45 years in the sky

Travel Talk: 45 Years, Countless Flights: My Travel Confessions

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45 Years, Countless Flights: My Travel Confessions 45 years. Hundreds of aircraft. Thousands of flights. One lifelong love affair with aviation. I’ve been flying on commercial airplanes for 45+ years, and when I stop and think about that number… wowza. In this episode of Travel Talk, I reflect on nearly half a century in the skies—first as a wide-eyed teenager …

Weight Restriction Explained

I’m Sorry The Flight Has A Weight Restriction, You’ve Been Bumped

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Have you ever gotten bumped because your flight was weight-restricted? I’m sure you have. Do you know what all this means? Here’s my attempt to explain it. The aviation industry started with cargo and then people were added.  So as much as we think that people are the reason for flying, its really cargo.  More money is usually made from cargo and it does not complain .  An airplane is designed with what’s called a maximum takeoff weight (MTOW). This is the combined weight of everything, the plane, baggage, fuel, cargo, people, food, etc., everything.