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A-330 Disappears in the Atlantic

A-330 Disappears in the Atlantic

A-330 Disappears,  Ho hum... On Tuesday morning, June 2nd, when I checked my email, I noticed a small note about an Airbus A-330 missing in the...


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A2A Blog Packing for Travel

A2A Blog Packing for Travel

I've traveled for a living for over 30 years and if there is one thing I've learned about packing for travel is that you can travel anywhere anytime...


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Air2Air Embraces Social Media

Air2Air Embraces Social Media

Now that the Internet has put the entire world on stage it has become imperative to manage not only your personal but also your company’s online...


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Air2Air is Your Name?

Air2Air is Your Name?

Naming your company would seem to be relatively simple and straight forward.  I mean, how many choices can there be?  How hard can it be?  Pick from...


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Aircraft Flying Experience and Total Flying Experience

Aircraft Flying Experience and Total Flying Experience

Most people believe that the performance level that pilots attain is determined primarily by natural talent. Most pilots believe, and at least one...


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Airport Fast-Track Dies

Airport Fast-Track Dies

Abruptly, the frequent traveler’s option to get an in-depth background check and then get priority handling from the TSA has come to a halt.  The...


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Airports, Haiti & Disasters

Airports, Haiti & Disasters

One of the major problems facing relief efforts into Haiti is the lack of airports. Haiti, which covers over 10,700 square miles, has only four...


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Aviation Highlights from My Week

Aviation Highlights from My Week

Many times I find being associated with aviation is very rewarding, even when I’m not lucky enough to be in an aircraft flying. Being the hard...


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Avoiding Swine Flu When Flying

Avoiding Swine Flu When Flying

If you are considering traveling during the current Swine Flu epidemic (maybe not) there are some measures you should consider to help protect...


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Big Bear’s Historic Storm

Big Bear’s Historic Storm

Air2Air was the first commercial flight to land at Big Bear Airport after their historic snow storm this past week. Most records seem to indicate...


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Business Aviation Pays Off!

Business Aviation Pays Off!

Business Aviation Pays Off! According to Aviation Week & Space Technology and a study sponsored by NEXA Advisors, LLC, the S&P 500 companies...


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Carry-on Bag Limits and Outrageous Fees!

Carry-on Bag Limits and Outrageous Fees!

US Rep. Dan Lipinski, an Illinois Democrat, laid out his standardized allowable carry-on bags program which would require that the TSA set up...


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Climate Change Means Better Aircraft Fuel Efficiency

Climate Change Means Better Aircraft Fuel Efficiency

In aviation, winds are almost always a losing proposition.  Enroute or landing, windy days result in longer flight times and fewer runway choices. ...


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Copenhagen and Air Charter

Copenhagen and Air Charter

The world’s leaders clearly demonstrated that they “get it” by flying their private aircraft to Copenhagen. Time is money and the actual total cost...


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Dining on the Road:

Dining on the Road:

Most professional pilots spend at least two weeks a month on the road, living in hotel rooms or crash pads.  As a result, during the course of their...


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Drive or Fly to Van Nuys?

Drive or Fly to Van Nuys?

You and your team have a one hour meeting in Van Nuys at 10:00 AM tomorrow. Do you take the airlines, drive, or take Air 2 Air ? Lets make some quick...


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Ed McMahon

Ed McMahon

Colonel Edward "Ed" McMahon, Jr. was born March 6, 1923, and although he passed on June 23, 2009, he will be remember fondly by the dwindling...


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Employee Hourly Cost

Employee Hourly Cost

Lets consider an employee whom you pay $25 per hour.  That employee is actually costing you much more.  Considering the direct costs of that...


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First Class, Cost Effective, Air Charter

First Class, Cost Effective, Air Charter

Air 2 Air Corporation provides fast, convenient cost-effective Business and Personal air charter service, connecting people to the southwest’s...


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Fix Health Care Overnight

Fix Health Care Overnight

At Air 2 Air , what goes on in Washington quite often just mystifies us.  The Health Care debate is no different.  We are very concerned as to how...


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Flight 447 Expanding Crash Theories

Flight 447 Expanding Crash Theories

As a former Airbus A-320 Captain I have to admit that I take intense interest in the crash of the Air France Flight 447 A-330.  The A-320 and A-330...


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Foxy's Landing

Foxy's Landing

Great Breakfast, Great People, Great Place The other morning I was flying a couple of race car drivers up to Willow Springs in California (great...


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Global Warming Policy and Aviation

Global Warming Policy and Aviation

Air2Air selected the Piper Seneca II as our aircraft for several reasons, foremost among them was the airplane’s fuel efficiency. The Piper Seneca II...


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Go Cap and Trade!

Go Cap and Trade!

H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (Waxman-Markey) is similar to, but has more stringent targets and timetables than, the...


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Gov. Schwarzenegger Will be Back

Gov. Schwarzenegger Will be Back

During a speech in Escondido today, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made several statements which we here at Air2Air strongly support and could not agree...


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Half Price Police Horse Transportation

Half Price Police Horse Transportation

There are no cooler animals on this planet than police horses and, up until December, San Diego had seven of the prized and highly trained members of...


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Help Air 2 Air Save Las Vegas

Help Air 2 Air Save Las Vegas

I love Las Vegas. I have been going there since I was a kid with my parents when we stayed at the Hacienda Hotel way out on the strip. That’s back...


