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Summer air travel is turning into a headache as rising fares, widespread delays, and massive flight cancellations threaten to ruin travelers’ plans. A U.S. PIRG Education Fund report shows on‑time arrivals in 2025 were the worst since 2014, with one in twelve flights arriving an hour late and more than 100,000 flights canceled—American, Frontier and JetBlue faring the poorest, while Hawaiian, Delta and Southwest kept better schedules. The main drivers are a shortage of air‑traffic controllers, weather disruptions, airlines over‑scheduling beyond airport capacity, and soaring jet‑fuel costs linked to the Iran war, prompting higher fares and route cuts. Some airports, like Chicago O’Hare, have imposed flight reductions, and passenger volumes are expected to rise sharply, with United forecasting 53 million flyers this summer. Travelers should remember that federal law guarantees refunds for canceled flights, consider booking early‑morning departures (6‑8 a.m.) which are 18 % more likely to be on time, and weigh the trade‑off between low‑cost, multi‑stop itineraries and the risk of further disruptions.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/summer-air-travel-delays-cancellations/

#American #Frontier #JetBlue #Southwest #Delta

The End of the Short-Haul Complimentary Service: A Shift in Cabin Logic

Delta Air Lines stopped giving free snacks and drinks to economy passengers on flights shorter than 350 miles starting May 19, 2026. This change affects many travelers.

#Delta, #AirlineNews, #TravelUpdate, #EconomyClass, #ShortHaul

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Delta Air Lines has stopped offering free snacks and drinks on flights under 350 miles. This is a change from their previous policy.

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https://newsletter.tf/delta-stops-free-snacks-short-flights-today/

I've been 3D-printing for around five and a half years. So I'm not a rookie, but I just made a #rookie #mistake.

I've spent the last couple of weeks making compartments and dividers and such for the toolboxes I take to the Repair Cafe. Lots of test #prints to check fits and footprints, full prints, changes to design based on lessons learned during use at the last cafe, etc. I've put around three kilograms of #filament through my printer in that time.

Then, in the last couple days, I started having various problems. At first they only showed up on big prints - #adhesion and #curling, which I've had before when pushing the limits of my bed size. But prints seemed to be getting #sloppier, and I had a couple of spaghetti explosions.

Tonight, I finally took the #hotend apart and looked at it closely - it's very difficult to do when the printer is fully assembled, because it's a #delta printer.

Lo and behold, the nozzle appeared worn. And that can account for all the problems.

I should have checked this sooner - but I've only been printing plain #PLA, nothing abrasive, so I didn't think of it. Lesson learned.

Pardon the shitty photo from a cheap digital magnifier. The old #nozzle #orifice is about 1.5x the diameter of the new one - so 2.25x the area. No wonder plastic was going everywhere but where it should go!

Seems to be printing *much* better with a new nozzle.

#RookieMistake #LessonLearned #3DPrinting #FDM