
Drunk off the power that comes with working for an airline that's not losing that much money, JetBlue employees are on a maniacal tear both in the air and on land.
While a New Jersey woman is going to court to allege that a JetBlue flight attendant sexually harassed her on a trip from Ft Lauderdale to Newark, grabbing himself and telling her he knew she "wanted" him, two JetBlue pilots have been arrested in Miami after stiffing a cabbie for nine dollars and then beating him bloody and breaking his ankle in a Subway restaurant parking lot.
So, yeah, the TVs are nice, but be safe up there.
This is Southwest's smart advertisement that sums up all of our thoughts about America's airline industry: you are a horrible, horrible thing. Just like rental cars, airlines have always marketed themselves by advertising the price of a seat — before little extras like "taxes" and "9/11 fees." But now they're charging to check a second bag, a first bag, for fuel to carry your ass through the air, and, perhaps one day soon, a "take off fee."
So Southwest's argument — that they don't do any of those customer unfriendly sort of things — is a solid one. What they didn't mention is that they're able to treat their clientele with decency because they locked up oil futures at something like $50 a barrel, and this is their way of saying F.U. to the competition. Safe travels!

While airplane passengers will normally have to pay $12.95 for in-flight Internet access, a special trial group of fliers will get the service gratis in a single round-trip American Airlines flight from JFK to LAX and back. American is testing the capabilities of the service and eventually expects to carry it as a regular offering — you know, one more thing to nickel and dime you on as you lose the right to check bags, receive nutrition on board, and, probably somewhere down the road, are forced to bring your own toilet paper. Supposedly, passengers today won't have any idea that they are among the lucky few to try out the service. Learning they're American's guinea pigs, then, will certainly alleviate their stress as they're stranded on the runway for an hour and a half before takeoff.
