Author and comedian Aaron Karo presents his world-famous “Ruminations” in video format for the first time. Today’s topic: the miseries of air travel. For more Ruminations, please visit www.AaronKaro.com.
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Aaron Karo presents Video Ruminations #1
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Mar
11
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Budget travel booms in downturn – 20 Mar 09
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Mar
10
Air travel is typically one of the first sectors hit during an economic downturn. But one part of the industry is continuing to grow: budget travel.
Al Jazeera’s Azhar Sukri reports on an airline that’s bucking the global trend.
Duration : 0:2:35
AIR TRAVEL 101: Philippine Airlines PR 135 (MNL-BCD) at Ninoy Aquino International Airport
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Mar
9
this was my flight from MNL-BCD PR 135 on board on a Philippine Airlines’ Airbus A320.
this video shows the different wonders of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Complex.
this video has the following contents:
-Brand New B777-300ER
-NAIA Terminal 2
-NAIA Termina 3
-Lufthansa Technik Philippines
-Philippine Airforce
-Villamor Airbase
-Runway 24 landings
-MIASCOR Caterings
-SM Supermarket Warehouse
-SM City Sucat
-and many more…
Thank you for watching my first video series more to come…
Duration : 0:9:12
Pan Am: The World’s Most Experienced Airline 1977
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Mar
4
The mighty Pan Am 747 and 747SP, featured in this video excerpt commemorating 50 years since the founding of the airline in 1927.
Duration : 0:3:32
AIRLINE TRAVEL & AIRPORTS: Manila to Palau, Micronesia
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Mar
2
Here’s a vid of my trip to Palau, Micronesia on board a Continental Airlines flight.
This was during the SARS outbreak in 2003 that spread panic throughout Southeast Asia, which led to the sudden decline of air travel in the region. Obviously, I was undeterred!
It’s an old vid, taken with a video camcorder and was digitally converted to WMV. There’s a delay in the sounds so just bear with it.
FEATURES:
-Clips from NAIA
-Take off from NAIA on mid day
-Continental’s B737 cockpit and cabin
-Some Philippine islands seen from the air
-Palau’s reefs and atolls seen on approach
-Palau Internatioal Airport
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AIRLINE TRAVEL & AIRPORTS: NAIA (Manila Airport)
By admin in air travel
Feb
25
As requested by Pinkshade, here’s how Manila’s NAIA airport (Terminal 1) looks like- not as fancy as the other airports one might have been to, but this place would sure bring back memories!
Features:
-The departure hall
-Checking in
-Security check
-The KAL Lounge
-Boarding the Korean Air B777
-Taking off and seeing Manila from way up!
I got to the airport hours early before my scheduled trip since I had to hitch with my friend Nica. Way too early! LOL!
Duration : 0:8:26
Austin IRS Attack being used by government to put more Restrictions on Ordinary Air Travel
By admin in air travel
Feb
24
Related article OCT 2008 (Wired) ……. The Transportation Security Administration is writing some rules
(.pdf) it says will increase the security of general aviation, a category so broad it covers everything that isnt a military or scheduled commercial flight. The edict, if adopted, would hold the operators of small planes to a rash of new regulations, some of which mirror those now in place for commercial aircraft.
The TSA puts a forward spin on the regs, which would, among other things, require fingerprinting and background-checking of flight crews, cross-referencing pasenger manifests with no-fly lists and conducting “safety threat assessments” on passengers and crew members. “General aviation operators are excellent security partners and this will give them a strong common framework for security,” TSA
Administrator Kip Hawley said in announcing the proposed rules. “This will reduce risk while supporting the open nature of the general aviation industry.”
The people who will have to follow the new rules dont see it that way.
The new guidelines would apply to all general aviation aircraft over 12,500 pounds, a category that by some estimates includes more than 10,000 aircraft nationwide. The feds would tap an unspecified third party to establish and run a “compliance assurance program.” In other words, aircraft operators would face annual inspections.
The general aviation community bristles at many of the proposed rules because not only will they be time consuming and annoying, but some of them will incur financial costs. For example, nearly 300 general aviation airports will be required to adopt potentially expensive security programs and theyll almost certainly pass those costs on to those who use those airports.
The Experimental Aircraft Association, which represents private pilots and aircraft enthusiasts, has had a look at the TSA proposal and isnt happy with it. These new regulations would compel many operators of large vintage aircraft, warbirds, turboprops and others over 12,500 pounds to comply with new, costly, and burdensome requirements which, frankly, do not appear to equate with their risk assessment profiles, says Douglas Macnair, vice president of government relations. General aviation aircraft are not carrying the public and are in all instances pilots are personally acquainted with their passengers.”
The EAA also plays the patriotism card, saying the proposed rules would bring restrictive requirements to range of aircraft “flown in tribute to those who fought to secure the very freedoms now being threatened.” Take that, TSA.
The EAA has compiled a fairly comprehensive list of aircraft that would fall under the new rules. It includes the DC-2 and DC-3, the Sikorsky S-61 helicopter and the Convair CV-240, the last of which was manufactured in 1956. The TSA will seek 60 days of public comment before moving forward.
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Where America 6 Stands: Air Travel
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Feb
21
No description yet.Where 8 America Stands: Air Travel
By admin in air travel
Feb
20
Date: June 26, 1988Time: 14:45Location: Habshim, FranceOpertor: Air FranceFlight number: 296QRoute: Basel – BaselAC type: Airbus A320-111Aboard: 136 (pass…
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Where America Stands: Air Travel
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Feb
14
The CBS News series “Where America Stands” looks at airline safe in the year since the crash of Continental Flight 3407. Many questions remain, reports Peter Greenberg.
Duration : 0:6:9