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(2008-09-05)
Ask the pilot: The gut-churning trials and tribulations of making the grade with an airline
(2008-08-29)
Ask the pilot: Who cares what planes look like? I do! Why do they have to look so ugly and boring?
(2008-08-21)
Ask the pilot: Avoiding speculation, the pilot weighs in on the Madrid plane crash
(2008-08-15)
Ask the pilot: What do U.S. carriers need to do to regain their status as world-class players? Wi-Fi would help
(2008-08-01)
Ask the Pilot: The safe landing of the damaged Qantas 747 was no miracle. Plus: If a plane loses pressure, will your eyes pop out?
(2008-07-25)
Ask the pilot: Seat ploppers, tray slammers, lousy airport terminal design and other pet peeves. Plus: Will U.S. airlines hit Cuban tarmac thanks to Obama?
(2008-07-11)
Ask the pilot: Propped up by a culture of fear, TSA has become a bureaucracy with too much power and little accountability. Where will the lunacy stop?
(2008-06-27)
Ask the pilot: Flying isn't much fun, but for now people keep doing it anyway. What can the airlines do to keep their customers happy?
(2008-06-25)
Slick John McCain and the offshore oil ruse
(2008-06-13)
Ask the pilot: The smell of smoke in the cockpit, and it's back to Boston for a planeload of fixated Japanese tourists
(2008-06-06)
Ask the pilot: When a routine flight is plunged into weirdness after the crew smells smoke, how to deal with a possible emergency -- and a plane full of non-English-speaking tourists
(2008-05-30)
Ask the pilot: Has American stepped over the line with its baggage fee? Plus: What customers seem to value above all in choosing an airline
(2008-05-29)
Why gas is so expensive
(2008-05-23)
Ask the pilot: Once again, the same airline comes out on top in a survey of passenger satisfaction. What's Southwest's secret?
(2008-04-25)
Ask the pilot: Here's one way to exploit people's fear of flying: Tell them airlines are saving money by skimping on fuel
(2008-04-18)
Ask the pilot: The bone-bending, ergonomic hell of economy class. Six easy ideas for making flying more comfortable
(2008-04-11)
Ask the pilot: As hundreds of planes are grounded, the FAA faces an identity crisis. Plus: What does a rash of airline bankruptcies mean for the future?
(2008-04-04)
Ask the pilot: From cockpit check to walkaround to stocking the galley: The Zen of preparing the "Monster" to fly
(2008-03-28)
Ask the pilot: When pilots carry guns. Plus: Airport security and yet more TSA brainteasers
(2008-03-21)
Ask the pilot: Did Southwest put its passengers in danger when it recently ran afoul of the FAA?
(2008-03-14)
Ask the pilot: The rich, colorful, checkered history of flying in Latin America. Plus: In which cities is it best to just fly in and get the hell out?
(2008-03-07)
Ask the pilot: Much of what frustrates us about flying doesn't take place during flight at all. It's getting on and off that's really irritating
(2008-02-29)
Ask the pilot: One airline is taking climate change very seriously. Will others follow suit? Plus: What to do with all that on-board trash?
(2008-02-22)
Ask the pilot: Are the airlines being bashed unfairly for their eco-unfriendliness? What's their real impact on the environment?
(2008-02-15)
Ask the pilot: Who benefits when airlines merge? Who gets hit the hardest?
(2008-02-08)
Ask the pilot: You call this traveling? Twenty-one days, 15 countries, 45,000 miles -- without setting foot outdoors
(2008-01-25)
Ask the pilot: Pilots fear bombs and ground collisions, sure, but what are the other scenarios that fill them with dread?
(2008-01-18)
Ask the pilot: If I've flown into the Port-au-Prince airport, does that mean I've been to Haiti? What, exactly, constitutes a trip to another country?
(2008-01-11)
Ask the pilot: The Six Continent Club, lithium batteries, more defunct airlines: The pilot takes on a grab bag of topics
(2008-01-04)
Ask the pilot: Are cellphones and laptops really dangerous to flight?
(2007-12-21)
Ask the pilot: Can someone with no flight training safely land an airliner? Plus: Pilotless planes, overpaid pilots and other aviation myths
(2007-12-14)
Ask the pilot: Do pilots jettison fuel before landing? Plus: JetBlue's troublesome nonstops, and the scoop on in-flight "shortcuts"
(2007-12-07)
Ask the pilot: Facing a serious pilot shortage, airlines are hiring crew members with remarkably little experience. What does this mean for safety?
(2007-11-22)
Ask the pilot: As if long delays and security lines weren't enough to worry about during Thanksgiving travel, now we have to add running out of fuel to the list?
(2007-11-16)
Ask the pilot: Not buying it when the pilot tells you weather is holding up your flight? iPhone to the rescue!
(2007-11-09)
Ask the pilot: Oversized and overhyped, the world's biggest plane is here. Is the Airbus 380 the "most hideous airliner ever conceived"?
(2007-11-02)
Ask the pilot: Has the U.S. met its match in airport-security craziness? Plus: NASA's pilot survey coverup
(2007-10-26)
Ask the pilot: Do airplanes make you fart more? What happened to the dog hair on my suitcase? The pilot lets us in on readers' probing questions
(2007-10-26)
Ask the pilot: Do airplanes make you fart more? What happened to the dog hair on my suitcase? The pilot lets us in on readers' probing questions
(2007-10-19)
Ask the pilot: The worst thing about hotel rooms? It's not the ugly carpeting. Plus: Why don't planes carry parachutes for passengers?
(2007-10-19)
Ask the pilot: The worst thing about hotel rooms? It's not the ugly carpeting. Plus: Why don't planes carry parachutes for passengers?
