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TSA sticking to its guns about knives

03/14/13

On Thursday, Transportation Security Administration Chief John Pistole went before lawmakers on Thursday and re-confirmed the agency’s decision to allow some knives and other items on airplanes for the first time since they were banned following the 9/11 terror attacks. “I think the decision is solid and it stands and we plan to move →

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Wrinkles in TSA’s rules on knives and sports equipment

03/09/13

What could go wrong with the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) plan to allow small knives and some sports equipment back on airplanes for the first time since 9/11? A lot. Carry-on Confusion TSA has decided small knives less than 2.36 inches long and no wider than half an inch as well as sports equipment such →

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More on TSA’s move to allow small knives, sports sticks on airplanes

03/06/13

Not everyone is happy about the TSA’s decision to take small knives and sports equipment – including golf clubs (2 per person), pool cues, lacrosse sticks, hockey sticks, ski poles – and small novelty/souvenir bats off the list of items that passengers are prohibited to take on planes as part of their allowable carry-on items. →

TSA: OK to fly with small knives, golf clubs, other items.

03/05/13

For the first time since the 9/11 terror attacks, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will allow small knives and some previously prohibited sports equipment onto airplanes as carry-on items. According to the TSA, passengers will be able to carry-on knives that are less than 2.36 inches long and less than one-half inch wide. Larger knives, →

Spotted at Heathrow: smiley face security survey

11/26/12

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TSA has helpful hints for holiday travelers

11/14/12

The busy Thanksgiving and Christmas travel season is just around the corner and it’s a given that airports will be busy airports and airplanes will be crowded. With that in mind, the TSA has gathered up some helpful hints for holiday travelers. Pies and cakes are OK to take through airport security checkpoints, but the →

TSA goes pink at Dulles Airport

10/06/12

It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month and even the TSA is going pink. According to TSA spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein, during the month of October the 650 TSA officers at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) will be be wearing pink gloves instead of the more familiar blue gloves as a sign of their support in the fight →

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Expedited airport screening for Loews Hotels loyalty program members

09/25/12

Here’s a interesting offer that may just spark a trend: Loews Hotels & Resorts has partnered with the Department of Homeland Security to promote the Trusted Traveler Network, which meshes the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Global Entry and the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Pre✓ programs. Members of the hotel’s YouFirst Platinum loyalty rewards →

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“Operation Last Call” nabs 18 who nipped 100,000 nips at JFK Airport

09/12/12

In one of those ‘only in New York’ stories, on Wednesday, the Queens District Attorney announced that 18 airport workers – fifteen present and former truck drivers employed by LSG Sky Chefs, the food and beverage subcontractor for American Airlines, along with several security guards, were arrested and charged in connection with the theft of →

A look-see at TSA’s take at airport checkpoints

08/20/12

It’s bad enough that we have to sit next to strange, smelly, arm rest-hogging people on airplanes. The thought that my seatmate might have a dagger or a gun in that greasy paper bag they’ve shoved down there underneath the seat in front of them just makes it worse. Which is probably one the reasons →

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