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Power banks are everywhere in the cabin until one starts smoking. After a wave of in-flight fires and one total aircraft loss, airlines are rewriting the rules overnight. Here's what's banned, what's still allowed, and why your next flight might treat your charger differently than your last one did.
Where you get stationed decides almost everything about your paycheck as an air traffic controller. A small tower can start you near $50,000. The busiest hubs in the country push past $175,000 in base pay alone, before overtime or locality pay. Here's exactly how the FAA's facility-level system splits the money, and what's actually changed in your favor this year.
Delta's CEO just gave business travelers a number to plan around: 2027. Fares aren't dropping until FAA staffing catches up, and a new Basic Business fare quietly changes what a lie-flat seat now includes.
The FAA just proposed ending the 53 year ban on supersonic flight over US land. Here's the real regulatory chain behind it, what NASA's X-59 just proved, and why your next long-haul flight isn't getting faster anytime soon
I connected through Newark this spring with barely two hours to spare and under the FAA's new 72-flights-an-hour cap, that math doesn't work the same way anymore. The order runs through October 2026, and it's already reshaping upgrade clearance, award space, and connection buffers for anyone flying United through EWR. Here's what's actually driving the cap, who's absorbing the cost, and how to plan around it.
Landing causes more plane accidents than takeoff ever does. But when takeoff goes wrong, the numbers tell a very different story about who survives it.
Flight attendants are federal safety officers, not service staff. Under 14 CFR Part 121, their legal mandate is emergency evacuation and cabin safety not your carry-on. Arguing past a refusal can trigger a federal offense under 49 U.S.C. 46504. Know the rules before your next flight.
Newark was scheduled 40% beyond capacity. The FAA finally capped it. Now fares are up, morning flights are gone, and when your flight is cancelled there is no backup carrier. United owns 68% of the airport and has no reason to fix it. You are absorbing a failure that was years in the making.