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Airport body scanners: invading your personal space & the terminal space

01/13/10

I spent much of the day yesterday writing a column for MSNBC.com about the pros and cons of airport body scanners. That column, which posts Thursday, January 14th, 2010, focuses on some of the privacy issues surrounding the “virtual strip search” aspect of these machines. I didn’t have room for in the story for the →

Bad day to be flying to or from Newark Liberty International Airport

01/04/10

Just nine days after a failed terrorist attack on a Detroit-bound plane, and on the day that the TSA issues yet another new set of security directives for flights to the United States, comes news of a lock-down in Terminal C at Newark Liberty International Airport. Sunday evening, January 3, 2010, a man walked into →

Bloggers bullied for posting TSA memo

12/31/09

[Updated 12/31: The Transportation Security Administration dropped the subpoenas! Good! Read more here. ] The past day or so has been rough on two bloggers – Steve Frischling (Flying with Fish) and Chris Elliott (Elliott.org). Each posted a leaked copy of a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) memo about the new security rules rolled out in →

Airline policies

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 →

Greetings from the North Pole

12/13/09

Yesterday I had the great honor of joining more than 60 kids from Spokane, Washington on a quick trip to the North Pole. We flew, of course. On a special Alaska Airlines flight. And for most of those kids it was their first time going to the airport, the first time flying on a plane, →

Penn & Teller take on the TSA

05/14/09

Like many travelers, the infamous, eccentric, libertarian-leaning magicians known as Penn & Teller have a gripe with airport security. Not with the people who work for the TSA, but with the idea OF the TSA. And while the average traveler can just complain about the security checkpoint experience, Penn & Teller make it part of →

The TSA’s secret weapon

02/13/09

Last week I joined a group of Seattle airport TSA workers for a two-day class in what I thought was going to be all about patience. But patience was just a tiny part of it. Here’s a link to the Well Mannered Traveler column I wrote for MSNBC.com about the experience. In the meantime, here’s →

Well-Mannered Traveler

The TSA and your grandma

02/10/09

I spent two long and truly educational days last week attending a TSA training course. My report on the class will show up in my in Well-Mannered Traveler column on MSNBC.com this Thursday, but this post in the TSA’s Evolution of Security blog reminded me of one of the break-out sessions in the class. (Guess →

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How to stay out of jail at the airport

08/21/08

Given how stressed we all get over air travel these days, it’s easier than ever for even the most well-mannered traveler to do or say something that gets them in hot water at the airport. But sometimes a mishap or a meltdown can boil over into a potential or actual federal offense. So it’s a →

Well-Mannered Traveler

Planning a vacation? Start by unpacking.

08/14/08

Shifting rules and over-zealous staffers can trip up even the most checkpoint-savvy traveler. (Flip-flops on or off? Is mascara a liquid or a gel?) But it may not be the TSA you have to worry about; watch out for other travelers. So far in 2008, the TSA has discovered 519 guns – many of them →

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