We need more women and black people working at the airport. The competency crisis in the airline industry is a problem that only affirmative action can solve. New York Post: An already hectic holiday travel day was made more chaotic with two separate plane collisions on the tarmac at Boston Logan International Airport just hours... Read More

The Wright brothers of Dayton invented heavier-than-air flight. Ever since, aviation has seemed overwhelmingly American in inspiration and culture. One result is that just as the global language of music is Italian, the global language of air traffic control is English. Yet a funny thing happened on America’s way to total domination of aviation: U.S.... Read More

The Skytrax consulting firm has just released its latest annual survey of the world’s best airports – and the results look dismal for U.S. travelers. East Asia generally strengthened its domination of the higher reaches of the table.Japan alone scored four airports in the top 20 (Tokyo Haneda, Central Japan, Tokyo Narita, and Kansai), China... Read More