Liquids worth checking luggage for? What are your favorite gels or liquids over three ounces?
Janice Hough looks a decisions that go into whether one should check baggage or not. Too much stuff? That’s one issue. But, the three ounce rule (technically three and a half ounces, since the original standard was 100 ml.) is a different story and adds a new wrinkle.
Restaurant peeves; from servers, and from diners
When we travel, we go to restaurants for most meals. Ned Levi explores the top pet peeves of restaurants’ servers, and lists a few of his own as a restaurant diner.
A decade later: Flight Attendants — Still 9/11's unsung heroes, victims of airline impersonalization
Airline flight attendants are the unsung heroes and frontline foot soldiers in this country’s “war on terrorism.” Though experts cannot predict when there will be another terrorist attack, they can all agree that one will come. New plans are certainly being tested to attack our transportation systems.
A decade later: Still 9/11's unsung heroes, victims of airline impersonalization
Airline flight attendants are the unsung heroes and frontline foot soldiers in this country’s “war on terrorism.” Though experts cannot predict when there will be another terrorist attack, they can all agree that one will come. New plans are certainly being tested to attack our transportation systems.
Oil falls, surcharges stick around
I don’t know about you, but airline fees are irritating, especially those fees that go up for one reason but never seem to come down when that reason shifts course. I’m talking oil prices and fuel surcharges.
Where was Congress two years ago on air transportation jobs?
In Washington, what has been ignored in terms of the FAA bill for seven years is now couched as a jobs program and may still be forgotten.
Hurricane devastation in northern New England and upstate New York
Just in time for leaf-peeping season, New England and upstate New York have been slammed by Hurricane Irene. I have seen plenty of photos of the Passaic River roiling and have heard that Irene was a bust, little has been said about what happened after the hurricane turned tropical storm.
Record locators — what they are, and why you should care
The travel industry has a lot of jargon. While much of it is relatively useless except to people in the industry. many of these terms matter. One of those is "record locator." In short, a record locator is the confirmation code for a flight, with the actual airline...
Las Vegas experiments with giant toys — excavators and bulldozers — for visitors
What do you do with giant construction machinery when there are no machinery jobs? The airlines hide their planes in the desert and keep them safe and dry until they may need them again. But what about excavators and bulldozers?
The 9/11 Commission Tenth Anniversary Report: TSA & Homeland Security still with serious deficiencies
The 9/11 Tenth Anniversary report is out discussing and rating the status of the progress made in implementing the 9/11 Commission’s recommendations. Ned Levi has reviewed the report in depth, and reports on it and whether or not progress has been made on issues affecting travelers.