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Pilot Delays Takeoff for Dying 2-Year-Old's Grandfather

by Honey Berk, Posted Jan 14th 2011 1:45PM

In a brilliant flash of humanity that almost makes up for the bad press airlines have been getting for years, a Southwest Airlines pilot delayed takeoff of a flight last week out of compassion for a desperate Arizona man who was trying to reach ...Airline holds flight for a grandfather rushing to see his grandson before he was pulled off life support.
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Pillow Fight Breaks Out at 36,000 Feet

by Tom Henderson, Posted Nov 10th 2010 1:30PM

Flakes on a plane? You might think so from a YouTube video showing a bunch of airline travelers seemingly out to prove pillow fights are not just for small children and sorority girls. While you're at it, you might wonder where the flight ...Pillows fly among flakes on a plane.
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Labor day - day of last chances?

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Aug 30th 2008 5:02PM

For pretty much everyone, Labor Day signifies the last day of summer. Never mind that most kids go back to school either the week before or after Labor Day, which many feel like is the real end of summer. Never mind that the actual end of summer is ...
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No pre-boarding for families

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Aug 27th 2008 9:00AM

Once upon a time, families traveling with small children got to board first, to give them time to get their little ones settled in, put away their luggage, toys, and snacks, and do whatever else they needed to do, without blocking the rest of the ...
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Should airplanes have a kid's section?

by Sandy Maple, Posted Aug 15th 2008 2:00PM

(Click the photo to see 5 essential travel tips for kids on planes) These days, traveling by air can be an extreme test of patience and restraint. Herded like cattle and crammed into tiny seats, most of us suffer quietly and try to make the best ...
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Why you should know about Rule 240

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Mar 1st 2008 11:00AM

My day job requires that I take periodic out-of-town business trips to various cities on the West Coast. Because I'm a single Mom with a young son, I can't be away for very long, and usually pack several meetings into one day, leaving very early in ...
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Seats on a plane

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Jan 14th 2008 12:32PM

Last week I was on my way back from a one-day business trip. These trips are always whirlwind: 4:00 AM wakeup calls, early to the airport. I never know if Customs is going to take fifteen minutes or an hour. I take these trips at least once a ...
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Conjoined twins - one seat or two?

by Sandy Maple, Posted Oct 5th 2007 10:33AM

When Mandy Bailey decided to fly from Phoenix to Baltimore to visit relatives, she planned to carry her 1-year-old conjoined twins on her lap to avoid the expense of buying a seat. She was paying for her own seat as well her sister-in-law Shar ...
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Airline loses 7-year-old, luggage arrives safely

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Aug 6th 2007 4:02PM

For a company who's slogan is: "Because Owners Care," WestJet is certainly do an awful job of looking after what customers actually care about. Like their kids, for instance. According to this father's website, his 7-year-old son, William, was ...
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Flying the unfriendly skies

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jul 21st 2007 5:09PM

I know there are always at least two sides to every story, but this one seems pretty bad no matter which side you look at it from. Tamera Jo Freeman had a little too much to drink on a flight heading out of San Francisco and ended up being arrested ...
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Follow-up: Flight attendant disciplined

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Nov 18th 2006 11:34AM

Remember the family that was asked to get off a commuter plane because the mother was carrying a loaded bomb breastfeeding her baby? She refused to smother her baby with a blanket, so the flight attendant had her, her husband, and their 22-month-old ...
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