Too bad all the manufactured drama feels more middling than mile-high. [26 Mar 2010, p.65]

This could have been a really good show. Instead, "Fly Girls" ends up just an OK flight to fantasy land.

Well, let's hope the show gets better after the pilot episode.

Notwithstanding a few apparently real tears and a bleeped expletive spoken in possibly real anger, the show is made of clearly concocted crises nearly from takeoff to landing, with little to offer beyond a long, though not penetrating, look at its attractive leads.

With their brains locked in the upright position, the "Fly Girls" take off for another contrived adventure, way up there, where the air is very thin.

These latest entries--"The Hills" times two, on the ground and at 30,000 feet--manage to make glamorous settings appear wan through the sheer banality of those occupying them.

I'd rather watch just about anything other than "Fly Girls."