
It is perfectly within the bounds of airline regulations to carry a knife in your checked baggage – NOT your carry on bags — as long as it is not going to cut through your bag and be a hazard to airport employees and other passenger’s luggage.
But, for some reason, the airline baggage handlers who [...]
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I pushed the purchase button to confirm that I wanted to buy an air ticket from Portland, Maine to Santiago, Dominican Republic via JFK. I looked at the final destination arrival time and shrugged:
2:45 AM
I have arrived in many cities in the middle of the night before, and this time, even with a baby, should [...]
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Flying to Dominican Republic with a Baby –
Not bad. Not horridly, desperately, nor incredibly bad. Flying from Portland, Maine to the Dominican Republic with a 6 month old went as smoothly as I could expect. This kid knows how to travel, though I can’t say her parents give her much of a choice.
Baby Petra did [...]
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Going through airport security can be hectic – it is easy to misplace things, yourself, and go vertigo until you make it out the other side of the tunnel:
You have people in front of you, people behind, you are taking off your shoes, being searched, TSA officials asking questions – “is this bag yours?” – [...]
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Connect airline hubs and travel regions travel tip –
After laying out the new parameters of traveling with a family, looking at our present location (northeast USA) in relation to the rest of the world in terms of flight costs, and harnessing that gut feeling that tells you that “now” is the right time to go [...]
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Langa Air in St.Louis closed its doors unexpectedly leaving its students and instructors grounded. This is an update about one of their former students who is still on the path towards becoming an airline pilot. Read the first part of this story at A Warning to Prospective Airline Pilots
“There use to be a lot more [...]
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Flight School Closes in St.Louis, Students Left on the Ground –
Erik the Pilot had one goal since I first met him in the second grade: to be a commercial airline pilot.
I met the guy who would later become my best friend as he read a book about Amelia Earnhardt in some elementary English class. I [...]
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