NYT Article

[Dont call me Shirley]

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/17/business...amp;oref=slogin


THE flight to Buffalo had been stuck at La Guardia Airport for about half an hour last Tuesday when I first heard from Steven Khadavi by text message from inside the plane.
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“I’m sitting on Flight 4385 from La Guardia to Buffalo. We’ve been on the ground since 2:45 with no air,†he wrote, adding: “It’s at least 110 degrees on the plane. There’s a poor baby on the plane crying hysterically, likely from overheating.â€

Strange, I thought. Here it is 2007, and I’m getting distress signals that sound as if they ought to be accompanied by the tapping of a telegraph key.

“I hear you. Stay in touch. Which airline?†I tapped back.

The reply came a half-hour later: “US Airways.â€

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I like the part about the website saying "departed". Before the changeover to SLO QIK, flifo on the website and IVR would show if the flight was out but not off.