Morning Links: Snakes on a Plane, Porn Stars in the Cockpit and More
Travel Blog • Eva Holland • 04.16.09 | 8:49 AM ET
- Yup, they’re going there: United Airlines will begin charging obese passengers for two adjacent seats, and will bump them on full flights. (Via @davedemerjian and @whereishawkins)
- World Hum contributor Jenna Schnuer talks travel with “The Amazing Race” host Phil Keoghan.
- Travel horror comes to life: a Qantas flight was grounded after four baby pythons escaped from their container.
- A pilot has been stripped of his license after, um, fraternizing with a Swedish porn star while flying—this, despite the fact that “there is no specific rule against having sex in the cockpit.”
- The L.A. Times reports that Mexico’s tourist zones are up to 26 times safer than comparable U.S. destinations; meanwhile, World Hum contributor Eric Lucas has a few choice words for a group called Americans United to Halt Tourism in Mexico.
- Jaunted stumbles on a truly grim in-flight grilled cheese sandwich.
- World Hum contributor Frank Bures finds art and Americana on the upper stretches of the Great River Road.
- A group of French fishermen have ended their blockade of several ports on the English Channel, allowing the Dover-Calais ferry to resume service.
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Ling 04.16.09 | 10:45 AM ET
I know they teach pilots to multi-tsk and all, but this may just be taking ti a bit too far. Maybe they ought to havea law against it….
Grizzly Bear Mom 04.16.09 | 12:49 PM ET
Obese passengers: I am fat and feel that I should be charged according to the my and my luggage’s weight, as should everyone else. But if my neighbor complains and I am indeed spilling over, I should be required to pay for an extra seat if the airline can’t find me a free adjacent one. It is extremely consider for the airlines to consider finding free seats for us chubs, and certainly not their responsibility. Is it humiliating to be asked to move? Maybe, but it is unfair for we chubbies to steal seat space from our neighbors-for the very most part, WE are the ones who made ourselves overweight. But if one PAYS for two seats, they should earn double frequently flyer miles.
Nasty cheese sandwich: At this point why would anyone expect good food from an airline and not pack a tasty backup? OR is this a neforical plan by an international consortium of airlines to ensure there are no more obese passengers they must accomodate? Stayed tuned….