Many have been incredulous that two Northwest Airlines pilots could become so engrossed in a discuss

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Scott McCartney writes The Middle Seat every Thursday. The Wall Street Journal s Travel Editor, Scott has been on the airline beat since 1995 long enough to see it go from bust to boom and back to bust. He also writes a blog on travel at The Middle Seat Terminal.
Scott won the Online News Association award for online commentary in 2003 for The Middle Seat, the George Polk Award for transportation reporting in 2000, and has been honored by the Deadline Club and New York s chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. boston hotels Before joining the Journal in 1993, he spent 11 years at The Associated Press.
Scott, a native of Boston and graduate of Duke University, is the author of four books, including The Wall Street Journal Guide to Power Travel: How to Arrive with Your Dignity, Sanity, and Wallet Intact, which was published in 2009. He s also an instrument-rated private pilot.
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