Airports

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    Never mind the worst airlines. Let's talk about the ultimate horror: The worst passengers!
    By Patrick Smith May 28, 2004

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    The yin and yang of Southwest. Also, the conundrum that is JetBlue.
    By Patrick Smith May 21, 2004

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    The worst, most unspeakable, rotten, horrible, terrible, and very bad airlines in the world, according to Salon's readers.
    By Patrick Smith May 14, 2004

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    What is Salon readers' favorite airline? Hint: It's not one of the big three U.S. carriers.
    By Patrick Smith May 7, 2004

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    Tales of the alt-'80s-rock commuter circuit. Do weary businessmen really want to listen to the Jesus and Mary Chain while landing in the rain?
    By Patrick Smith April 30, 2004

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    "I'd like to welcome you to Honolulu. Unfortunately, we are in Fresno." Public-address announcement hysteria rules the skies.
    By Patrick Smith April 23, 2004

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    Lives of the not so rich and famous: What do pilots do when they're not in the air?
    By Patrick Smith April 16, 2004

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    Is first class worth the fuss? Or is all we want in the age of egalitarian air travel a mere modicum of courtesy?
    By Patrick Smith April 9, 2004

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    Inside the Narita airport pachinko machine. Also, how can moving around just a few passengers make a difference in how a big 767 flies?
    By Patrick Smith April 2, 2004

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    Still ignoring those flight-attendant safety lectures? The pilot is displeased, and presents a refresher course in awful airplane crashes, in the water and on the land.
    By Patrick Smith March 19, 2004

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    The pilot reports from abroad: The immensity of Hong Kong International, picnicking in bomb craters in Laos' Plain of Jars.
    By Patrick Smith March 12, 2004

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    The pilot refuses to get into a Boeing vs. Airbus name-calling match. Plus, never-to-be-heard highlights of the pilot's NPR appearance.
    By Patrick Smith March 5, 2004

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    Would you like a little Old Testament with your coffee? How Alaska Airlines has been pushing the Bible for 20 years, and other tales of the religious skies.
    By Patrick Smith February 27, 2004

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    Is it ever appropriate to praise the Lord over an airplane's P.A. system?
    By Patrick Smith February 20, 2004

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    Everything you ever wanted to know about really, really long plane rides, including the do's and don'ts of deep vein thrombosis.
    By Patrick Smith February 13, 2004

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    Do all the international airflight cancellations make us any safer? And when will the White House learn how to spell?
    By Patrick Smith February 6, 2004

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    Why is commercial piloting the third most dangerous profession? Plus, visions of icebergs in the North Atlantic and the aurora borealis in full bloom.
    By Patrick Smith January 30, 2004

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    The view from the window seat: Readers share their own flight stories, and the pilot explains why the aisle is anathema.
    By Patrick Smith January 23, 2004

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    Why did Tom Ridge ask Qantas to stop letting passengers gather in the aisles? And what airline shone above all the rest in 2003?
    By Patrick Smith January 16, 2004

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    Orville and Wilbur Wright and a selection of the greatest moments in commercial aviation. Plus, the true significance of Dec. 17.
    By Patrick Smith December 19, 2003

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    The mystery of Air Force One en route to Baghdad -- could it have happened as the White House claimed?
    By Patrick Smith December 12, 2003

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    How JetBlue will save Eero Saarinen's wonderful JFK legacy. And just how does a jet engine work?
    By Patrick Smith December 5, 2003

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    Before a holiday on which more people fly than any other, the pilot remembers why he loves commercial airlines and solicits readers for Thanskgiving aviation memories.
    By Patrick Smith November 26, 2003

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    The pilot loses his patience with ignorant reporters who blame airline bankruptcies on useless, overpaid captains.
    By Patrick Smith November 21, 2003

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    Remembrance of air flights past: The pilot's most memorable moments that don't involve explosive floods of blue toilet fluid.
    By Patrick Smith November 14, 2003
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