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Ask the pilot: With the Democrats in power can we look forward to flying with our liquids and gels again? Is civil aviation even affected by the political tide?; By Patrick Smith Nov 17, 2006
Ask the pilot: There we were, hanging sideways in the sky just a few feet from death. Never before had I seen the ground from such a terrifying perspective. What happened?; By Patrick Smith Nov 10, 2006
Ask the pilot: There's no doubt that turbulence rattles the nerves of uneasy fliers, but is it dangerous?; By Patrick Smith Nov 3, 2006
Ask the pilot: Is JetBlue using passengers as guinea pigs? Plus: How zip-lock bags keep America safe.; By Patrick Smith Oct 27, 2006
Ask the pilot: Should New York's famous East and Hudson River flyways be closed to small aircraft?; By Patrick Smith Oct 20, 2006
Ask the pilot: The possible scenarios that may have led to Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle's fatal plane crash into a New York skyscraper.; By Patrick Smith Oct 12, 2006
Ask the pilot: Death and survival in the skies over Brazil and England: Two New York columnists show us the ups and downs of air disasters.; By Patrick Smith Oct 6, 2006
Ask the pilot: From shoulder-fired missiles to cargo bombs, passengers face a cavalcade of deadly possibilities. But at least the TSA is listening ... sort of.; By Patrick Smith Sep 29, 2006
Ask the pilot: Batteries pose a fire hazard and new airline rules for computers make sense. So why can't the same cool heads prevail when it comes to airport security?; By Patrick Smith Sep 22, 2006
Ask the pilot: Who, exactly, is responsible for terrorizing the American public over the past month? Was it the failed London cabal, or the U.S. government, with an eye toward elections?; By Patrick Smith Sep 15, 2006
Ask the pilot: Why have the airlines, who have the most to lose, been silent as flying becomes an increasingly squalid and unpleasant experience?; By Patrick Smith Sep 8, 2006
Ask the pilot: What a waste to relegate our beautiful 747s to the scrapyard. Why not make art out of them. Or, better yet, make them into houses.; By Patrick Smith Sep 1, 2006
Ask the pilot: Nobody needs to actually destroy a jetliner these days to ignite a debilitating plague of panic and foolishness. Case in point: America's airports in August 2006.; By Patrick Smith Aug 25, 2006
Ask the pilot: The Mojave "boneyard" is a Mad Max vista of rugged brown earth, airline hulks and the machinery used to disembowel them. This is where jetliners come to die.; By Patrick Smith Aug 4, 2006
Ask the pilot: Passengers don't expect to be pampered when they fly. But clean lavatories, more comfortable seats and Wi-Fi wouldn't hurt.; By Patrick Smith Jul 28, 2006
Ask the pilot: Finally, U.S. airlines are trying to make us more comfortable when we fly -- first class and business, anyway. Can they compete with the world's best?; By Patrick Smith Jul 21, 2006
Ask the pilot: Will I be safer flying Qantas than any other airline? And what happens to pilots who screw up?; By Patrick Smith Jul 14, 2006
Ask the pilot: Why do two U.S. airlines fly to Uruguay, but none to Poland? And what does Iceland have that New Zealand doesn't? Inside the mysteries of who flies where.; By Patrick Smith Jul 7, 2006
Ask the pilot: Isn't there something wrong with the fact that entire regions of the world go unserved by U.S. airlines?; By Patrick Smith Jun 30, 2006
Ask the pilot: From hungry lions to an in-flight striptease, the best and worst of airline advertising.; By Patrick Smith Jun 23, 2006
Ask the pilot: The trouble with using profiling to secure our airports isn't that it's racist or discriminatory. The trouble is that it doesn't work.; By Patrick Smith Jun 16, 2006
Ask the pilot: Should America emulate Israel's crack air security? Only if we want to turn ourselves into a full-blown police state.; By Patrick Smith Jun 9, 2006
Ask the pilot: How often are passengers in the exit rows called into action? Isn't it safer to face backward in a plane? And other FAQs.; By Patrick Smith Jun 2, 2006
Ask the pilot: Furlough: The worst cockpit terror of them all! What if it happens to you?; By Patrick Smith May 26, 2006
Ask the pilot: In search of the ever-elusive "truth," the pilot takes on the 9/11 conspiracy theorists.; By Patrick Smith May 19, 2006

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