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  Nayaz Noor March 18, 2011 at 5:34am

   I have to agree with Max's opinion.

   

   
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  John Kipper March 18, 2011 at 3:56am

  OK, so now on the same day as the three jewsh guys got questioned in LA for praying in hebrew, a muslim woman is denied boarding on aflight out of sandiego because some flight attendant heard her say "i gotta go" on her cell phone and thought she meant "it's a go". like that automatically means that the woman is part of a terrorist plot!!! will stupidity never cease? i'm all for more secrurity but for heavens sake be reasonable folks!! i mean if this woman is a hardened terrorist is she going to stand there at the gate and talk about it on a cell phone???

   

  sometimes i wonder if theres intelligent life onthis planet.
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  Max Pesling March 16, 2011 at 10:37pm

  Anti-semitism on Alaska Airlines? CNN reports that three Orthodox Jews caused a major hooha on a flight from Mexico when they ignored the seatbelt sign and started wrapping their tefillin around their arms and heads and chanting in Hebrew. Apparently no one on this flight, not even the flight attendants, were familiar with this type of prayer, so they thought these guys were terrorists. They radioed ahead, and the three men were questioned by the FBI at LAX. Now the airline has apologized to the three men for their "cultural insensitivity."

   

  Now, I'm as Jewish as gefilte fish, but I think this is ridiculous. Why should the airline apologize? The men were not harassed for being Jewish, they were reprimanded for not observing the captain's and flight attendants' orders (i.e., sit down during turbulence!). Does this mean that every time someone wants to do a religious ritual on a plane, they can disregard safety regulations? If an Opus Dei catholic wants to flog his back in the aisle, is that cool too? If a santeria practitioner wants to sacrifice a goat in the lavatory, do we allow that?

   

  Come on, folks, when we board a plane, we have to observe some common sense rules. Pray when you get off the plane, G-d can wait!

   

  Or am I being unfair?? 
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  Donna Esposito February 18, 2011 at 4:53pm

  I just read that "Major domestic carriers on Thursday rolled back their most recent fare increase on flights favored by business travelers."  But because the online fares seem to change every five minutes, can somebody tell how me how anyone would know if there really has been a fare hike or rollback?
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  Ed Wetschler February 10, 2011 at 7:54pm

  Delta Airlines: New premium seats will be called "economy comfort."  What should we call the other economy seats?
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  Sam Scribe February 1, 2011 at 7:37pm

  Glad you were able to rebook. Now let's hope your Groundhog Day flight doesn't get grounded by more snow.
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  Anil February 1, 2011 at 6:59pm

  As of now I am rebooked for Feb 2nd. I think this Skyteam folks panicked and cancelled all flights out of JFK/EWR to Amsterdam & CDG or so I notice on expertflyer flightstats. 

   

  Sam: Dont do facebook, and I doubt DL offers it on international leg. The provider is gogoinflight. I know that Google had sponsored free wifi in December on all DL flights that were wifi enabled.
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  Sam Scribe February 1, 2011 at 5:13pm

  Anil, let's take the glass-is-half-full view. Delta has cancelled flights, but it's offering free in-flight Facebook connections.
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  Anil February 1, 2011 at 7:45am

  As of now, Delta, KLM & Air France all show cancellations out of JFK for Tuesday 1st Feb :(
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  Anil January 31, 2011 at 11:17pm

  Another snowstorm and another nightmare. This season has been miserable. Delta yet again proactively cancelled an international flight from JFK to Amsterdam, while one to Heathrow is still on - Go figure. Now I have to scramble.