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How to Choose an Air Charter Company

How to Choose an Air Charter Company

Chartering an aircraft is fairly easy and can be the best way to solve difficult travel problems.  The question is, how do you find the best company...


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Its a Car, Its a Plane, Its the Transformer!

Its a Car, Its a Plane, Its the Transformer!

Lets say you have a business meeting five miles from the closest airport. Imagine being able to fly to and land at a suitable site close to the...


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Jets and their Bad Image Compared to Props

Jets and their Bad Image Compared to Props

Business jets are very time efficient.  As John Meehan, general manager of Landmark Aviation, which operates one of the private aircraft terminals at...


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Just How Late is Late?

Just How Late is Late?

Airline on time statistics for 2008 are in and the picture is not pretty.  In 2008 there were 7,009,728 flight operations which met the FAA’s...


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Lines of Communication

Lines of Communication

By nature, training, and experience I am, for the most part, still a Navy man. That former life still colors my perceptions of the world and my...


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Major Airline Airfares, Up Up and Away!

Major Airline Airfares, Up Up and Away!

Airfares have been unusually cheap for the past year, but all of that is about to come to a screeching halt.  Travelers held off buying tickets for...


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Marge Simpson Rumored to Choose Air2Air as Her Personal Airline

Marge Simpson Rumored to Choose Air2Air as Her Personal Airline

Homer, Bart, and the entire Simpson’s fan base thoroughly approve of Marge Simpon’s rumored selection of Air2Air as her Personal Airline for San...


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My thoughts on icing

My thoughts on icing

Icing As with other subjects in the news that involved flying, I have been asked by some of our passengers about icing. The unfortunate accident back...


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My thoughts on the A-320 ditching

My thoughts on the A-320 ditching

As a former Airbus A-320 Captain for Northwest Airlines, I’ve been asked by many people what I thought of the outstanding job Captain Sullenberger...


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Napolitano Gets it Right

Napolitano Gets it Right

I cannot tell you how excited I am to finally agree on something with our US Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano. We at Air 2 Air have...


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Oprah Approves Business Aircraft

Oprah Approves Business Aircraft

Its been a tough time for the Air Charter and Business Aircraft market lately.  However, Private aircraft manufacturers were given an unsolicited...


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Panty Bomber & Flight Security

Panty Bomber & Flight Security

In light of the recent attempt of the “Panty Bomber” to explode a bomb concealed in his crotch, Air2Air has reviewed its security procedures and...


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Probably is not an Aviation word

Probably is not an Aviation word

Probably is not an Aviation word If you ever hear a pilot use the word “probably” associated with any aspect of aviation safety, ask to take a look...


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Profits and Social Crimes

Profits and Social Crimes

Simply put, if you loose money you are a social criminal. Your crime? You extracted more from society than you returned. How so? Let me walk you...


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Rochester Hostage Crisis

Rochester Hostage Crisis

Have you ever been to Rochester Minnesoooota?  I have been.  And as a result I know a couple of things about Rochester that the crew of Continental...


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San Clemente Island: Navy Airfields

San Clemente Island: Navy Airfields

Best Lunch I’ve Had Not many people are lucky enough to spend any time on San Clemente Island, but I was lucky enough to fly some contractors out...


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Sensible Enough to Impress Any Congressional Committee!

Sensible Enough to Impress Any Congressional Committee!

Air Charter with Air2Air. Sensible Enough to Impress Any Congressional Committee! If the three Detroit Auto Company CEO’s had arrived in Washington...


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Swine Flu and the Airlines

Swine Flu and the Airlines

So, you are considering taking a trip this holiday season?  Are you concerned that you may be at higher risk for illness than if you flew on a...


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Take a Plane to Del Mar!

Take a Plane to Del Mar!

Not many people traveling I-5 past Del Mar are aware that at one time you could fly to the Del Mar Races as claimed by the signature song "Where the...


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The San Diego County Fair, Once Known as the Del Mar Fair

The San Diego County Fair, Once Known as the Del Mar Fair

When my kids were young I would drive them nuts by misapplying the words they were using to complain about something.  One of their favorite...


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Throwing Punches at 30,000 ft.

Throwing Punches at 30,000 ft.

In-flight entertainment is getting better all the time. Who needs movies when you have the crew up front beating the living daylights out of one...


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Toads Fly Free

Toads Fly Free

The endangered Arroyo Toad, or Bufo Californicus, has gained much needed support from Federal Wildlife Officials who have proposed designating over...


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Travel Less Expensively or Else

Travel Less Expensively or Else

Everyone in business is being told to work harder, be more productive on their trips, and be more accessible when traveling.  But more importantly,...


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TSA Eyes XRay Glasses

TSA Eyes XRay Glasses

The failed Christmas Day attack aboard a Detroit-bound U.S. airliner has created congressional calls for greater use of body scanners. In a rumored...


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TSA's Power Grab in General Aviation

TSA's Power Grab in General Aviation

I have been reviewing the proposed “Large Aircraft Security Program, Other Aircraft Operator Security Program, and Airport Operator Security Program”...


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Yes We Can!

Yes We Can!

One of the key phrases used by President Obama during the recent election campaign was the hope-filled statement, “Yes we can!” It it somewhat...


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Your Leisure Time Value

Your Leisure Time Value

So how much is your leisure time worth?  Nothing?  Surely you jest!  No valuation system is perfect, but the methodology below will give you a...


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