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Airlines in Australia face increasing pressure over refugees

sudshr47 August 9, 2018

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Activists are condemning Australian airlines for profiting off the deportation of refugees and asylum seekers. 

First reported by Fairfax, Qantas and Virgin Australia are in the sights of human rights activists for their role in the country’s immigration system, which multiple bodies within the UN have heavily criticised for failing to uphold international human rights standards.

The UN Human Rights Committee has long condemned Australia’s refugee policy, particularly the management of offshore detention centres on Nauru and (now-closed) Manus Island, where assaults, sexual abuse, child abuse, and squalid living conditions were documented. Read more…

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Airlines, ranked by free snacks

sudshr47 June 25, 2018

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Unless you’re a professional masochist, there are very few good things about flying — especially if you’re flying economy or basic economy. The only balm for your in-flight misery is often a single bag of pretzels and a half-can of soda.

And that is why it’s so devastating when the free snack and beverage offerings on your flight are… less than great.

We want you to know what kind of snack situation (snacktuation) you’re getting into when you fly, so we’ve evaluated and ranked each major U.S. airline by its complimentary snack and beverage offerings on domestic/North American flights. (We’re sticking to the options for economy class, because that’s where the snacks really count.) Read more…

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Woman says poop from a passing plane fell onto her face and gave her pink eye

sudshr47 June 6, 2018

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A woman in Kelowna, Canada contracted pink eye after her car was pelted with human poop from an overhead plane. 

Susan Allen and her son Travis were waiting at a traffic light on May 9, enjoying the spring weather with the sunroof open. Then a nasty slush of sewage and lavatory chemicals started raining down on her car and the car idling next to her, covering Allen, her son, and the other driver in human waste. It was truly a shitstorm.

“It was in my sunroof, it was all over my seat, it was in my face, and down my shirt,” Allen told Vice.”It was disgusting.” Read more…

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Qantas using its cargo hold for sleep and exercise? It’s one of many wild ideas

sudshr47 March 29, 2018

It’s always fascinating to think about how plane cabins could be more than just hours of sitting, movie-watching, and interrupted sleep.
Following its first direct, commercial flight Australia to Europe, Qantas chief Alan Joyce told an audience in Lo…

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Parkland students call out senator for law protecting dogs instead of gun control

sudshr47 March 15, 2018

Parkland students are criticizing lawmakers’ quick action to protect animals on flights while ignoring pleas for stricter gun control laws. 
Senator John Kennedy, a Republican from Louisiana, introduced a new bill on Thursday called the Welfare …

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I tested the most absurd business class seat, and now I wish I was rich

sudshr47 March 3, 2018

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I am a lifelong economy flier. I am all too familiar with the common man’s grind of air travel: 20 minutes standing in line, trudging through crowded aisles, hoisting heavy bags into tiny compartments, and squeezing past grumpy people into hard, narrow seats. 

Recently, however, I got a chance to see how the other half flies — in Qatar Airways‘ Qsuite, the first ever business-class suite to include doors and a double bed. It’s an experience reviewers have called the best business-class seat in the world, from the airline Skytrax has named as the world’s best business-class airline. 

It comes at a price: A business class flight from JFK to Doha on Qatar Airways could cost as much as $7,000.  Read more…

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