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#91856 by mcmbenjamin
12 Jan 2006, 22:52
VS-EWR: Do you get Curt Lewis' newsletter?
#91859 by Airbus340
12 Jan 2006, 23:05
things are really starting to happen:D
#91863 by VS-EWR
12 Jan 2006, 23:19
Originally posted by mcmbenjamin
VS-EWR: Do you get Curt Lewis' newsletter?


I guess not because I don't know what that is. If you're wondering how I get all of this news, it's because I have my google alerts email me everytime a news story is released that contains "virgin america".
#91873 by ChuckC
13 Jan 2006, 01:34
Nick,
Good stuff. Since you have "Googled" VS-A I expect you'll be our regular correspondent as each city is discussed in the media.

Thanks much.

Chuck-
#91880 by mcmbenjamin
13 Jan 2006, 01:54
Very good VS-EWR.
Curt Lewis puts out a daily e-mail newsletter about aviation happenings worldwide; sorta like a news clipping service. Best part is that it is free. Certianly helps me stay current. He puts the headlines in the first part and the articles in the body.

If he only put the headlines on a RSS feed . . .

To subscribe to the list, send a message to: [email protected]

Sample email/newsletter with the first article
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Flight Safety Information (11JAN06-017)
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*Shouting grounded passenger jet
*Lawsuits Filed In 2004 Pinnacle Airlines Accident
*China Plans to Build Its Own Passenger Jet
*Seven Independence Air jets stored at W. Va. airport
*FAA Narrows Scope Of Insulation Replacement Rules
*IATA, AFRAA List Poverty, Corruption Obstacles to Air Safety in Africa
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Shouting grounded passenger jet

The flight was due to leave Glasgow for Amsterdam
A passenger whose behaviour caused a jet's take-off to be abandoned has been
told to seek psychiatric assessment.
Paisley Sheriff Colin Pettigrew heard that Eileen Slonaker, from Glasgow,
was shouting that she wanted to die.

Her shouts and swearing forced the pilot to turn the plane around before it
was due to head down the runway.

Slonaker, 48, will be examined by a psychiatrist before being sentenced at
the end of the month, after her solicitor claimed she was agoraphobic.

The captain of the Easyjet flight from Glasgow to Amsterdam radioed police
to escort Slonaker, from Scotstoun, from the Boeing aircraft, which was
diverted to a vacant boarding point.

Frightened passengers

She pleaded guilty to conducting herself in a disorderly manner by shouting
and swearing, placing others in a state of fear and alarm and committing a
breach of the peace last May.

Slonaker refused to move when worried cabin crew, who could smell alcohol on
her, tried to usher her to the front of the aircraft.

The court was told she was shouting and swearing so loudly that terrified
passengers were moved to other seats, but it sparked another outburst.

Sheriff Pettigrew said the courts took a serious view of disorderly conduct
onboard aircraft.

The alert was particularly disturbing as it had occurred as the plane was
"about to taxi down the runway".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4598644.stm
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#91882 by VS-EWR
13 Jan 2006, 02:02
Thanks for that, Benjamin, I just subscribed!

Yeah, I'm offically a Virgin Americaholic so I try to be up to date on all of their news. The google alerts thing is really good, you should try using that as well.

By the way, there's a new news update on their website about their headquarters building. :)
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