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It takes over two hours to drive to downtown St. Louis from my home base. The Cherokee Six will get me there in 45 minutes. A last-minute party plan came up for Saturday. The party would start at 6:30 and probably run until midnight. I didn’t want a two hour drive ahead of me. Driving can put me to sleep, especially if I have noone to talk to, but if I’m in the left seat of an airplane…I’m wide awake. Read the rest of this entry »

EasyJet — the London equivalent of Southwest — has warned “several web sites” to stop selling its tickets.

An easyJet spokeswoman said: “I can clarify that we have written to several websites who have been screen scraping, who have been advised to cease or we will take further legal action.” However, the firm refused to reveal which other websites it was targeting.

I understand the point, but the overall implication is classic. An industry bogged down by fuel prices, horrible customer service, and airport delays telling someone to stop selling tickets, well, it just makes me laugh.

Rod Machado says, “If you’ve never been scared in an airplane, you’ve never been outside the traffic pattern.” I couldn’t agree more. Flying, especially as the pilot, can be rather intimidating at times. Especially if you have passengers on-board. I just completed a trip from my home base in Marion (MWA) to Springfield, IL (SPI) for an overnight stay and a conference the next day before flying home. Two of my co-workers were my passengers for the flight.

The flight was planned months in advance. As a VFR pilot, I wasn’t about to make the flight unless I was sure the weather was going to be well above VFR minimums for both days. The time came, and clear, sunny skies were forecast for the entire trip on both days. Read the rest of this entry »