TSA Gone Wild!
walterh That’s what they need to be called. Not Transportation Safety Administration, but TSA Gone Wild! Why? Okay, so there’s already the 85 year old grandmother who was stripsearched. Now comes…
I knew the TSA was bad, but…
…strip-searching an 84 year old woman who can’t walk without the assistance of a walker? WTF is this world – scratch that – WTF is the TSA coming to? Are…
The TSA Prefers Women
Okay, so not exactly. Maybe I should say the TSA just hates men more. At least here in Phoenix. I’ve been going through Terminal 2 of Phoenix’s Sky Harbor airport…
HRC Rankings of Airlines, Hotels, etc. and a Word about United
For those of you that aren’t familiar, HRC stands for The Human Rights Campaign, which is the leading LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered) rights organization. Okay, so you’re not part…
Add PDX to the Porno Scanner List
I flew out of Portland International yesterday, and was really unhappy to see that the porno scanners have been installed, at least at the ABC checkpoint. A couple of things.…
Backscatter Machine Information
This is pretty incredible. Mashable.com took on “The Science Behind Airport Body Scanners” and did a pretty good job at explaining them. It’s a pretty damned good article, and you…
When “Do Not Disturb” means, “Yes! Please call me!”
Okay, so I’m working nights this week. I usually work nights, given the chance, since it’s quieter. We just did a major software upgrade, and I’m supporting the hospital, making…
Shame on every airline – except Alaska, Hawaiian, and Spirit
This is disgusting. Because of the House GOP having a temper tantrum and shutting down the FAA, taxes of 7.5% were no longer able to be charged to tickets purchased…
GOP shuts down the FAA in a bid to kill unions
This is beyond crap. The House GOP has decided to put millions of airline passengers at risk and have partially shut down the FAA. Why? Because they want to be…
Well, American’s decision is made
They’re going with a mixture of both Airbus and Boeing. Stupid, really, from a purely single-fleet standpoint. I mean Alaska and Southwest, both all Boeing 737, have basically been able…