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I’m no Apple fanboy, and I’m no Australian either, which means I won’t be able to take advantage of Jetstar’s iPad rental service when it starts next month or whenever.

Over in Australia, Jetstar Airlines is being investigated because of claims that a pilot was text-messaging while landing a plane, and because they were distracted they were forced to abort a landing attempt at an airport in Singapore.
Read the article, Pilot ‘texting during landing’, here.

Someone put together this nifty collection of photos of airline stickers — most from a long time ago. Here are the thumbnails, you can see the rest of the airline sticker photos here.

Have a problem when flying with Lufthansa? Here’s an open thread for your complaints about Lufthansa Airlines.
You can read the complaint threads for other airlines here.

Want to complain about Virgin Atlantic Airways? Did something go wrong in the airport, on the runway, or with the service? Share your story here.
You can see more complaints in the Complain About Your Airline Experience series here.

If you’ve got a tail of praise for Virgin Atlantic Airways — a story about something that went right with that airline — go on and share it here.

Here’s an open thread for stories of praise about Lufthansa Airlines.
You can read open-praise threads for other airlines here.

It has been a while since we had a new entry in the official Flight Blog The “Complain About This Particular Airline” series, and it’s about time.
RyanAir: Have you flown them? Do you have a complaint about traveling with that airline? If so, share your story about RyanAir here.

Here are a couple short videos about the mile high club:
RyanAir Charges for Mile High Club

Story: My Craziest Mile High Sex Experience – Princessara
My Craziest Sex Experience – Princessara – Click here for the funniest movie of the week

Mohammed al-Modadi lit up a cigarette and burned himself into the annals of airline security incidents. As if breaking the no-smoking rule wasn’t bad enough, he made a joke about shoe bombs. Hi, Jack, nice to cause a nationwide scare with ya’. Ah, Qatar.
The Atlantic breaks down the al-Modadi incident in a minute-by-minute timeline here.
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