Poll: In light of ExxonMobil's recent exit from the retail fuel business, what is your opinion regarding today's consolidation in the fuel supplier marketplace?

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Private Aircraft Flight Records Probed by WSJ

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In light of the debate over the renewal of the Block Aircraft Registration Request (BARR) program, the Saturday, May 21, edition of The Wall Street Journal has a front-page investigation of four years of private aircraft flight records (registration required), and the paper has launched an online database of the flight data.
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NATA Concerned with Environmental Group's Legal Action Against Avgas

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When the California-based Center for Environmental Health announced last week it was initiating legal action against oil companies and FBOs in California for distributing leaded aviation gasoline, the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) responded with concern.
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Carpets for FBOs

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Photo by: Julie Jantzer-WardA couple weeks ago, we noticed a CNN.com post about Carpets for Airports, a Web site that waxes critical on the artistic and design merits of carpets in airport terminals around the world.

Like many of the best Web sites and Internet memes, it is a bemusing way to waste some time.

So knowing that many of the pilots who use AC-U-KWIK have down time between flights, we invite all to send us photos of carpets at FBOs. Like the contributors who place the airport carpet on a pedestal, anyone submitting photos of FBO carpets should include the airport and FBO name and an analysis of the carpet design.

To show that nothing is sacred, we at AC-U-KWIK will add the first carpet photos to the gallery ...

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Who Is Your Most Valuable Business Aviation Tweeter?

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Our hometown major commercial airport, Kansas City International Airport (MCI), has been ranked No. 1 in customer interaction through Twitter, according to The Kansas City Star, which cites a report by Air Gate Solutions.

So that makes us wonder: Which people and organizations in business and general aviation are your MVTs (most valuable tweeters)?

Let us know in the comments, or tweet us @acukwik!

Stirring the Pot of Airport Identifier Alphabet Soup

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One of our favorite things about working in the world of aviation is the alphabet soup of airport identifiers we encounter every day.

Some of us at AC-U-KWIK proudly reminisce about the first time we remembered that SUS is shorthand for Spirit of St. Louis Airport or that HPN is another way to say White Plains, N.Y.

When we came across this piece about airport code history, we had a good excuse to ponder the puzzles of airport codes that appear to be assigned without rhyme or reason.

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