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Family Kicked Off Plane for Unruly Two-Year-Old Speaks Out

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:28:42 +0000

Last month, two-year-old Natalie was getting ready to take off on a JetBlue flight with her parents and her sister from Turks and Caicos to Boston. As two-year-olds are wont to do, little Natalie started to throw a fit. After about five minutes of some pretty intense screaming, Dr. Colette Vieau and her husband, Dr. Mordecai Stolk, were able to get their toddler under control and strapped into her seat.

But the pilot of the plane had already heard enough, and made the decision to return to the gate and eject the family from the flight for violating FAA regulations.

Airplane Seat Reclining Etiquette

Erin Phillips — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:11:36 +0000

If you google “Airplane Etiquette”, numerous articles pop up. All of these articles talk about how rude it is to recline your seat all the way back during flight. What do you think about this? Is reclining your seat ok? Does it matter on the plane size? I say this because I am a horrible [...]

Finally! Astrophysicist Figures Out Most Efficient Airplane Boarding System [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:31:48 +0000

Anybody who’s ever boarded an airplane knows that there is something terribly inefficient about the slow, agonizing process. Astrophysicist Jason Steffen decided to do something about the messy procedure, using science to develop a plane boarding method that cuts seating times in half. The idea is simple enough — passengers with children still board first, but then passengers whose [...]

Measles At The Airport

My 1035 FM — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:11:32 +0000

A passenger that flew through BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport near Baltimore to Denver, Colo., and then flew to Albuquerque, N.M. this last week was found to have measles. While most Americans are immune or have been vaccinated, officials are still taking the proper precautions by informing all that may have come into contact aboard the planes or in the airport.