live in Emirates first-class.
By Patrick Smith
September 26, 2008
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The gut-churning trials and tribulations of making the grade with an airline.
By Patrick Smith
September 5, 2008
Is your pilot drunk?
Boredom and fatigue at 35,000 feet
Airplanes, oxygen and the media
Are we safer than we were eight years ago?
Ted Kennedy... the deregulator?
Information: The good, the bad and the ugly
Crash
Is the Airbus a lemon?
The Learjet repo man
Ask the pilot 
Big fat controversy
Giving the recession the finger
I'm losing it in public
War Room
GigaOM Network
Glenn Greenwald