Travel

September, 2022

• 22 September

  AA337 - Cabo to LAX - Passenger Violence in the Sky

  

  An Orange County, California man is facing Federal charges, following his assault on a crew member of American Airlines flight #AA337 which was heading to Los Angeles (LAX) from Cabo San Lucas (SDJ) charge, following an assault on an air crew member on 21 September. The Department of Justice advises …
• 15 September

  Oh my! Fisticuffs at 30,000 feet

  

  When two individuals have a clash of the minds and disagreement, rarely does the discussion lead to fisticuffs and when it does, you don’t want it to be occurring within the cockpit of an aircraft. Unfortunately, passengers on an Air France, Geneva-Paris flight (a short hop), had a fight break …

August, 2022

• 23 August

  Medical Tourism - The Downside

  

  The medical tourism market is valued at more than $11 billion and is expected to grow to more than $88 billion by 2030 according to industry experts. According to Patients Without Borders the top ten cities for medical tourism are: BangkokBudapestCancunEscazúKuala LumpurMumbaiSeoulBaliIstanbulBarcelona For those seeking medical treatment, whether at home …
• 22 August

  U.S. DOT takes action to protect flying public

  

  The U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg sent a letter to all the major airlines detailing changes which are on the horizon with respect to protecting the flying public from piss-poor-management by the airline companies. While Buttigieg’s letter was polite, it was also direct and to the point on how …
• 19 August

  Airtags a good idea to foil luggage theft

  

  Whether you check your luggage at check-in or at the gate, the reality is you are now separated from your luggage. The latter, usually means the bag will be on the plane with you, the former, well most of the time the bag gets on the plane. Keep in mind …
• 16 August

  Wild weekend in Tijuana

  

  The weekend of 12-14 August saw widespread violence instigated by the “Jalisco New Generation Cartel” (Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) as a means to intimidate and influence the actions of the government to free their members currently incarcerated or in general custody. TIJUANA The cartel issued a warning that …

January, 2022

• 25 January

  Bankrupt: Crystal Cruises is sinking

  

  No doubt Crystal Cruises (headquarters located in Miami) did not intend for an arrest warrant to be issued for one of its ships, Crystal Symphony, but that is exactly what happened when U.S. District Court Judge Darrin Gayles of the Southern District of Florida ordered the ship seized upon entry …
• 24 January

  Ukraine: US Embassy orders staff families out - US/UK/AUS - Citizens urged to depart

  

  Yesterday, 23 January, the U.S. Department of State “ordered the departure” of family members of U.S. Embassy Kyiv U.S. Embassy personnel due to the “continued threat of Russian military action. Concurrent with the order to depart, the Department authorized the voluntary departure of “direct hire employees.” The Department advised all …
• 22 January

  Mexico: Two Canadians shot dead Riviera Maya

  

  Three Canadians, were shot Friday afternoon at the five-star Xcaret Hotel on the Mexican Riviera Maya by an unidentified gunman, media reports that two of the three have died of their wounds. Lucio Hernández Gutiérrez, Secretario de Seguridad Pública del Estado de Quintana Roo, posted a tweet which asked the …

December, 2021

• 5 December

  Ryan Air passenger tries to open plane door on Sevilla-Budapest flight

  

  Passengers acting aggressively isn’t unique to U.S. flights. On 11 November on RyanAir flight FR5353 between Seville and Budapest a passenger began acting out. He kicked seats, threatened people with a pen and abuse the women in seats around him. As the situation escalated the attempted to open the main …