Hahahaha! That's a fair judgement. Much better than the "these aren't drones" responses. Cheers. Read more

Most people call them drones. Amazon.com calls them drones, and the FAA calls them drones. Read more

"Drones" is the colloquial term for these remote-controlled quad copters. I am very well familiar with Predator drones. They're just bigger, fancier versions of this same concept — an unmanned aerial observation platform. Read more

Awesome reply! Very much-appreciated. Read more

You're somewhat right. Some airlines do practice what's called fuel hedging. But not all airlines do it, and even the ones that do it never buy all fuel like that. There is still a lot of fuel (probably more than 50%) bought at the mercy of the market price. Read more

Yikes! o_O Read more

In this case, I hope that's true. Read more

I can't figure out why terrorists haven't switched their focus to trains. They're much less secure, and carry just as many or even more people than planes. Read more

Well, 9/11 didn't involve smuggling bombs onto planes. I wasn't sure how current "nowadays" was referencing. Read more

Other than comfort levels, what issues does 3-abreast seating cause? Read more

So what you're saying is... we should wait until after something happens, and then say "Oh yeah, we heard that might happen." Read more

Please understand that Flight Club is about aviation. It's not that I don't care about heart disease, obesity, and cancer — but I don't write about them. If that were my beat, of course I'd cover any news in that realm. Read more

I'm not sure where some of you guys have been, but GPS devices (and most other handheld electronics) are not forbidden on planes anymore, at least here in the U.S. Read more

I mentioned that! Read more

Cool, thanks. I'll make that change. Read more

In Connecticut, there are, apparently. Read more

They could potentially do the same thing to their MAX-9, but would the engines provide the power needed when it's at ATOG? Read more

That thought did occur to me, but there are plenty of legit reasons his wife / kids' mother may no longer be in the picture. Read more

The luck comes in the fact that he walked away both times. Read more

That'll buff right out. Read more