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DENVER, CO - A Denver area man's shocking airport rant went viral on Tik-Tok after he discovered a United Airlines gate agent was secretly plotting to ruin his vacation plans.

Man Discovers Airline Gate Agent Plotted to Ruin His Vacation

by Nancy PowellAugust 18, 2022August 18, 2022

DENVER, CO – A Denver area man’s shocking airport rant went viral on Tik-Tok after he discovered a United Airlines gate agent was secretly plotting to ruin his vacation plans.

KABUL - The Taliban recently announced it was banning women from serving as flight attendants on Afghani airlines. Our reporters have uncovered the silver lining to this new policy.

The silver lining to the Taliban’s ban on female flight attendants

by Lee BallouAugust 11, 2022August 10, 2022

DALLAS, TX - In a bid to fill desperately needed seats at empty conference room tables, one airline is getting creative by asking baggage handlers to double as executives.

Airline asks baggage handlers to serve as executives

by Lee BallouAugust 10, 2022August 10, 2022

CHICAGO, IL - In the war against actually doing any work, United Airlines' management team struck back against flight attendants using the Net Promoter Score system to score them with their own NPS system that scores the flight attendants' NPS system.

United’s management implements NPS system that measures their flight attendants’ NPS system

by Lee BallouAugust 9, 2022August 7, 2022

HOUSTON, TX - A Houston area woman is furious with the TSA after forgetting to unpack her firearm from her purse. A Glock 9 was confiscated along with 2 boxes of 9MM ammunition. Reportedly, she is mostly just mad about the ammo being taken.

Woman irritated TSA confiscated her ammo; could care less about the Glock getting taken too

by Lee BallouAugust 8, 2022August 4, 2022

DALLAS, TX - American Airlines' Chief Operating Officer David Seymour was recently asked why American Airlines was last in customer satisfaction and what the airline was doing about it. The answer was refreshingly honest.

American Airlines On Why We’re Last In Customer Satisfaction: TBH, We Just Don’t Care…

by Lee BallouAugust 5, 2022August 5, 2022

LOS ANGELES, CA - Sidney Matterson is seriously irritated that her luggage was lost on a recent United Airlines flight to Los Angeles. In a last-ditch effort to spur United Airlines into action, she tried tagging a "famous" travel blogger on Twitter to see if that would work. It didn't.

The Travel Blogger

Traveler tags “famous” travel blogger on Twitter hoping they can help resolve lost luggage issue

by Lee BallouAugust 4, 2022July 10, 2022

CHICAGO, IL - After receiving a brutal first Net Promoter Score from United Airlines flight attendants, leadership at the beleaguered airline unveiled a new plan to get their numbers to a respectable -65%

United’s leadership unveils plan to get flight attendant NPS back to negative 65%

by Lee BallouAugust 3, 2022August 3, 2022

VATICAN - Pope Francis announced he intends to retire after a recent trip where he found himself in a middle seat on a Spirit Airlines to Orlando. The 85-year-old figurehead said it was just too much to take.

Pope decides to retire after being forced to fly Spirit Airlines

by Lee BallouAugust 2, 2022July 30, 2022

PHOENIX, AZ - Nichelle Jenson, a 19-year-old college student tweeted her enthusiasm about #adulting the other day after signing up for a Southwest Airlines credit card at the Phoenix Airport.

College student pretty satisfied with herself after signing up for credit card at airport

by Lee BallouJuly 29, 2022July 2, 2022