Weekly Roundup Friday 1 February 2013
Good morning We are now into the third week of the 787 grounding. At the same time more and more information comes to light about how poorly designed and implemented the battery system was in …
Year: 2013
New Blackberry Devices, But Not Yet for the US
Blackberry held simultaneous launch events in their home town of Toronto as well as New York, London, Delhi, Dubai, Johannesburg, Jakarta, and possibly elsewhere (Paris?) this morning to celebrate the release of their very-long awaited …
Weekly Roundup Friday 25 January 2013
Good morning It has been an interesting week with the 787 grounding moving into its second week, and showing every sign of probably extending into a third and maybe fourth week too. I felt the …
Have Baggage Fees Subsidized Airline Fares? A Rebuttal of The Economist’s Claim
Don’t get us wrong. We respect and enjoy The Economist, and regularly read their material. But…. We came across an article they published this week headed ‘Bags of Cash‘, which observed that air fares have …
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Boeing Pushes for Fast ‘Fixes’ to 787 Problem
It is unsurprising that Boeing is desperately keen to get the flight prohibition lifted from its 787 jets. But it would be more reassuring to us all if Boeing would actually slow down and make …
Weekly Roundup Friday 18 January 2013
Good morning I’ve been wanting to write an article all week about the ongoing problems with the 787, but the truth has been changing daily, and it was only the announcement late Wednesday that the …
Waking From the Nightmare : 787 Dreamliners Now Grounded
Wednesday afternoon saw the US FAA suddenly ground all 787 planes, requiring proof of the safety of the plane’s onboard Lithium ion batteries before it would allow the plane to resume commercial flights. Other countries …
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But, Please Sir. I Did Nothing Wrong.
A glider pilot was ordered to land by the local sheriff’s department, even though the FAA told them the pilot had done nothing wrong, and even though the sheriff’s department had no authority to order …
More Christmas Markets Cruise Discounts!
Our 2013 Christmas Markets Cruise is quickly proving popular. We’ve already (Tuesday afternoon) had twelve people choose to join us, including one couple who sailed on our 2010 Christmas Markets Cruise, another couple who were …
Weekly Roundup Friday 11 January 2013
Good morning Computer challenges saw us silent last week. We switched blog hosting services as our own Christmas present to ourselves, migrating from GoDaddy to In Motion Hosting. The reason for this was that In …
Travel Insider 2013/4 Touring Schedule
Is your New Year’s Resolution to travel somewhere special this year? If so, we’ve got three amazing choices to tempt you with in 2013, and can also hint at the details of a February 2014 …
Massive Savings on Marvelous 2013 Christmas Markets Cruise
Don’t ask us how we did it, but this year – for the first time ever – we’ve beaten the ‘Catch-22’ that has so often been a problem with past Christmas Cruises. The Catch-22 was …
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