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FlyerTalk Criticize the TSA: Watch list for you  
04:38 17-Jul-08   [Replies: 21, Views: 1326]    By: ralfp
A CNN reporter criticizes the TSA in his reports, then finds himself on the watchlist. TSA denies he's on the watchlist, several airlines say he is. http://rawstory.com/news/2008/CNN_re...atch_071...
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FlyerTalk Coincidence? TW800 fix, laser test announced on same day  
03:07 17-Jul-08   [Replies: 6, Views: 305]    By: Firewind
Eight years after Flight #800, out of the blue (black) comes the announcement that a fix for the "tank wiring ignition problem" will be required. (No link, as the story was on CBS radio...
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FlyerTalk problem at customs (need advise)  
01:24 17-Jul-08   [Replies: 30, Views: 1354]    By: rtorgeson
Hi everyone, I am a Canadian and returned from a trip from NYC at the end of January. At secondary screening back home in Canada, while they were going through my bags I was asked if I have e...
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FlyerTalk George Carlin on Airline Security c.1975  
19:44 16-Jul-08   [Replies: 7, Views: 386]    By: essxjay
While many TS/S regulars are familiar with Carlin's 7:40 tirade on HBO in 1999 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBxzvSbGJ2w]>, some may not know of his earlier, em, commentaries. Here's a minute or...
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FlyerTalk CNN: Passenger plane flies with laser-system that repels missiles  
19:35 16-Jul-08   [Replies: 27, Views: 692]    By: txrus
I'm sorry, but when I hear 'MANPADS' all I can picture is Depends for Men...(of course, given the day I'm having, I am also in desperate need of ANY source of humor @ this point...) http://www...
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FlyerTalk Can I take an LCD as carryon?  
18:34 16-Jul-08   [Replies: 4, Views: 192]    By: pred02
I will be bringing - importing a small 19" LCD TV for our house in Croatia. It comes packaged in a nice little box (20x15x8) with a handle. It does fit carryon restrictions in terms of size a...
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FlyerTalk Premature Sewing: Passport Options?  
17:03 16-Jul-08   [Replies: 6, Views: 377]    By: Unnamed
I've been back and forth with Big Brother on my question and am not quite sure how to proceed. I'm hoping some of my FT brethen can help. I have two questions: 1.) When adding a second set o...
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FlyerTalk TSA Pilferage  
02:13 16-Jul-08   [Replies: 23, Views: 1120]    By: samftla
Every time I fly out of FLL I don't think it can get worse with the TSA goons and my checked bags, but somehow they rise to the occasion. This time I arrive in NYC and open my bag to find my thing...
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FlyerTalk What do you think this guy was up to?  
18:33 15-Jul-08   [Replies: 9, Views: 646]    By: chgoeditor
I flew Southwest out of LAX over the weekend. While standing in line to have my ID and boarding pass checked, I watched a teenage boy by himself, no luggage, walk up the the TSA screener and hand ...
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FlyerTalk TSOs: Do you ever see FT luggage tags? Do you say anything?  
16:32 15-Jul-08   [Replies: 11, Views: 623]    By: mikeef
For our friendly neighborhood TSOs: Do you ever see FT luggage tags? Do you ever say anything to the passengers (at the risk of disclosing your secret identities)? Just curious. Mike ...
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FlyerTalk "If you've seen our SOP, we have a problem . . ."  
23:11 14-Jul-08   [Replies: 37, Views: 2307]    By: PTravel
After a pleasant week of flying on NW and AC, I had a rather unpleasant weekend with DL and, to a lesser extent, UA. I might as well round out the report of my travails by recounting my experienc...
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FlyerTalk New TSA Myth Buster Propaganda: Watch List  
20:44 14-Jul-08   [Replies: 17, Views: 1131]    By: thenewbie
http://www.tsa.dhs.gov/approach/myth...atch_list.shtm [http://www.tsa.dhs.gov/approach/mythbusters/tsa_watch_list.shtm]> Here are a few: Quote: MYTH: TSA's watch list ...
