May Day Rallies

Many nations will celebrate International Workers Day, Labor Day, or May Day on May 1st. Rallies and gatherings of up to 200,000 people are expected in some places. Rallies may be especially large and disruptive this year as workers in protest austerity measures in many countries. While most gatherings will …

What is Rule 240 and does it still apply?

Rule 240 refers to the airline requirement to book passengers from a cancelled flight on the next available flight, even if it’s on a competing airline. This rule formally ended with airline deregulation in the late 1970s, but many airlines still honor it to some degree. If the airline agent …

Did you know the sinking cities?

Italy’s Venice is the best known sinking city, but did you know that there are many others as well including Bangkok and Mexico City The buildings of Venice are built on closely spaced wooden pilings which have petrified over the centuries in the oxygen-poor water of the lagoon to become …