Nineteen and Counting.

Almost Two Decades Have Passed Since the Last Major Accident Involving a U.S. Legacy Carrier. The Streak Now Enters Its Most Critical Year.

UPDATE: Boeing’s Beleaguered Jetliner Heads Back Into Service.

Plus: How Boeing Went Rotten, and America’s “Gold Standard” in Perspective.

Politicians, Planes, and Pilot Black Magic.

As the Election Looms, Beware the Pilot’s Dreary Karma. Could Joe Biden Become Victim Number Eight?

A Pilot’s Life Under COVID.

From Los Angeles to Bangkok, Noise Levels at Airports Leave Us Reeling.

Savory Snapshots to Help Us Remember Normalcy. And Because I’m Hungry.

The Author Remembers His First Airline Job.

Passenger Concerns, Keeping Current, and How an Empty Jet Handles Differently Than a Heavy One.

Predictions, Observations, and Farewells Amidst Coronavirus.

October 15th Update: Madness at the Border.

Point to Point: Alaska Airlines’ Throwback Flights, and the Weird Zen of Airline Route Maps.

Boeing’s New Midsize Aircraft Concept Will Likely be Nixed in the Wake of Coronavirus.

Wheeled Luggage and the Future of Language.

Hippos and Haute Cuisine at a Zambian Safari Lodge.

Filmmakers Go to Huge Lengths to Get Period Details Correct. Unless We’re Talking Planes.

When a Tail Tells a Tale. From da Vinci to the Union Jack to the Persian Griffin, Designs With a Deeper Meaning.

September 11th, Then and Now.

Crosscheck? Ramp? Ground Stop?
Finally, a way to decode the insufferable jargon of air travel.

The Black Swan. Flying in the Age of Coronavirus.

Update: The Politics of COVID, and How This Does Not End.

UPDATE: Worst of the Worst From Qatar Airways

Here’s a Better Idea: No Demos More Than 90 Seconds Long.