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Peanuts on planes: got a problem with that?

09/10/10
Peanuts on a plane. For a lot of people, that’s a more frightening scenario than snakes on a plane. And a lot more likely. And as I wrote in my msnbc.com column this week – Passengers peeved about peanuts on airplanes – a lot of travelers think the best way to enhance airline passenger protections […]

Paperless boarding passes: benefit or bother?

09/05/10
We’ve all become accustomed to checking in for our flights on-line and printing out our boarding passes at home or at an airport kiosk on our way to the security checkpoint. Now the TSA is working with five airlines and 70 airports to test paperless boarding passes. Here’s how it works: When a traveler checks […]

Flying today? Be ready for long lines and confusion

12/28/09
Last week’s fizzled Christmas Day terrorist attack on Delta/NW Flight #253 from Amsterdam to Detroit ignited a wave of new security measures at airports and on airplanes. Airport and airline spokespeople and TSA officials say domestic passengers will likely notice some heightened security procedures, such as explosive-sniffing dogs and added law enforcement presence at many […]

Practicing for peril at Pittsburgh Int’l Airport

08/25/09
If you’re traveling to or through Pittsburgh International Airport on Wednesday, August 26, don’t be too alarmed if you see what looks like an emergency out on the tarmac. It won’t be a real emergency, but a test of the airport’s emergency plan. Every three years, the FAA requires the airport to do a full […]

Man opens airplane door: can ya’ blame him?

03/31/09
According to this article, Robert McDonald, a passenger on a Delta flight heading from JFK to Las Vegas on Sunday after arriving from Rome,  is in big trouble after trying to open an emergency exit door while the airplane waited out a delay at JFK airport. Flight 149 pulled back from the gate just after […]

Alaska volcano brings strange planes to Seattle

03/27/09
It’s not just passengers who are having their flight plans disrupted by the repeat eruptions of Mt. Redoubt.  Many cargo freighters heading to Anchorage for refueling are instead diverting to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA). According to airport officials, so far SEA is getting at least three times  the normal arrivals of  international cargo planes: 45 […]
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