2014 the safest year ever for aviation safety?

Via the Aviation Safety Network: Over the year 2014 the Aviation Safety Network recorded a total of 21 fatal airliner accidents, resulting in 990 fatalities. This makes 2014 the safest year ever by number of fatal accidents and the 24th safest year ever in terms of fatalities. Most accidents involved cargo flights (10) and passenger flights (8).…

A Reflection

As I write this, the final moments of the year are upon us. And while some of the western world is still asleep, I find myself working on a task I would rather not: keeping up on the QZ8501 tragedy.Trevor told me about it as we chatted late Saturday night. Since then, I’ve found myself…

Happy Holidays from Tagging Miles

Happy Holidays from Tagging Miles

Once again, as it so happens every December 25th, the western hemisphere seems to move in slow motion. Schools, banks, and many businesses are closed; one of the few times annually nearly all commerce tends to stop. And for what seems like an extended period of 24 hours, the world seems at peace.Of all the days on…

An Icewine Toast to Celebrate

I’ve used this space to comment about how travel (and to a lesser extent, our hobby of “pointing”) is not a game of who earns the most points, or gets the most stamps in their passport. Instead, our progress should be measured by the places that change us, and the memories that we collect as…

The Balance between Adventure and Relaxation

Last month, I stayed at the JW Marriott Khao Lak in Thailand. For context, the resort is about 90 minutes north of Phuket Airport. For further context, this was my 5th time visiting the resort. It is more than any other place I’ve been for pleasure travel. I talked more about it here.In retrospect, the trip in…

Schoenberg's Marktplatz - in the heart of Niederbayern. 13 years, and so little has changed.

On Going Home Again

You leave home, you move on, you do the best you can I got lost in this whole world and forgot who I am…–Miranda Lambert, “The House That Built Me“My dear friend Trevor gave me some very interesting advice after his last trip to Thailand: “It’s very difficult to go home again.” On my Oktoberfest…

Balance and Beginners

Ok, so the title isn’t the best, but I couldn’t figure out a better title.IntroductionI am finding more and more, that I’m encountering folks–good folks–that hear of our great hobby and want to find to learn more. Personally, I’d love to point them right here, but lets be honest, I’m not really writing for the…