What's new? Flight cancellations, guns in cockpits (Winging It)

What's new? Flight cancellations, guns in cockpits

The Road Warrior finds travelers taking FAA inspections and other reports in stride. Read the column here.

Addendum posted Tuesday: This column included some errors that we will correct for the print edition. Here's the correct information: The wing panel that tore off a US Airways B757 was 4-by-5 feet. And the bullet fired from a US Airways' pilots gun did penetrate the fuselage of the A319 jet, but rapid depressurization of the airplane did not occur nor would it have occurred from a bullet hole. We have updated the original entry on this blog March 25 about the gun discharge with a more complete story.

Posted by Tom Belden on March 31, 2008 8:11 AM | Permalink

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Robert Shapley:

USAiways. When I returned from Munich in October I thought USAirways had fixed their baggage problem. They have not! A-West Terminal has a different set up. I returned from Tampa on 31 March on Flight 1488. From the time I walked out of the plane it took 49 minutes before my bags arrived. I don't know whether they don't have enough employees, have employees that don't care, have lousy equipment or what but that really stinks. Last year in Rome traveling on USAir my bags were waiting after a very quick trip through customs.Rome is a much larger airport than Philadelphia.

BobShapley

Posted by Robert Shapley | April 5, 2008 5:33 PM

Posted on April 5, 2008 17:33

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