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REAL ID act may cause issues for air travelers

10/12/15
  What’s in your wallet? If you plan on traveling any time next year, the question is a pertinent one. Travelers with driver’s licenses from New York, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Louisiana, American Samoa or another state or territory the Department of Homeland Security deems not-compliant with the federal REAL ID act may soon be barred […]

What will the new TSA chief change at airports?

07/31/15
What is the new head of the Transportation Security Administration going to do now that he’s been on the job for four weeks? Withing 60 days he’s going to make sure all airport screeners are retrained so they can better detect explosives and spot weapons. And he’s going to try to get more passengers to […]

What to do with spare change at airports

04/05/15
Heading to the airport with loose change in your pockets? You may not mean to, but there’s a good chance you’re leaving cash tips for the Transportation Security Administration at the airport. During FY 2014, passengers left behind $674,841.06 in coins and currency in the bowls and bins at airport security checkpoints. During 2013 travelers […]

Travel tidbits for April 1

04/01/15
So much “news” today – April 1 … WetJet has introduced Smart Seats – which let you take a seat in the airport and board the plane in that same seat.. Richard Branson announced that the Virgin Group’s U.S. operations will be moving to Branson, Missouri There’s a report out of Florida that the Transportation […]

Check your suitcase for Chihuahuas

03/06/15
On the TSA Blog each Friday you’ll find a report on the firearms, weapons and other prohibited – and often really strange – things found at airport checkpoints and in checked bags. This week, for example, the TSA found 55 firearms at airport checkpoints. 51 of those firearms were loaded and 13 had rounds chambered. […]

Bets? How many firearms will TSA find at airports?

12/21/14
Each Friday, before I close my office and head to Happy Hour, I check the TSA Blog for the Week in Review posting of the number of firearms (loaded and unloaded) and other prohibited items (inert explosives, big knives, anti-tank weapons, etc.) discovered at airport checkpoints. You should too. The blog (and TSA’s Instagram account) […]

Heading to the airport? Where’s your gun?

11/06/14
The numbers seem a bit boggling: despite the fact that firearms, ammunition, firearm parts, and realistic replicas of firearms are prohibited in carry-on baggage, an increasing number of passengers continue to show up at airport checkpoints with these items. In fact, according to the Transportation Security Administration, at the end of the day on November […]

Are TSA PreCheck centers easy-access?

09/04/14
  No balloons fell from the ceiling last week when the U.S. Department of Homeland Security celebrated the fact that over 500,000 travelers have handed over personal data – and $85 – to join the Transportation Security Administration’s expedited airport screening program since the first public enrollment center opened at Indianapolis International Airport in December […]
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