Airport security Archives - Page 3 of 12

Alarming & heartwarming TSA Tweets

07/22/21

We’re still missing the corny communications TSA’s Blogger Bob Burns once shared with the public, but Lisa Farbstein and the team on duty now are doing a great job of keeping the public informed with light but serious messages about what can and cannot go through airport security checkpoints. The tweets about the guns and […]

REAL ID deadline delayed. Again

04/27/21

If one of the many things worrying you during this pandemic has been how to get to a Department of Motor Vehicles office so you can get a driver’s license or identification card that is REAL ID compliant, you can relax. The Department of Homeland Security has decided to delay the deadline for this. Yet […]

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Don’t take your gun to the airport

12/06/19

It’s been a while since we took a look at the count of guns and other dangerous items travelers try to take through airport security checkpoints. For the record, firearms, grenades and a long list of other dangerous – or dangerous-looking items – aren’t permitted airside in airports. Yet each week passengers do show up […]

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How to cut the checkpoint line at Boston Logan AIrport

09/26/19

Want to skip to the front of the airport security checkpoint line? We all do. To get the courtesy, you can pay for TSA Pre-Check. You could pay for a CLEAR membership. Or, if you’re flying out of Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), you could take a boat to the airport. Boat service has been […]