Also Try Aviation Aviation Safety Lists Travel Information (Pohly) Provides links to travel information and phone numbers, including credit card companies, airlines, hotels, restaurants, healthcare, AOL access numbers by city, doctors, hospitals, car rental, and more. 04-06 Multimedia -01-17-09 Videos of Plane Crash-Landing on Water (CNN News) Provides various videos on the crash-landing of US Airways Flight 1549 that crashed into the Hudson River. 01-09 News -01-16-09 Pilot Lands Plane in Hudson River (ABC News) "Some 150 people aboard a US Airways plane en route to Charlotte, N.C., from New York City were rescued today in a lightning-fast effort following the jet's crash into the frigid waters of the Hudson River off the West Side of Manhattan." 01-09 -05-21-08 American Airlines to Start Charging for Bags (USA Today) "Blaming extraordinary fuel prices, American Airlines (AMR) said Wednesday it plans for the first time to charge many passengers $15 on top of airfares to check one suitcase on a domestic flight." 05-08 -06-11-08 Editorial: The Worst Airline (MSNBC News) "Pick through the slag heap of the nation's big network carriers and it's easy to find the worst of the worst: United Airlines." 06-08 -08-13-08 Airlines Require Troops Going to War to Pay Baggage Fee (CNN.com) "Some airlines are charging U.S. soldiers extra baggage fees to take their military kits with them as they set off for war." 08-08 09-05-09 AmeriJet Jets Fail to Provide Lavatories (CNN News) "None of the cargo carrier's eight Boeing 727s have lavatories, pilots say, forcing the pilots and crews to use plastic bags for all their elimination needs." 09-09 25 Gadgets for Travel (Time.com) Describes 25 gadgets recommended by Time's editors. 03-09 Papers -Fire Detectors on Planes Still Inadequate (Time.com) "But for Learmount, if a short circuit fire is to blame, one thing is for sure: 'We have to look here for the lessons we got from that [Swissair flight],' he says. 'Airplanes should have heat and smoke detectors all over them ... so that if a fire started anywhere you would know immediately', he adds. 'That has not been implemented by any of the world's leading aviation authorities, not by the [U.K.'s] Civil Aviation Authority, the French DGAC, or the American FAA.' " 06-09 Flight Records (CNN.com) Provides records made by aircraft, include balloons. 6-02 How to Survive a Crash (BBC News) "From 1983 to 2000, according to government reports, nearly 96 percent of passengers involved in U.S. plane crashes survived. When studying the 26 most extreme crashes, the government found more than half of passengers and crew survived." "Aviation experts say it's most important for passengers to know the location of the nearest emergency exit — even the number of rows it takes to get there." 8-05 Lasers Can "Blind" Pilots Temporarily (LaserPointerSafety.com) "When a laser beam is on an aircraft, pilots see a flash of light. This can be distracting at best. Worse, the light can be so bright it causes glare (pilots can’t see past the light) or temporary flashblindness (like getting a camera flash in your eye). Also, some pilots have thought a laser gunsight was being aimed at them, so they have taken evasive action on takeoff or landing." 03-09 Safety Buffers at End of Runways May be Needed (ABC News) " The reverse thrusters that should have slowed a Southwest Airlines jetliner before it slid off a runway and into a busy street didn't immediately kick in when the pilots tried to deploy them, federal investigators said Saturday after interviewing the crew." "Safety experts suggest the airports guard against accidents by using beds of crushable concrete that can slow an aircraft if it slides off the runway's end." "The crushable concrete beds called Engineered Material Arresting Systems are installed at 18 runways at 14 airports. They have stopped dangerous overruns three times since May 1999 at Kennedy Airport in New York." "Some pilots say relatively short runways like Midway's pose a challenge in icy or snowy weather, forcing them to touch down as close as possible to the beginning of the runway to allow more braking time." 12-05 Worst Airlines - EU to Publish List (BBC News) "The European Union has reached a deal which will allow the creation of EU-wide 'blacklists' of unsafe airlines." 8-05 Worst Airlines Disasters (BBC News) "BBC News looks at some of the world's most recent air disasters." 8-05 Worst Airlines List Published by France and Belgium (BBC News) "France and Belgium have published separate blacklists of airlines banned from their territory on safety grounds." 8-05 Worst Airlines List Published by Swiss (BBC News) "Swiss aviation authorities have published a partial list of airlines some of whose aircraft have been banned from Swiss airports." 8-05 Worst Airlines List Published by the UK (BBC News) "A list of airlines from eight countries which are banned from flying in UK air space has been published." 8-05 Trips -03-25-08 Court Rejects Passenger Bill of Rights (MSNBC News) "A federal appeals court Tuesday struck down a state law requiring airlines to give food, water, clean toilets and fresh air to passengers stuck in delayed planes, saying the measure was well-intentioned but stepped on federal authority." 03-08 -04-09-08 American Cancels 850 More Flights (CNN News) "American Airlines canceled 850 flights Wednesday -- more than one-third of its schedule -- as it spent a second straight day inspecting the wiring on some of its jets, the same issue that caused the nation's biggest airline to scrub hundreds of flights two weeks ago." 03-08 Airline Quality Ratings (Kleinsasser) Provides ratings for the quality of service of major airlines serving the United States. Delta ranked first in the study, but the study showed a decline in the quality of service for the industry compared to last year. 4-01 Airline Ticket Information and Suggestions (The Trip) Provides suggestions for gaining the lowest airfares. Also provides current information on flights in progress and typical costs for travel between two cities. Airline Tickets (Lowest Fare) Provides vacation packages. 2-00 Airline Tickets (MSN Expedia) Provides a listing of prices to and from major cities in the USA. Requires free registration to use. 9-05 Airline Tickets (Orbitz.com) Provides travel information for airlines, hotels, cruises, car rental, and more. 6-01 Airline Tickets (Priceline) Bid for a ticket at 20-30 percent below lowest posted prices. Airline Tickets (Travelocity) Provides a listing of prices to and from major cities in the USA. 8-05 America West Airlines (AmericaWest.com) Provides discounts flights. 3-04 Delta Airlines 3-05 Flight Reservations (TravelWeb) 2-05 Frequent Flyer Information (WebFlyer) 2-05 JetBlue Airlines (JetBlue.com) Provides discounts between a limited set of cities. 3-04 Report Card for Airlines: Delta Gets an "F" (CNN News) "FlyersRights.org, in issuing what it calls an air travel consumer report card, said there were more than 1,200 tarmac strandings -- in which passengers are locked in planes on the runways -- in 2008." "Delta Air Lines had the greatest number of tarmac delays longer than three hours. Southwest Airlines was rated the best for handling delays by letting customers get off delayed planes, as well as providing food, water and other items." 03-09 Southwest Airlines (Southwest.com) Provides discounts flights. 3-04 Survival Guide for Airports (ABC News) "If you fly, you will get stuck. Unfortunately for many people, this is not an uncommon situation regardless of any airport's rating. We all get upset when our air travel plans are upended. That said, there are things you can do to make the best out of a bad airport situation." 02-09 United Ted Airlines (United.com) Provides discounts over flights of United Airlines. 3-04

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