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FlyerTalk NY Times: 5 Plead Guilty (to lesser charges) in Plot at Heathrow  
20:00 14-Jul-08   [Replies: 3, Views: 74]    By: txrus
I'm surprised there's not been any discussion re: this yet today... http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/wo...hp&oref=slogin [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/world/europe/15terror.html?_r=1...
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FlyerTalk ID Requirements for 2 Year Old Passenger?  
18:20 14-Jul-08   [Replies: 8, Views: 397]    By: ClipperCFX
Next spring I will be flying with my two year-old son from EWR to PBI on CO. This will be the first time that the little one will be flying on his own ticket (as opposed to being seated in a pare...
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FlyerTalk More TSA harassment of no-ID pax: ?s about family, and snooping tax re..  
18:09 14-Jul-08   [Replies: 15, Views: 1083]    By: studentff
So idiot Kippie himself said it was inappropriate to ask pax about their political-party affiliation or other "sensitive" information, but TSA still doesn't seem to be drawing much of a ...
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FlyerTalk TSA Launches Leak Investigation  
17:49 14-Jul-08   [Replies: 47, Views: 2229]    By: swei0009
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/14/air...ion/index.html [http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/14/air.marshal.investigation/index.html]> Quote: (CNN) -- Federal officers charged with...
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FlyerTalk Where do FAMs sit and where do they keep their weapons?  
20:13 13-Jul-08   [Replies: 155, Views: 4691]    By: UnitedF1RST
I was wondering this recently...where do FAMs generally sit onboard (Y/C/F/near an exit/near the cockpit/etc) and where do they keep their weaponry so other passengers don't see and panic? ...
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FlyerTalk Security Screening USA/UK: Carry-On Elec Fan  
18:50 13-Jul-08   [Replies: 5, Views: 228]    By: TestKing
Travelling ORD-LHR (AA, Bus CLass) then onward LHR-MUC (BA, Euro Trav Class). Travel very light (no checked luggage) with one standard-sized suitcase (overhead bin) and one handbag (beneath seat)...
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FlyerTalk Nightmare at MHT - a not-so-frequent flyer meets airport security  
06:18 13-Jul-08   [Replies: 139, Views: 7233]    By: nhcowboy
I should start by acknowledging that this went wrong from the get go, and a few simple corrections on my part would probably have prevented further problems. But despite knowing better, and having...
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FlyerTalk Gate passes - who's in charge?  
20:55 12-Jul-08   [Replies: 38, Views: 1071]    By: nhcowboy
Okay, say I want a gate pass so I can accompany my teenaged child through security . . . who decides if I get one or not? When I called the airline, I was told that "the airport" de...
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FlyerTalk You can never be too careful!  
16:14 12-Jul-08   [Replies: 9, Views: 644]    By: mikey1003
The only problem is how do you wear them [http://zapatopi.net/afdb/]>through security?? ...
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FlyerTalk At Gate no boarding passes  
14:37 12-Jul-08   [Replies: 29, Views: 1151]    By: samftla
Checked in this morning DL 1458 FLL-LGA, two Kettles checked in at gate asking for boarding passes. Agent insisted they could not have cleared TSA without one. Guess what? TSA had cleared them, TS...
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FlyerTalk Domestic flight in the USA with a foreign passport?  
01:15 12-Jul-08   [Replies: 33, Views: 973]    By: daffodils
I am about to start college in September, and I have a foreign passport with no visa in it, and no other ID. I wanted to travel by plane to get to my college, since it is in Washington State, ...
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FlyerTalk Secondaried at ICN  
00:53 12-Jul-08   [Replies: 9, Views: 425]    By: Superguy
Hey all, On my way home from ICN and I got secondaried at security. Thought I'd share my experience. First off, I'll say there's a selective shoe carnival in force for US flag carriers. ...
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FlyerTalk DEN TSAer sicko arrested  
14:28 11-Jul-08   [Replies: 75, Views: 2998]    By: LessO2
Story [http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/16848518/detail.html]> Quote: A suspected sexual predator who was arrested after a month-long sting works at Denver Internati...
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