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Scare headline not so scary in article
Boo to Hot Air, which posted this headline: “Good news: Feds pulling workers away from FAA to staff exploding Cash for Clunkers bureaucracy” (I found it via Volokh.) The Hot Air post plays… more →
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Scare headline not so scary in article
Evan Sparks wrote 3 months ago: Boo to Hot Air, which posted this headline: “Good news: Feds pulling workers away from FAA to … more →
Let your left hand not know what your right hand is doing....
Evan Sparks wrote 5 months ago: The Senate is set to vote on a bill that would “establish a nonprofit corporation to run a nat … more →
IHT: NWA still interested in merger. Right.
Evan Sparks wrote 11 months ago: A Reuters item from Friday offers up a factual error that betrays a very shallow understanding of th … more →
Airline to cut carbon emissions! . . . by doing what it was already doing anyway
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Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: An interesting item in the Commercial Appeal of Memphis, my hometown newspaper: FedEx issued its fir … more →
A misleading lede
Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: I was surprised by this lede in a recent Financial Times story: “Most Americans spurned air an … more →
Obama: China's "airports are vastly superior to us now"
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Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: Barack Obama has been watching the Olympics and marveling at how amazing China’s infrastructur … more →
B-roll
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Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: The following post has nothing to do with aviation policy; it’s just a rant. This story came a … more →
The media's "dependency" problem
Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: This AP story on Aviation.com has a troublesome lede. Check it out: “China plans to set up its … more →
Oberstar on mergers: "Hell no!"
Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: In a BusinessWeek op-ed, House Transportation Committee chairman James Oberstar (D-Minn.) has come o … more →
The London Times's (air)field of dreams
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Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: If you build it, they will come. This sort of wishful thinking too often infects policymakers seekin … more →
WaPo's editorial shows research, logic gaps
Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: In an otherwise unremarkable editorial today, the Washington Post lets slip some factual and logical … more →
Fisking the Feds' JFK flight cap plan
Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: The federal government has reached an agreement to cap flights at JFK. Here is the press release ann … more →
Irwin Stelzer's misguided airline economics
Evan Sparks wrote 2 years ago: Irwin Stelzer, a very intelligent commentator on economic issues, indulges too much air rage in his … more →
Fisking: US Airways did not kill Carol Gotbaum
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Evan Sparks wrote 2 years ago: Sunday’s Washington Post featured an insanely over-the-top airline crisis story by A. L. Barda … more →
