Airlines have a new option for entertainment engagement and an ancillary revenue boost, thanks to Luci Live, an AI-backed travel companion integrated with the moving map. #IFEC #PaxEx #AvGeek

Anyone have good experience with an email newsletter platform to augment a WordPress site? I've been using Curated for a while but it is melting down right now and I'm ready to move on. Ideally able to create a layout template and script/automate incorporation of links/posts into the form.

A national treasure

Also, we can get to the moon faster than a train can travel across the US. It's like our infrastructure is perpetually stuck in 1965.

Someone with the handle @velocity69.bsky.social is sharing a video with the caption: "The highest quality video of the moon was just released… so beautiful * Artemis II" It's gone viral, but it's not from Artemis II. If you've shared it, you might want to un-share.

EMAS is amazing. Shut down the airport for a bit, but kept the plane from crashing into traffic off airport property.

Anyone know what's up with DAL197 SEA-ICN? Got an hour in and turned around and now it's just sitting at the south end of 16L/34R

Two new CEOs in India back to back. 🤯

Lufthansa is going so hard for its 100th anniversary celebrations that it actually remembered, if only for a day, that it CAN operate widebody aircraft to Berlin. This knowledge will once again be lost for another 100 years.

we'll see how it shakes out over the course of years, but as of right now, mamdani is definitely showing how the future of good progressive governance means "use government to do good things and then post about it" both parts are important!

Today's airline IT mess: A fare breakdown that seems to want to charge me $305 for "Free seat selection" (that's actually the base fare) and $11.20 for "Boarding and overhead bin access" (actually TSA security fees). Good times.

Wait until they learn what a Naturist enjoys.

Enough. Billboard done with @visionzerovancouver.ca

Another update to scheduled capacity at major GCC airports. Week over week expectations for recovery continue to diminish and delay, though Emirates still hopes to be back to a new normal at the beginning of May, though that new remains ~10% lower than last week or the week prior. #AvGeek

Just got a press release for #AIX2026 pitching the "First Agentic OS for IFE," yet when I asked for clarification the company just vomited back a series of buzzwords ("operational velocity") without any clear explanation of what it does or how it integrates into the system. #PaxEx #IFEC

Alaska Airlines bought Virgin America, in large part, for the SFO hub. In the years since, however, the carrier scaled back significantly, Down from ~2600 in May 2019 to ~1700 today. One of the topics on this week's episode, now available on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/154881.... #AvGeek #$ALK

Are we facing a recruitment cliff for #TSA & #ATC workers @airlinesforamerica.bsky.social CEO & President Chris Sununu weighs-in. Full interview here: www.nbcboston.com/video/full-i... #aviation #flying #mapoli #nhpolitics #newhampshire #avgeek #airlines @mattprichardtv.bsky.social @nbcboston.com

Following reports of cracks and a Boeing service bulletin last August, the FAA is now proposing additional inspections on 787 thrust reverser outer V-blades. #AvGeek #$BA Full report: public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06691.pdf.

I think I've got a partial fix in for the missing aurora forecast images on the alert bot. Turns out NOAA simply stopped putting the pictures where they'd been for years. Oopsie.

Heathrow T5 was specifically designed *not* to be efficient in terms of passenger throughput: you're not the customer, you're the product. There's a reason you have to trek northwards past all the shops before you can go down the escalators to then trek southwards past all the shops.

There's a lot of stupid at many levels. But the White House putting out an announcement with the wrong time offset (DC is in EDT, not EST, or they're going to be on an hour late) is just one of so many simple things being done badly. Also, abolish time zones.

The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.

Haven't they proven for weeks/months that they're willing to?

airlines lost money when there were too many plane crashes so we dedicated a lot of resources to preventing them. there's no similar phenmenon for automakers or oil companies that causes them to lose money when cars kill people so we didn't create similar infrastructure beyond the weak NHTSA

Funicular! On a bridge!

This quote from Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell has been in my head the last few days

Spout off king. #weirdcarbs

Congratulations to the local driver who hit and killed a cyclist 2.5 years ago and was acquitted on all charges stemming from the incident. 🤬🤬 www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/l...

Gentle rosy dawn this morning. Ice nearly gone. Harrisville, NH

For my neighbors in Dover, Eversource is giving away 1,000 trees for Arbor Day. I just reserved mine; you should, too. get.arborday.org/eversource And if you need help planting it let me know. ;)

While reading through the more detailed PBR that Isaacman strongly supports, it becomes incredibly clear why. This is the plan that lets the cancel every NASA owned project related to exploration, and make it all science as a service from commercial companies.

Ah, yes, the infamously free massive solar panels that never fail to deploy nor get damaged in service. 🙄 To be fair, the story does highlight many of the power, cooling, and cost limitations that make orbital data centers an absurd concept.

This is so, so well-articulated.

Artemis II camera loadout is two D5 for primary photo duties, plus Wiseman got a Z9 added last minute because he likes it (and they're using it as primary on Artemis III). also some GoPros I think.

Basic Business is coming to United Airlines. The carrier will further segment its premium cabin fares, splitting out Base, Standard, and Flexible options in all markets and cabins. #$UAL #PaxEx #AvGeek

United Airlines now has a "basic" fare for premium cabins. The Base fare for Polaris only gets one bag and only United Club access, not Polaris license lounge. Plus gotta pay for a seat assignment. And, like all basic fares, no changes permitted. Similar for PremY too. #avgeek #paxex

Bonus of visiting my parents for passover this year: I get to see the sedar plate i made.

This is insane: TeleGuard, a 'secure' chat app downloaded more than a million times, uploads users' private keys, meaning the company can decrypt messages. And anyone can get anyone else's private key by just sending the user ID to the API. Possibly worst ever www.404media.co/a-secure-cha...

This is EXACTLY what Vose did to me. Hovered over me, stabbing his finger and saying "Try me" and "You're on notice". Vose appears to have an anger issue. indepthnh.org/2026/04/02/w...

Airlines face similar certification and timing challenges. Especially when aircraft are delivered years late. Things that were supposed to be introduced on the 777X have been passed over multiple times but industry evolutions.

Making a hole for #ArtemisII last night. Some flights over Florida were able to get a fantastic view of the launch.

Congratulations to Alaska's newest union.

Imagine how bad Republican Tim McGough's behavior was to to have a Republican State President strip him of all commission and committee assignments. Tim McGough should resign. Merrimack deserves better. #NHPolitics nhjournal.com/republican-m...

US-Israeli bombing destroys the Pasteur Institute “Established in 1920, the institute is the first and oldest public health center in Iran—where staffers pioneered vaccine development and research on the prevention of infectious diseases.” www.cnn.com/2026/04/02/w...

@recaro-as.bsky.social's long-touted R Sphere sustainability efforts are finally set to fly, with Iberia implementing key components of the program on an A320neo as part of a trial program. paxex.aero/iberia-recar... #AvGeek #PaxEx #AIX26 #sustainability

Here's the war story I remember best from my own childhood Passovers: a first-person account of a small Passover observance held by 20 or so Union soldiers during the American Civil War—and specifically the tale of a particularly pungent locally foraged bitter herb.