The Illusion Of Transportation Security
Fences, concrete barriers and checkpoints surround airports, seaport docks and access points to railroad yards. Securing mass transit and cargo shipping falls to multiple agencies … but gaps still...
View ArticleCaptured Guns At Airport Checkpoints Up 22% … Are Travelers Getting Dumber?
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) began its organized reporting of firearms in 2006, a year in which the agency’s front line Transportation Security Officers (TSO) seized 660 guns at...
View ArticleTravel Humour : Haggling For Your Visa & Your Name Is What?
Travel is inherently laced with humourous moments. Some moments may not seem funny at first, but after the stress of the moment is gone, you can look back and laugh. In 2014 I had the good fortune,...
View ArticleHassled At The Airport? It’s Not Always TSA … Exploring This Topic Once Again
Who is to blame, or at least complain about, at the airport? This is a topic that has been discussed before, but one that seems to need repeating. Reading my email, following Twitter and other online...
View ArticlePassport Stamps … We All Love Them, Except The Ones We Hate
Most travelers cherish their passport stamps, even the seemingly nonchalant business road warriors. A new passport, void of stamps, feels empty, as if you’ve been stripped of your traveler validity …...
View ArticleI’ve Always Said, If You Want To Sneak A Knife On A Plane … Disguise It As A Gun
Today’s travel moron of the week goes to a passenger at Baltimore Washington International Airport. There is not much more that can be said beyond … who tries to sneak a knife through airport security...
View ArticleHow Aviation Literally Saved My Life … Thank You Life Star
Among AvGeeks and people in the aviation industry you’ll often hear things about aviation being their life, or they live for flying, or any variation of those notions … however for me, on the 20th of...
View ArticleUS Airways Flies Into That Long GoodNight … So Long Cactus
As I sit here writing this there is only one thing on my screen aside from this text document, a Flightradar24.com map tracking N206UW, a Boeing 757-2B7, flying from London’s Heathrow Airport to...
View ArticleRevisiting Photography & TSA Checkpoints … It’s Still Legal
Twice in the past week I have had photographers ask me about the legality of photographing Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints, each having had run-ins at two different airports....
View ArticleIn Flight Hacking, Yet Again … Despite Reports It’s Still Unlikely
Back in early April 2013 Hugo Tess, a German IT Security Consultant, made the claims that he was able to bypass two security flaws in the systems that handle aircraft communications using an Android...
View ArticleJeppesen Releases North Pole Flight Procedures For Christmas Eve
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View ArticleUnited Airlines, Well Really Republic Airline, & The Legality Of Deboarding...
Over the past week we have all become familiar with United Airlines vs Dr. David Dao … which really is more like Republic Airline & The Chicago Department of Aviation vs Dr. David Dao … but that...
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