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Passengers Held In Another Nightmare On The Tarmac
| August 9th, 2009 1 commentThere was another outrageous case over the weekend of passengers being held on a commercial aircraft on the ground, as the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.
Forty-seven passengers were kept aboard a small, regional jet for a total of nine hours, seven on the ground. The ExpressJet flight, being operated for Continental Airlines, took off from Houston for Minneapolis and diverted to Rochester, Minn., because of weather.
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Man Ejected From Cruise For Criticizing Art Auctions
| August 9th, 2009 2 commentsJust ran across a story about a teacher who got thrown off a Royal Caribbean cruise ship for distributing a flier that questioned the value of art being auctioned on board.
This happened more than a week ago, which will show you how alert I’ve been lately. (I blame the rain; I’m always mowing.) The flier is posted on the Fine Art Registry site, which has been in a long and bitter dispute with the auction company, Park West Galleries.
This is just the latest in a controversy that leaves me wondering whether the cruise lines are making enough money on this to make it worth the damage to their reputations.
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