Blaine Nickeson

Blaine Nickeson

@bnickeson.bsky.social

Dad. Editor @airlinereporter.com & world traveler. Higher ed leader, recovering former school board member, political geek, loves Rockies baseball.

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Genuinely curious, any of you folks shelling out a mortgage payment for the iPhone Duo? I use an iPhone 14 Pro and can't imagine a phone that costs as much as the MacBook Pro that I'm typing on.

Proud dad moment… my teen son just offered to pick up pads for his sister at the store without blinking an eye. I know a lot of grown ass husbands that wouldn’t do the same. Wife and I high-five’d after he left the room.

My freshman daughter headed to the homecoming dance tonight with friends. Thought I was being a good dad because I got her a corsage. She flatly rejected it - "only people with dates wear those, dad." 🙁 I'll be over here looking at baby pictures if you need me.

Been quite a while since United flew the Dash 8. I got to fly one (in first class!) back in 2014. www.airlinereporter.com/2014/06/flyi...

airlinereporter.com Flight Review: Flying First Class…On a United Q400 : AirlineReporterA Place to Share Your Passion for Airlines. Home of the AvGeek!
The Denver Post@denverpost.com

Latest update: Police evacuated Aspen-Pitkin County Airport on Tuesday afternoon after several staff members received an “email threat regarding airport property,” airport officials said.

Hey @crankyflier.com your boys have the opportunity to put the nail in our coffin today. We're one loss away from our fourth consecutive 100-loss season; we'd join four other clubs with that distinction, the most recent having been the '62-'65 Mets.

Purple Row@purplerow.bsky.social

Final home series of 2026 kicks off tonight.

Was on a 5-month-old United A321neo tonight for our flight to LAX. My first flight with Starlink. Great screens, cabin ambiance, the wifi was like sitting on my couch at home. United is killing it.

Broncos fans, how you feeling about Drew Lock coming in all game in the backup role and getting the job done for the Seahawks? Broncs could have used something like that back in January.

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Kenny Katnik did not expect to hear her dad's voice while she was on the tarmac at Washington Dulles International Airport. The conversation between father and daughter, both of whom are pilots, was captured on air traffic control recordings and went viral.

washingtonpost.comTarmac talk among dad, daughter pilots stirs debate on family phone plansThe spontaneous radio banter at Washington Dulles International Airport raised a classic question: How old is too old to be on your parents’ cellphone plan?

An absolute must-read! Cycling really is such a quirky community.

The New York Times@nytimes.com

From @theathletic.com: There were heartwarming scenes at a one-star hotel high in the French Pyrenees as shivering WorldTour cyclists were saved from an extreme hailstorm. "We simply opened the doors wide so that everyone could take cover."

(College administrator with a masters degree in student affairs.) Don't do this shit. Put them in a regular dorm, give them space, and let them grow.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

Laundry, meal prep and cleaning services for college students have exploded in the past decade. Elijah Hurewitz-Ravitch said laundry services were a way for his helicopter parents to “extend the parental veil.”

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I’m old enough to remember a post 9/11 world when a box truck with a cardboard handwritten Pennsylvania “farm truck” license plate would have been pulled over by NYPD and impounded in a heartbeat.

Can verify. My kids are sitting in the penalty box at DTW awaiting a departure slot.

AirportStatusBot@airportstatusbot.bsky.social

Inbound aircraft to Denver International #Airport (#DEN) are currently being delayed at their origin #airport due to staffing constraints. Delays are currently averaging 30 minutes and are up to 1 hour and 38 minutes. #AirportStatusBot

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Someone on r/unitedairlines is coming up with big ideas and I’m here for it. Scott Kirby, this is what a game changing idea looks like.