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Ask the pilot: Do airplanes make you fart more? What happened to the dog hair on my suitcase? The pilot lets us in on readers' probing questions.; By Patrick Smith Oct 26, 2007
Ask the pilot: The worst thing about hotel rooms? It's not the ugly carpeting. Plus: Why don't planes carry parachutes for passengers?; By Patrick Smith Oct 19, 2007
Ask the pilot: Confiscating shampoo? Forcing crew members to remove their shoes? The absurdity that is airport "security" continues.; By Patrick Smith Oct 12, 2007
Ask the pilot: Airport congestion and flight delays are making travelers insane. A look at what will and won't solve the problem.; By Patrick Smith Oct 5, 2007
Ask the pilot: Souvenirs from hell: The keepsakes we most treasure don't always come with a clear conscience.; By Patrick Smith Sep 28, 2007
Ask the pilot: A crash in Thailand raises questions about wind shear, aging planes and the safety of budget airlines.; By Patrick Smith Sep 21, 2007
Ask the pilot: From Clickair to CrazyJet, a meditation on the troubled state of airline names.; By Patrick Smith Sep 14, 2007
Ask the pilot: Lessons from a burning plane: What the media didn't tell you about a near disaster in Asia.; By Patrick Smith Sep 7, 2007
Ask the pilot: It's trial by fire in the author's long-awaited return to the cockpit. Can you say "barf bag"?; By Patrick Smith Aug 31, 2007
Ask the Pilot: You really think planes can fly themselves? Talk to somebody who flies for a living and has endured an airline training program.; By Patrick Smith Aug 24, 2007
Ask the Pilot: Tired of long delays? Look at the bright side of flying: It's cheaper and more accessible than ever.; By Patrick Smith Aug 17, 2007
Ask the Pilot: What have we come to when foreign airlines tout around-the-world travel that avoids the U.S.? Plus: Make your own airline route maps. And: Wizz Air?; By Patrick Smith Aug 10, 2007
Ask the Pilot: Tough questions after a deadly catastrophe in Brazil. When is a runway "too short"? And, are some of our busiest airports unsafe?; Jul 27, 2007
Ask the pilot: As delays hit record levels, a closer look at how airline scheduling practices are killing travel.; By Patrick Smith Jul 13, 2007
Ask the Pilot: I take the "flight of a lifetime" on an F-4 Phantom fighter jet and am scared witless. But I'd do it again just to experience six G's.; By Patrick Smith Jun 29, 2007
Ask the pilot: From free Wi-Fi, great haircuts and massage service to two-mile walks, aggressive loiterers and $10 burritos: Readers name the best, worst and weirdest airports in the world.; By Patrick Smith Jun 15, 2007
Ask the Pilot: Why are pilots and flight attendants paraded through metal detectors, but not cleaners and caterers? Plus: Phantom hijackers revisited, and ominous news for your summer travel plans.; By Patrick Smith Jun 8, 2007
Ask the Pilot: What happens when you have more -- but smaller -- planes, flying to more cities, more often? Can you say "gridlock"?; By Patrick Smith Jun 1, 2007
Ask the Pilot: A filthy lobby, sullen-faced employees, no place to sit, and a vague sense of danger all add up to the World's Worst Airport.; By Patrick Smith May 25, 2007
Ask the Pilot: What caused the Kenya Airlines 737 to nose-dive just after takeoff, killing all aboard? We still don't know -- and neither does the press.; By Patrick Smith May 18, 2007
Ask the pilot: From "deadheading" to "tarmac," Part 2 of our expert's handy glossary for the savvy passenger.; By Patrick Smith May 11, 2007
Ask the Pilot: From "cross-check" to "wind shear": A glossary of airline-speak for the curious passenger.; By Patrick Smith May 4, 2007
Ask the pilot: The strange underworld of airliner porn, and the geeks who make it happen.; By Patrick Smith Apr 27, 2007
Ask the pilot: From giant pillows and computer-crushing seats to sudoku mania and quartz porcupines: Musings on the state of air travel.; By Patrick Smith Apr 13, 2007
Ask the pilot: A look back at the catastrophic chain of events that caused history's deadliest plane crash 30 years ago.; By Patrick Smith Apr 6, 2007

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