Kevin May in “Google Buys a Guidebook… Company” – This Week in Travel #121
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Regular hosts Jen Leo and Chris Christensen are joined by this week’s guest:
Kevin May of Tnooz.com
This Week’s News:
- Did Google buy Frommer’s for its search engine juice? No, there is a lot more going on
- Weekly Weird: The World’s Worst Flight Delay Excuse
- Air France: Out of Gas? Ask Passengers to Pitch In
- Here Are the Crazy Things the TSA Has Found in 2012: Gassed Up Chainsaws, Explosive Cannonballs, Bear Mace and More
- Passenger sleeps on baggage belt, goes through X-ray
- London Olympics: Report says U.K. tourism dropped during Games
- Report: 3 Ryanair flights declare fuel ‘maydays’ in 1 day
Picks of the week:
- Kevin – Don’t spend more than 26 million for a travel company
- Jen – vitals.com
- Chris – packing lists for kids
by Chris Christensen
Chris Christensen is the creator of the Amateur Traveler blog and podcast. He has been a travel creator since 2005 and has won awards including being named the "Best Independent Travel Journalist" by Travel+Leisure Magazine.+Chris Christensen | @chris2x | facebook
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Jim McDonough
Says:August 20th, 2012 at 9:47 am
After clicking through to the original Sunday Independent article, it seems that Ryan Air is putting a lot of pressure on pilots to fly with less reserve fuel than they really want. These aircraft were not declaring ‘minimum fuel’, which gives landing priority to the aircraft needing it. They issued actual ‘Mayday’ broadcasts, equivalent to the maritime SOS, saying we’re out of gas and need to land right now. I would think that the EU or UK equivalent to the FAA is going to be all over Ryan Air.