News and notes from around the interweb:
- Four ex Turkish Airlines Airbus A340s disappear to … Iran
- Another day in Miami.
- The Southwest Flight That Actually Took Off Had To Turn Around When Passengers Got Into Flight. (HT: Jonathan W)
An altercation severe enough to result in a mid-Pacific turn-around occurred on Tuesday evening. Southwest said that the flight returned to Honolulu due to “customer behavior.” We’re awaiting additional details. The flight is being planned again for Wednesday.
…[Southwest flight 2050] departed the gate two hours late from Honolulu this afternoon, at 4:31 PM, and the 737 MAX 8 took to the air at 4:55 PM and headed for Oakland. After flying only about one-third of the way to California, the plane returned to land again in Honolulu. At 8:36 PM, the wheels touched back down at HNL. It isn’t clear whether anyone was arrested or what else may have transpired.
- A softball interview with Southwest’s CEO from earlier this month
- It’s important to know when to cut your losses.
Shout out to the dude in this airport lounge who opened a book, read five or six pages, sighed, closed the book, stood up, walked a few steps, and dropped it right into the trash can.
— caleb smith (@calebsmith203) December 27, 2022
- Americans have become much more likely to move to Mexico than Canada.
Americans often claim they will move to Canada when things get too bad politically (or otherwise).
The truth?
Americans are far more likely to move to Mexico.
Another fascinating analysis from @andrewvandam https://t.co/qYyo6nQFj4 pic.twitter.com/8S6nShKGkV
— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) December 27, 2022
I mean, I think after a few weeks of Canadian winter, I’d change my mind and go to Mexico instead, too. I don’t really even like the air that Canada sends down here during the winter, let alone what stays up there.
Funny….every resident of Mexico seems to want to move the USA.
(Jokes about weather aside, though, I assume that the main reason for people moving from America to Mexico is because they or their parents are actually from Mexico and were temporarily working in the U.S.)
Lemme guess… mental issues. .
I don’t know where to go when I decide to flee on election night in 2024. My Spanish is horrible. My French is worse. I don’t have Irish ancestry. The Conservatives will still be in power in the UK in 2024. And the Australian Labor government still tends to treat political refugees as unwanted. New Zealand it is.
For those who remember the Alaska Airlines TV ads from years ago . . . I can’t help but think about Southwest for some reason.
I don’t have a WaPo subscription, so can’t read the article, but it seems odd to conflate boomers moving to Canada in the 70s to avoid the draft with boomers moving to Mexico in the 21st century for cheaper retirement living outside of the systems they broke.
It’s much easier to move from the US to Mexico vs Canada. Canada is a lot more stringent in its immigration rules, and is basically impossible for anyone not retired, not in college or not already hired to work for a Canadian employer before they arrive at the border. I’m not sure Mexico cares as much about keeping out Americans as Canada does.
A rabbi and a duck walk into a bar and the bartender asks, “Where’s the priest?” The duck responds, “He was flying Southwest.”
Maybe we could just inject them with the UV, get the light right inside. That might be worth looking into.