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On AlterNet: airlines

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "airlines"

Are You On the Terror Watch List? Good Luck Getting Off It

Are You On the Terror Watch List? Good Luck Getting Off It

Ivan Eland, Consortium News. July 24, 2008.
The TSA's "no fly" terrorism watch list contains between 400,000 and 1,000,000 names. If you're on the list by mistake, good luck getting off of it.

Flying Our Not So Friendly Skies

Flying Our Not So Friendly Skies

Katrina Vanden Heuvel, The Nation AlterNet: PEEK. November 22, 2007.
Katrina vanden Heuvel: An outdated air traffic control system and flight routes from the 1950's are just the tip of the iceberg.

Come Fly The Slut-Shaming Skies

Come Fly The Slut-Shaming Skies

Ann Friedman, AlterNet: PEEK. September 6, 2007.
Ann Friedman: Southwest Airlines is apparently now telling its female passengers how to dress.

Airline passenger arrested for rubber band ball

Airline passenger arrested for rubber band ball

Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet: PEEK. November 16, 2006.
Poor choice of carry-on leads to night in jail.

Air Travel Is Killing the Planet

Jay Walljasper, Ode. October 17, 2006.
Burning jet fuel creates a large -- and growing -- share of greenhouse gases. But there may still be ways to see the world without harming it.