Napping At The Airport — For $30 An Hour

Just last week, I swear, I was discussing with my husband my brilliant business idea: renting out little sleeping cubbies in airports. And, of course, just this week somebody opened up such a place at the Atlanta airport.

Minute Suites rents out 56-square-foot rooms with day beds for $30 an hour, USA Today reports. I would sue except I’m guessing the company came up with the idea sometime before last week.

The price seems a little high to me, but then I don’t have an expense account.

Cell Phones On Planes? Hell, No!

A lobbying group has formed to fight for the right to use cell phones on commercial flights, USA Today reports.

Most consumers “want the choice of being able to use this technology,” says leader Carl Biersack, head of the Inflight Passenger Communication Coalition that’s trying to rally passengers.

True enough.  I certainly want the choice. I just don’t want anybody else to have the choice. I know from long experience that their cell phone conversations will annoy the living hell out of me.

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Deja Vu Over The Atlantic

An Air France A330-200 flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris encountered heavy turbulence over the Atlantic, about four hours after departure on Nov. 29. Sound familiar? 

The circumstances are nearly identical to those surrounding Air France Flight 447, which was lost on June 1, killing 228 people.

The Nov. 29 flight rode out moderate to heavy turbulence and proceeded safely to Paris, the Associated Press reports. French authorities are examining this case, hoping it will shed light on what happened to Flight 447.