Furious passengers stage protest in plane

More than 100 angry Ryanair passengers sat in a dark cabin without food or water for four hours Wednesday, refusing to leave their plane after it was diverted to Belgium, authorities and passengers said. The passengers, mostly French tourists who were supposed to land near Paris after returning from holidays in morroco, refused to come out of the aircraft even after the crew had left it at the Liege airport in southern Belgium.Reda Yahiyaoui, a business owner who was travelling with his wife, a two-month-old baby and a three-year-old, said the passengers had no water and the toilets in the plane were locked. "The pilot left and he even left the cockpit door " he said. After several hours of negotiations with furious passengers, officials convinced them to leave the plane and wait inside the airport for buses that would take them to their original destination, a firefighter told AFP. The negotiation was so difficult that we weren't sure they would come out," the firefighter said by telephone. People are obviously outraged. I'm just trying to look out for their well-being," he said.

Frequent traveller

Guest post written by Aaron Davidson

I'm constantly on the road with work, so my apartment sits empty. But I try to make the best out of it by looking up fun things to do during my downtime on these trips.

A lot of these places like New York and Chicago that I go to on business have lots of cultural things to vist and look at. I've even seen some of these same sights and museums over and over again over the years. So I've been making more of an effort lately to see some new things.

I went to WWW.CLEAR-INTERNET.COM a few weeks ago and got a new internet service so I've been using it as an excuse to look up new things to go to on my trip to New York City in two weeks.

I realized that I've never been to the Museum of Modern Art, so I'm going to give that a try. I think I'll also go to Top of the Rock to get a really good view of the city skyline, which I've never done before.

I mean, if I'm going anyway I may as well do some new stuff while I'm there.

Jet Blue "All you can fly" Deal

Wow! Have you heard the new airfare deals that jet blue released today? Well, if you haven't you really need to check this out. Jet blue is offering travelers a special All You Can Jet” promotion that offers just that, for a month, for $599 — and if you fly domestically, taxes are included. The airline is offering travelers a pass good for unlimited travel to any jet blue destination between Sept. 8 and Oct. 8 international or domestic. My wife and i would love to go back home to the Philippines but the problem is we cant leave until next march and unfortunately jet blue doesn't provided service to the Philippines. Passes are on sale until Aug. 21, or while supplies last and there is limited seating so you need to call the airline first. To purchase the pass, a flier must join the airline’s True Blue loyalty program, book all travel at least three days in advance, and fly in coach. It doesn't sound like a bad deal if your a frequent flyer so you need to look into this and check out all the fine print.

APTA Expo

Today, i took my wife and son to the san diego convention center for the famous APTA expo. For those bloggers who dont know what this is its a trade show for people who are in the business of transportation. "American Public Transportation Association" I am a mechanic by trade and i am employed by Veolia transportation here in Chula Vista, CA. I've been working for veolia for almost 6 years now and i enjoy my work. I get paid pretty good money. Well, lets just say it pays the bills. I repair those red white and blue buses you see driving around town all the time. Its hard work but i like what i do. Anyways, today was the first time I've been to an expo like this. They displayed all kinds of different systems that are found on buses today like brake systems, climate control systems, destination sign systems, cooling systems, engines, transmissions, differentials, ect. Many manufacturers were on hand to display their products to the transportation industry. They also like to give away free things like pens, sticky pads, tote bags, small things like that. We had a great time. Cant wait to see the auto show. That's all i have for now.

Oil Beyond 150 Dollars a Barrel?

Wow! Can you just imagine that the price for a barrel of oil is about to hit $150 dollars? Yep, you heard it true and it has shocked and disturbed consumers and world leaders. But the stark reality is prices are likely to rise higher still. We drive a ford focus so our gas bill is not that bad right now but summer is here and as gas prices continue to rise my wife and i are wondering what will we have to do to continue to afford these gas prices. There's no question about it that we have to work to have money. What will the the united states do to curb these crazy gas prices? Already prices are undoubtedly causing pain as protests at rising costs have broken out across the world. Consumers, particularly in the world's biggest energy burner the United States, have begun to cut back on fuel use, but there is no ready substitute when it comes to transportation. You have to go to work, no matter what the price is. The longer it stays at this level or the higher it goes, the more pain it is going to cause in lots of different industries," said Colin Morton at Rensburg Fund Management. I'm sure many people will be changing their driving habits this summer and staying home a lot more often. How has these gas prices effected your transportation habits? Let me hear from you whether good or bad experiences..