Your pressing questions about landing gear and windshield wipers. Plus: Ain't no room for Ask the Pilot imitators!
By Patrick Smith Feb 4, 2010
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My grand tour of the least glamorous of the Caribbean islands: Hispaniola. Plus: Landing without "radar" in Haiti
By Patrick Smith
January 28, 2010
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When did we become such a nation of scaredy-cats?
By Patrick Smith
January 21, 2010
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A box cutter won't bring down a plane but a bomb will. It's time for TSA to refocus its efforts
By Patrick Smith
January 5, 2010
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Plus: The 787 takes to the air, and gift ideas for frequent fliers
By Patrick Smith
December 17, 2009
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Plus, Congress gets it right, for once: Tough new hiring rules for airlines and pilots
By Patrick Smith
December 10, 2009
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A columnist who criticized the handling of a crash inquiry is being sued for defaming the country's honor. Huh?
By Patrick Smith
December 3, 2009
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It's time to put to rest the idea that planes fly themselves. And who wants a pilotless jetliner anyway?
By Patrick Smith
November 19, 2009
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Do I have to worry about my pilot showing up under the influence? Plus: A safety milestone goes quietly unnoticed
By Patrick Smith
November 12, 2009
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The scolds in Congress pushing for legislation banning nonessential gadgets from the cockpit are on the wrong track
By Patrick Smith
November 5, 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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Eavesdropping on pilots and air traffic control, missing captains, and a lesson on airspeed
By Patrick Smith
October 16, 2009
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What is proper etiquette during an emergency evacuation? Plus: Confused pilots and angry readers
By Patrick Smith
October 9, 2009
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Plus: What happened to "The Simpsons"? And REM? The weird phenomenon of pop-culture tailspin
By Patrick Smith
October 2, 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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Is it morbid to want to see them all? Plus: Pirates, the TV blues, and a plug for airport food
By Patrick Smith
September 18, 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 TSA wastes a lot of time and money on an inefficient fight against the wrong enemy
By Patrick Smith
August 28, 2009
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A look back at some of the worst airline-related terrorism of the '70s, '80s and '90s
By Patrick Smith
August 28, 2009
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A look at pilot fatigue, hiring standards and the strange practice of "commuting"
By Patrick Smith
August 21, 2009
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Severe turbulence, a midair collision and the latest stuck-on-a-plane horror story
By Patrick Smith
August 14, 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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Plus, a crash in Iran spotlights the safety of Russian-built planes, and the latest misinformation from the press
By Patrick Smith
July 17, 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
Flying blind across the ocean
The view from the Port-au-Prince airport
Emergency doors, karaoke bombers and other false alarms
A wakeup call for airport security
Baby toys and national security
The inside story of Northwest 188
Whatever you do, don't dis Brazil
Who's flying this thing?
Is your pilot drunk?
The real distractions for pilots
Boredom and fatigue at 35,000 feet
Ask the pilot
Ask the pilot
All your questions about in-flight horrors
Airplanes, oxygen and the media
The somber beauty of air crash memorials
Are we safer than we were eight years ago?
How we're blowing airline security
How new legislation will affect air safety
Airtime
Information: The good, the bad and the ugly
Crash
Why are airline passengers such slobs?
Is the Airbus a lemon?
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