2 posts and columns on Tim Smith

Trn Eng Txting Scnds B4 Crsh

in News on October 2, 2008 at 9:42 am PT

You’d think that with all the text messaging bans and new hands-free cellphone usage laws being adopted these days a motorist would know better than to text while driving, especially if that motorist also happens to be a commuter train engineer. Tragically, that’s not the case.

This Is Your Captain Speaking: Will the Gentleman in Seat 21A Please Stop Surfing Porn

in News on September 12, 2008 at 11:33 am PT

Now that air-to-ground broadband has added Internet porn to American Airlines’ in-flight entertainment offerings, the company’s flight attendants are asking that it be taken off. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants, which represents 19,000 AA employees, is urging the airline to block access to Web content it feels is family-unfriendly.