For desperate airlines, safety is taking a back seat in coach to economics as they press to get their planes back into the skies over Europe even though the volcano in Iceland is, once again, apparently spewing out impressive amounts of ash into the atmosphere over many Northern (and some Southern) European countries.
Under intense pressure from [...]

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The hottest news in the aviation world is the recent announcement by the Federal Aviation Administration that pilots flying commercial flights (and other types of aircraft) will now be allowed to take four of the most popular antidepressants while continuing to fly paying passengers.
The evidence seems clear that the medications do more good than harm [...]

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It’s about time.
Finally, President Obama has gotten something of historical significance accomplished with the passage tonight of legislation that will radically and fundamentally change the way health care is delivered in this country.
And, while certainly not on the scale of the type of universal medical coverage Americans deserve–and their European counterparts, among others, already get–approval [...]

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Let’s face it. Toyota is just an easy target right now. Millions of its cars recalled because of rare cases of uncontrolled acceleration. The company says it can (and is) fixing the problem; critics claim it is missing the real problem: the complex, computer controlled electronic throttle system. None of this, however, should give the [...]

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Maybe neither rain nor wind nor snow and all that other stuff can stop the postal service from delivering the mail, but, apparently, the rise of email can.
The postal service is saying that it is hurting so much from loss of revenue because of such things as email and private deliver companies, that it may [...]

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Can you be too fat to fly?
Director Kevin Smith apparently was, as far as Southwest Airlines was concerned.
On a flight from Oakland to Burbank, the pilot apparently kicked him off the plane because he didn’t neatly fit into the confines of his seat.
Smith usually purchases two seats for his comfort, but got stuck with only one [...]

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