air travel Archives

Wednesday

August 16, 2023

Cockburn

Is Tiffany Gomas real?

Tiffany Gomas, the woman that found global fame after claiming, and pardon Cockburn's French, “that motherfucker is not real,” on an American Airlines flight in July, has recently uploaded an apology video to her brand new Twitter account. https://twitter.com/Tiffany_Gomas/status/1690805418635952128 In the video, Gomas, a Texas native says, “Hi, everyone, it’s me, Tiffany Gomas, probably better known as the ‘crazy plane lady,’ which is completely warranted. “My use of profanity was completely unnecessary, and I want to apologize to everyone on that plane, especially those that had children aboard. “We all have our bad moments, um, some are far worse than others, and mine happened to be caught on camera for the whole world to see multiple times.

Tuesday

March 23, 2021

Bridget Phetasy

How to overcome the new fear of flying

Back in another lifetime when I was getting certified to become a yoga instructor, my teacher always asked us, ‘Is this a fear that’s keeping you alive or a fear that’s keeping you from living?’ She would pose this question as we hesitated to try a headstand or a handstand. It was a hard question to answer then. It’s even harder now, in the middle of a global pandemic when your most irrational fears could be justified. In early January of this year I was going insane. We were approaching almost a full year of lockdown here in California, the state with arguably the most stringent lockdown measures in the nation. At the time, all the restaurants were closed. You couldn’t get a haircut. Again.

Tuesday

September 3, 2019

Jarvis Dupont

We must reduce our carbon footprints so Prince Harry can still (occasionally) use his private jet

I cannot tell you how delighted I am that Prince Harry has decided to become woke. Today he made a speech in which he highlighted the urgent need for us to cut down on unnecessary travel. Harry, his wife Meghan, and their royal entourage flew to Amsterdam (because going by sea would take too long), in order to attend the launch of an eco-tourism project. While there, Harry made an inspiring plea to the rest of the world to do everything we can to reduce our carbon footprints. Harry was unfairly criticized at the event for his use of private jets. To this, he responded: 'I came here by commercial. I spend 99 percent of my life traveling the world by commercial.