What it takes to get the job done with weblogging is a neverending and humbling experience.

Friday through Saturday we had some ‘technical difficulties’ resulting from installing several plugins.I found out about the blank screen issue - you put in the address, and nothing. Showed. Up. Imagine having several hundred hits on your site - only to discover you’ve got a blank front page. Dooh.

I’m sure it wasn’t the plugin author’s fault; however it did surprise me. Probably something to do with file corruption on the upload or some such nonsense. Either that, or some procedure stopping partway through because of security issues.

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Clearly, the XJT team posting a loss this quarter and having problems with fulfilling their first quarter revenue goals must have absolutely nothing to do with the poorly trained personnel or inadequate level of service they’re offering.

BTS | Seven New Carriers Report On-Time Performance, Baggage Mishandling to DOT

The monthly report contains a list of regularly scheduled flights that were late at least 80 percent of the time. In February, the most frequently late flights were ExpressJet flight 2369 from Cleveland to Dallas-Fort Worth, late 91.67 percent of the time; ExpressJet flight 2796, also from Cleveland to Dallas-Fort Worth, late 90.91 percent of the time…

 Ouch. Back when I was a techie road warrier I used to screen flights in Travelocity and if they were historically above 20% late I wouldn’t touch that route. So I am wondering how that impacts their launch? 

ExpressJet Holdings Inc., Posts Loss on New Airline Costs 

The start up of their own airline led Houston based ExpressJet Holdings Inc. (XJT) to a $26.4 million quarterly loss.      

Update on Dr. Girlfriend’s trip

Doctor Girlfriend reported back after her late return to Sacramento this evening quite the story to relate. In Part 2 continuing my previous ExpressJet tale, I’ll be sure to post more however what she did relate to me did include:

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