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That is done by home kunls, in other words in the united states its done by the faa. in ukraine, done by ukraine. and by airlines and their home countries. so malaysia airlines and ma lay shea. they could have decided not to fly over ukrainian air space. >> there are airlines that continue to fly. british airways. why is that, captain bunn? >> you are talking about israel. lets make it clear. talking about israel. i was talking about what happened over ukraine. but into israel this morning, that...

And the pilot then has to say, okay, as far as i can tell, thats true. any dispatcher, any pilot can pull the plug saying, look, i read the news on monday and a plane was shot down by a missile to go to 70,000 feet. you want me to fly over there? i dont know whos manning the missiles. they should have shut that done. >> tom costello, for people about to travel and want the know that their plane isnt going over a war stone air space, is there any way to determine the route? >> very difficult. you...

History. already burned out an area four times bigger than the city of seattle, knocked out utilities, water, power for several towns and left nearly 200 homes destroyed. now the breaking news, the faa taking the dramatic step of banning all flights to and from tel aviv over safety concerns. joining me is nbcs tom costello, the expert on all things aviation and joining us captain tom bunn. tom costello, this all started with delta plane, flight number 468 enroute to tel aviv diverted to paris ...

Up. and the workers, the one worker came in and said who are you, what are you doing on this plane? i said, dude, i was a passenger on the plane. i fell asleep. i woke up. >> gave you a travel voucher. is that enough? will you be traveling with them ever again? >> ill travel back on my return flight to louisiana. >> how about that? heres a response from the airline. quote, expressjet is investigating to determine how this occurred. we sin sleerly apologize for the inconvenience that this caused ...

Supreme court. i guess, pete, you would think its conventional assumption that they should be able to do this, though. >> reporter: federal law does provide them immunity unless they act in bad faith and thats the question here. this involves a pilot for air wisconsin airways flying commuter planes for united express. he had to take new tests to be upgraded to a different plane and he failed a simulator test three times. he claims he was set up by people in the airline who wanted him out. but in...

Its a reminder you always have your seat belt fastened but unexpected turbulence can happen at any point. what this is about is what point the turbulence happened, was it expected, im guessing not. or were passengers ignoring the fasten seat belt sign. we dont know the those facts yet. we can also gauge that this it was really nasty because the return flight, flight 22 from dublin to newark was canceled. and my guess is, that it was canceled because united quite right lit are checking out the ai...

Last-minute deals. is that not a smart strategy? >> its better to buy now. there are tips if youre still waiting. if you buy the wednesday before thanksgiving or you buy your return flight the monday after thanksgiving, you will still find cheaper tickets. >> i hear macys is getting an even earlier start to black friday. >> you and i are still thinking about halloween. >> im not there yet. im still in summer. >> they are engaging whether they are willing to work 8:00 p.m. on thanksgiving. this i...

Return flight. >> but i think this is really interesting, in that like we are now seeing this alliance being cultivated by the white house, because they now see a point of a kind of wedge point in the caucus. >> well, theres also a generational conflict thats going on here. you do have these kind of young guns rubio, paul cruz, lee on one side of this, and coburn, who is as conservative as them, has been around for a long time. he has memories of the government shutdown. >> does that sound right...

>> the dutch have an out of this world offer they will fly you to mars for free. theres a catch. theres a one-way ticket. 10,000 people have applied for the 2022 michigan. mars 1 wants to establish a permanent human colony on the red planet. what do you think? >> i will wait for the next one. you? >> with a return flight, i will wait. >> all right. the president promised only high income earners would see their taxes go up. in a new report says every income level would pay more. diane macedo has...

Hormone treatments and laser hair removal on the taxpayers dime. if you want a cheaper air fare, pack light or shed some pounds. samoa air is the first airline to charge people by weight the same as cargo. passengers and luggage weighed and airfares. executives say charging per pound makes a more sense than calculating per seat since fuel is the costliest expense for airlines. if you gain a few pounds while on vacation or buy a lot of souvenirs you have to dig deeper in your pocket for your retu...