Opinions Archive

  • One week after many european airports and airlines have been stuck because of snow, there’s a recurring theme being discussed by media and passengers. Airlines were accused of bad communication so passengers had no visibility on what was happening to them. Now that things have calmed down, let’s try to...

    Snow issues in Europe : did airlines suck at communicating ?

    One week after many european airports and airlines have been stuck because of snow, there’s a recurring theme being discussed by media and passengers. Airlines were accused of bad communication so passengers had no visibility on what was happening to them. Now that things have calmed down, let’s try to...

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  • That’s a question more and more “average passengers” may soon be asking. In a former post I mentioned a kind of lack of transparency that impacts passengers and even airline employees’ trust toward airlines. In short, it’s all about wondering why, when facing a similar situation, two airlines may make...

    Safety : to what extent could passengers trust airlines ?

    That’s a question more and more “average passengers” may soon be asking. In a former post I mentioned a kind of lack of transparency that impacts passengers and even airline employees’ trust toward airlines. In short, it’s all about wondering why, when facing a similar situation, two airlines may make...

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  • While recent issues bring the security questions under the spotlights, many voices raise to protest  not against the principle itselft but how security rules are enforced. First accused : the TSA, which is reproached both its manners and its tendencies to impose its views outside of the US frontiers. Martin...

    Aviation security : a balance has to be find between “more” and “better”

    While recent issues bring the security questions under the spotlights, many voices raise to protest  not against the principle itselft but how security rules are enforced. First accused : the TSA, which is reproached both its manners and its tendencies to impose its views outside of the US frontiers. Martin...

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  • When I was young, any travel had to start in a travel agency. Logical. They were they only interface between us, travelers and airlines and hotels booking centrals. The only able to coordinate a slightly complex trip. The internet come and anyone was able to do all these things oneself....

    Do travel agencies have a future ?

    When I was young, any travel had to start in a travel agency. Logical. They were they only interface between us, travelers and airlines and hotels booking centrals. The only able to coordinate a slightly complex trip. The internet come and anyone was able to do all these things oneself....

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  • Safety is the first preoccupation of any company involved in passenger’s transportation, would it be by land, air, rail… The more it operates on a domain where the price of any mistake is high, the more the procedures that aims at enforcing passenger’s safety are strict. This is, of course,...

    About subjectivity in aviation safety

    Safety is the first preoccupation of any company involved in passenger’s transportation, would it be by land, air, rail… The more it operates on a domain where the price of any mistake is high, the more the procedures that aims at enforcing passenger’s safety are strict. This is, of course,...

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  • History is on its way and it seems there’s no possivle way bay. The one after anoother, airlines start to offer inflight wifi to their customers. As usual it started in the US but european airlines are slowly but surely following. The always well informed RunWay Girl even wrote that...

    Inflight Wifi ? Dreaming of it but not sure I’ll like it

    History is on its way and it seems there’s no possivle way bay. The one after anoother, airlines start to offer inflight wifi to their customers. As usual it started in the US but european airlines are slowly but surely following. The always well informed RunWay Girl even wrote that...

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