Aeroflot's A330 cabin a big step up

Being a Muscovite myself, I can not favor one of my airport-sons over the other two. They are equally doing well considering their respective ages and qualifications.
The point is that they are competing with each other to attract more air traffic. Considering the zero-sum game, the ultimate effect on Mother Russia will be almost the same unless there will be a significant increase in transit traffic.

Date: 10 January 2010 commenting on http://www.flightglobal.com/

Catching terrorists: Why profiling is not the answer

Ethnic profiling is not a viable solution for combating terrorism.
Singling out passengers on the basis of race or religion would trigger the issue of discrimination. Alternatively, an environment of equality would increase the collaborative action of everyone.
What we really need is strict alertness of official security agencies. Of course, the official role of security has to be complemented by a vigilant sense of responsibility maintained by all of us.
Israel has long managed a highly successful security system for the Israeli air industry. What about copying the Israeli model instead of inventing a system which might be proven infeasible down the road?

Date: 06 January 2010 commenting on http://www.guardian.co.uk/

Next up: The boob bomber

The tug of war between terrorists and security agencies will be always there. What could be really sad is acknowledging the fact that terrorists could have the lead in that highly dangerous game. So far, security agencies are only reacting by taking precautionary measures to thwart terrorist acts similar to those which happened in the past.
Detroit’s last terrorist attempt proved that the system failed even to be proactive when it carelessly ignored valuable pieces of intelligence. No wonder that President Obama bluntly admitted that the system screwed up.
Terror is a deadly activity between the terrorists who seemingly know how to deal with scanning machines, and security agencies which are not subject to the humiliating effect of the scanning machines. The only victims are the innocent air travelers.

Date: 06 January 2010 commenting on http://www.forbes.com/

Passenger creates big debate at American Airlines

If you take along bulky or damageable baggage, you may have to pay an additional fee. What would be the parallel situation for passengers? The given facts are that the passenger is bulky and his part of body protruding into the aisle is highly damageable by in-flight service carts.
So, it is quite fair for that passenger to pay extra fee. He has to be charged for two seats as airlines are not selling partial seats so far.

Date: 07 December 2009 commenting on http://www.flightglobal.com/

Aeroflot and Alitalia to get closer

Gone those old days when Aeroflot was flying to many countries in Africa. The Aeroflot’s African network of destinations was mainly supported by the government of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in an attempt to spread the communist ideology.
Now, Aeroflot is code-sharing with Alitalia to go back to Africa for supposedly real commercial reasons.

Date: 05 December 2009 commenting on http://boardingarea.com/

Decide who to hire before they even walk in the door

With all due respect, the idea of the article does not make lot of sense to me.
I do understand that entrepreneurs are different. However, I did not hear about a company looking for hiring entrepreneurs. On the hand, we can say that real entrepreneurs do not seek employment. The right candidates will be those who have the required academic education and the necessary work skills. Using the concept of the article, I would say that the only possible candidates for employment are "curb huggers." I think that judging the candidates through their way of crossing the street might be ideal if we are hiring wire-walkers since the preference will be given to “matadors.”

Date: 24 November 2009 commenting on http://blogs.bnet.com/

Terminal 3 of Sheremetyevo

Well, the bottom line is whether these architectural achievements will reshuffle the rank of Sheremetyevo compared to the other Russian airports in Moscow. In other words, will Sheremetyevo take the lead over Domodedovo?


Date: 24 November 2009 commenting on http://www.cre.ru/