(2007-10-12)
Ask the pilot: Confiscating shampoo? Forcing crew members to remove their shoes? The absurdity that is airport "security" continues
(2007-10-12)
Ask the pilot: Confiscating shampoo? Forcing crew members to remove their shoes? The absurdity that is airport "security" continues
(2007-10-05)
Ask the pilot: Airport congestion and flight delays are making travelers insane. A look at what will and won't solve the problem
(2007-09-28)
Ask the pilot: Souvenirs from hell: The keepsakes we most treasure don't always come with a clear conscience
(2007-09-21)
Ask the pilot: A crash in Thailand raises questions about wind shear, aging planes and the safety of budget airlines
(2007-09-14)
Ask the pilot: From Clickair to CrazyJet, a meditation on the
troubled state of airline names
(2007-09-07)
Ask the pilot: Lessons from a burning plane: What the media didn't tell you about a near disaster in Asia
(2007-08-31)
Ask the pilot: It's trial by fire in the author's long-awaited return to the cockpit. Can you say "barf bag"?
(2007-08-24)
Ask the Pilot: You really think planes can fly themselves? Talk to somebody who flies for a living and has endured an airline training program
(2007-08-17)
Panic on Wall Street
(2007-08-17)
Panic on Wall Street
(2007-08-17)
Ask the Pilot: Tired of long delays? Look at the bright side of flying: It's cheaper and more accessible than ever
(2007-08-17)
Ask the Pilot: Tired of long delays? Look at the bright side of flying: It's cheaper and more accessible than ever
(2007-08-10)
Ask the Pilot: What have we come to when foreign airlines tout around-the-world travel that avoids the U.S.? Plus: Make your own airline route maps. And: Wizz Air?
(2007-08-10)
Ask the Pilot: What have we come to when foreign airlines tout around-the-world travel that avoids the U.S.? Plus: Make your own airline route maps. And: Wizz Air?
(2007-08-10)
Ask the Pilot: What have we come to when foreign airlines tout around-the-world travel that avoids the U.S.? Plus: Make your own airline route maps. And: Wizz Air?
(2007-07-27)
Ask the Pilot: Tough questions after a deadly catastrophe in Brazil. When is a runway "too short"? And, are some of our busiest airports unsafe?
(2007-07-13)
Ask the pilot: As delays hit record levels, a closer look at how airline scheduling practices are killing travel
(2007-07-10)
Play peak oil before you live it
(2007-06-29)
Ask the Pilot: I take the "flight of a lifetime" on an F-4 Phantom fighter jet and am scared witless. But I'd do it again just to experience six G's
(2007-06-15)
Ask the pilot: From free Wi-Fi, great haircuts and massage service to two-mile walks, aggressive loiterers and $10 burritos: Readers name the best, worst and weirdest airports in the world
(2007-06-08)
Ask the Pilot: Why are pilots and flight attendants paraded through metal detectors, but not cleaners and caterers? Plus: Phantom hijackers revisited, and ominous news for your summer travel plans
(2007-06-01)
Ask the Pilot: What happens when you have more -- but smaller -- planes, flying to more cities, more often? Can you say "gridlock"?
(2007-05-31)
Apple hearts Microsoft
(2007-05-25)
Ask the Pilot: A filthy lobby, sullen-faced employees, no place to sit, and a vague sense of danger all add up to the World's Worst Airport
(2007-05-18)
Ask the Pilot: What caused the Kenya Airlines 737 to nose-dive just after takeoff, killing all aboard? We still don't know -- and neither does the press
(2007-05-11)
Ask the pilot: From "deadheading" to "tarmac," Part 2 of our expert's handy glossary for the savvy passenger
(2007-05-09)
You can't stop a tidal wave with a fork
(2007-05-04)
Ask the Pilot: From "cross-check" to "wind shear": A glossary of airline-speak for the curious passenger
(2007-04-27)
Ask the pilot: The strange underworld of airliner porn, and the geeks who make it happen
(2007-04-13)
Ask the pilot: From giant pillows and computer-crushing seats to sudoku mania and quartz porcupines: Musings on the state of air travel
(2007-04-06)
Ask the pilot: A look back at the catastrophic chain of events that caused history's deadliest plane crash 30 years ago
(2007-03-30)
Ask the pilot: No ticket? No problem. Hitching a ride in West Africa, the world's most "dangerous" place to fly
(2007-03-23)
Ask the pilot: Anatomy of a delay: It's payback time as the pilot endures a 24-hour snowstorm saga
(2007-03-09)
Ask the pilot: Remember the sense of awe you used to feel on an airplane ride? Where did it go? Plus: The lowdown on that "filthy" and "germ-laden" cabin air
(2007-03-02)
Ask the pilot: Note to self: Never, ever underestimate the public's hatred for the airlines!
(2007-02-23)
Steve Jobs' iTunes dance
(2007-02-22)
Ask the pilot: There's no excuse for locking people in a grounded plane for 10 hours. But is legislation the way to fix the problem?
(2007-02-16)
Ask the pilot: How safe are those old Russian jets Cubana flies? Why don't people clap on landing anymore? Plus: Stowaways, oxygen deprivation and more!
(2007-02-09)
Ask the pilot: Flight attendant, stewardess, trolley dolly. Whatever you call her, she was once a high-fashion sex symbol. At some airlines, the image lives on
(2007-02-02)
Ask the pilot: Isn't that cockpit a little drab? Perhaps a spider plant, or a simple lithograph, would liven it up!
(2007-01-26)
Ask the pilot: Powder-blue seats, mauve curtains and golfing in Siberia. It's the strange, sometimes beautiful language of airliner cabins
(2007-01-19)
Ask the pilot: Why are ramen noodles a pilot's best friend? Plus: Northwest retires the DC-10, Boeing marks a milestone, and the heartbreak of Air-India's terrible new look
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