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Archive for May, 2007

Viagra helps with jet lag, “could be important for airline crews”.

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

UK’s Daily Mirror reports today that sex drug Viagra could help travelers recover from jet lag. This works on west-to-east travel, and so far has been proven to work on hamsters:
Experiments on hamsters found they climbed on to wheels 25 to 50 per cent faster if they were given the sex drug after having their […]

Air Traffic Controllers sure aren’t funny.

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

So I see this link to a page of “Funny Air Traffic Control quotes.” Figure any list of funny quotes is probably a good list. Man was I wrong. To be fair, it might not be the air traffic controllers’ fault they’re not funny. It might be they don’t have a good set-up man. Or […]

Making money off of terrorism? Airport security “fast-pass”

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

Guess it had to happen. Now that airport check-in security can make or break a closely-timed connection, there’s a new company out there with a card to help you avoid the hassle. It’s called “Clear,” and this is what they say it does:
Travelers who join the Clear® Registered Traveler program are pre-screened for security and […]

No pants in the skies

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

Friday is world-wide No Pants day. That makes it an opportunity for the thousands flying tomorrow: leave your pants in your luggage and go no-pants on the airplane.
More info at www.nopantsday.com