Florida's climate exodus

Tech Insider : Economy
Insider Today Sunday

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Hi, I'm Matt Turner, the editor in chief of business at Insider. Welcome back to Insider Today's Sunday edition, a roundup of our top reads of the week. 

How a grand attempt to improve airline travel backfired — and ended up turning flying into a total nightmare

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics, Travel
aerial view of a plane with the top rolled open like a sardine tin to reveal a crowd of people inside
Shortsighted decisions that prioritized efficiency and price cuts over quality and comfort have made air travel and airline customer service a total mess.

Getty; Marianne Ayala/Insider

It all started with one dumb law

Take a closer look at the new helicopter-like electric aircraft that can transport 4 people across hundreds of miles

Tech Insider : Travel
Blade CEO Rob Wiesenthal with ALIA-250.
Blade CEO Rob Wiesenthal with ALIA-250, which just flew the first piloted demo flight in the New York City area.

BETA Technologies

We're married Delta pilots with two young kids. Here's how we've navigated our careers together and our top 10 travel tips for couples.

Tech Insider : Travel
Delta pilots Brent and Kelly Knoblauch.
Delta pilots Brent and Kelly Knoblauch piloted their first flight together in January through a winter storm.

Courtesy of Brent and Kelly Knoblauch

I flew on the giant Airbus A380 for the first time ever. Here are the 8 coolest things on Singapore Airline's version of the world's largest airliner.

Tech Insider : Travel
Singapore Airlines Airbus A380
Singapore Airlines Airbus A380

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I ended my career as a flight attendant after 5 years. It felt like my personal life would always be second fiddle to protecting the schedule.

Tech Insider : Travel
former flight attendant Betty Ma sits in an airplane's engine
Betty Ma became a flight attendant right after college, but issues like unpredictable schedules and poor work-life balance led her to hang up her wings after 5 years.

Courtesy of Betty Ma

I'm an airport baggage handler. We're not sitting around when your bags are late — we're hustling as hard as we can behind the scenes.

Tech Insider : Travel
Rachel Bacha.

Courtesy of Rachel Bacha

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