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...accommodate the fruitless search, the airline gave up and fumigated the plane. "They're not endangered, so a decision was made to fumigate," said Qantas spokesman David Epstein. "If these snakes turn up, they will be very much dead snakes." All the same, you might want to check that seatback pocket carefully...
British Invasion. Virgin America - the only airline with seatback snack ordering and interactive entertainment systems - will launch service to Boston on Feb. 12, 2009, with three daily nonstops from L.A., and two daily from San Francisco. Fares start...
...fight sequence—whether it be with a large database or complicated model (the mathematical kind)—I can continue to learn about the industry, the lifestyle and Microsoft Excel. Right now, however, I have to discontinue the use of electronic devices and bring my seatback and tray-table into full upright and locked position...
...another odd move, given that the industry thought Airbus planes were too expensive and burned too much fuel for a reasonably-priced carrier to make money. Then JetBlue became the first - and only - U.S. airline to give you your own TV set in coach (really, a screen in the seatback in front of you, but with 24 channels of real live satellite TV) and charge you nothing for the privilege of being an airborne coach potato...
...Cranfield University writes that the difference between survival and death is often deceptively simple. "Those who survive are those who paid attention to the safety briefing and used that information in their escape." That means listening closely to the preflight safety briefing, reading the safety card in the seatback in front of you, knowing where the exits are and how far away you are from them. You should count the number of aisles to the exits, since you may have to evacuate the plane in total darkness or in smoke. Look at the emergency hatches, and see how they operate...