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The quintessential “airline guy,” as executive VP of Virgin Atlantic, David Tait set up, and then ran, the company’s hugely successful US operation for many years. He also has had stints at Wardair, Laker, Air Florida (pre-Virgin) and Air Canada (post). FAM TRIPPINGThe money they waste is yours
20 DEC 2011: Before anyone cancels a trip for fear of unfriendly skies, last week’s news that the RCMP is about to “dramatically slash” its air marshal programme by $12.5 million really needs to be put in some kind of perspective. Something that is easier said than done!
NO SATISFACTIONCigarettes and ancillary pleasures
06 JAN 2011: A couple of years ago while standing in line to board a ferry boat my (then) six year-old son exclaimed loudly, “Mom, Dad, look. That man’s lighting a cigarette!” When the startled smoker looked up from his match he was confronted by a precocious little boy admonishing him with, ”Smoking kills, don’t you know that?”
HAPPY XYZMASA holiday by any other name
23 DEC 2010: Once upon a time “Xmas” was a commonly used short-form of Christmas. It had its detractors, mostly religious zealot types who denounced it as a Pagan practice to take “Christ” out of the word Christmas.
STORM IN A TSACUPChecking on the checkers
16 DEC 2010: On a quick trip to Miami this week, which is well outside my self-imposed go-by-road parameters, I decided to do a little investigative journalism.
NUTS AND DOGS BOLTPet peeves
09 Dec 2010: Two stories on the same page this week serve to demonstrate just how whacky the aviation world can be.As Air Canada introduced its long-anticipated nut-free zones to serve the interests of those unfortunate passengers who suffer from peanut allergies, we also had the specter of some yappy little canine charging around a US Airways flight snapping at passengers and eventually biting a crewmember.
FLYER BE AWAREFor your own comfort and savings
02 DEC 2010: It’s hardly surprising that all the palaver about the “scope or grope” terror tactics being employed by the TSA has a lot of people talking about turning their backs on flying, particularly for short-haul trips of under 500 miles.
BY ANY OTHER NAMEStrike up the brand
25 NOV 2010: With all the talk of ancillary revenue in the airline industry, it’s interesting to note that over the last decade the fastest growing new revenue stream in sports and entertainment has been stadium naming rights.
BAGGANALIAJust Speeding along
18 NOV 2010: Buried under this week’s sad story from Mexico and the media-stoked brouhaha about full body scanners and government-approved groping at US airports, there was actually one positive travel tale about how well Heathrow’s new Terminal 5 baggage system is now functioning.
JUMBO SIZED ISSUESVera, Chuck and Dave
11 NOV 2010: In case you can’t place them, these were the “grandchildren on your knee” in The Beatles classic “When I’m Sixty-Four.”
WAKE UP CALLWhat goes around
04 NOV 2010: This week’s article on the rapid spread of the highly contagious “ancillaritis” plague, (the wanton charging of ancillary “fees”) to the hotel sector, sparked memories of my late father.
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