Monday, July 26, 2010

French Flight

I'll make it a quick one:

"Strike expected to limit French flights" by Associated Press | July 21, 2010

PARIS — French air traffic controllers launched a two-day strike yesterday that is expected to cancel many flights in and out of France today....

Unions of air traffic controllers are striking over a plan to unify European airspace. The Single European Sky concept is intended to ensure greater efficiency and deal with a projected increase in traffic, but French air traffic controllers are worried about how it will affect them....

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"French police arrested an Air France flight attendant after a series of thefts of cash, jewelry, and credit cards from sleeping business-class passengers.....

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Related
: Raise Flight 447!

Maybe it is a good thing I didn't make the gate.

Also see:
Europe Under an Iron Veil

Yeah, that has seemed to take up most of the attention of France and my newspaper.