BBC reports on an Indian court ruling giving state run airlines the right to ban “fat” air hostesses.
The Delhi high court was responding to a case filed by five air hostesses who had been grounded by the airline for being too fat to fly.
 
The judges agreed with the airline’s view that overweight crew present a safety [...]

I work with a guy, lets call him Mike.  Mike travels OFTEN, but always stays comfortably within the borders of the good old USA.  That is about to change!  Mike is going to be going to France.  This will be Mike’s first experience with “real” international travel (because going to Mexico doesn’t count).  Now, if [...]

As I stated in a previous post, I have achieved the glorious distinction of being a 1K Frequent Flyer.  I am currently sitting in the Narita, Japan Star Alliance lounge and wanted to give you an update of the differences between flying as a non-1K member and a 1K member.  There is almost no difference.  [...]

I achieved a milestone on my latest trip to SE Asia, I became a 1K member in my “preferred carrier’s” frequent flyer program.  Even if they send the obligatory “Congratulations!” letter, I won’t get to read it for the next couple weeks because this is a long trip.  But that doesn’t stop me from imagining what the [...]

It was the end of a long Singapore day when the typical subject of “What should we eat tonight,” came up. The decision, sushi. As anyone will attest, I will generally eat anything, but sushi is not my favorite. Being a good sport, I complied. We decided to eat at sushi restaurant in Chimes because [...]