Amtrak security gets a little more intrusive
For quite some time Amtrak has been the refuge of those wishing to avoid the annoyance of the TSA security charade at airports, especially in...
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Ski-themed security lines at airports
The TSA has launched a new test in Salt Lake City of ski-themed levels of access to the security lines. The goal is to have...
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The TSA is blogging now!
And they’re doing a pretty bad job of it so far… It is the little things, like having the person “posting” actually be the person...
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Packing a magazine as your ID
Even though the whole No ID/No Fly rule doesn’t actually exist, the TSA seems hell-bent on enforcing it. So when a guy showed up and...
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TSA no-bids a contract, and messes it up, too
No-bid contracts are generally a bad thing, especially when they are given to a former employer of the person responsible for managing the contract, and...
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New meals and new rules
One nice advantage of frequent flying is that upgrades seem to happen with some regularity. Indeed, of this six flight trip, I received the upgrade...
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All that security we’re paying for…
Apparently it is OK to miss 75% of the test runs in Kip-ley land. Or, more specifically, it is OK if the tests are harder...