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Airport TSA Security Screener Busted For One-Man Theft Ring

Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 7/10/2008 – Airport TSA Security Screener Busted For One-Man Theft Ring What happens when those charged with protecting the flying public become those stealing from the flying public? This has come up time-and-time again. Nearly 300 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Transportation Screening Officers (TSO) have been discharged and arrested in…

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Theft At Airport Security Check Points – Don’t Be A Victim!

Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 03/03/08 – Theft At Airport Security Check Points – Don’t Be A Victim! A photographer recently e-mailed me that her iPhone had been stolen while going through security at the Philadelphia International Airport. The initial e-mail asked the best course action of trying to deal with the TSA and Philadelphia…

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Why Airlines Aren’t Liable For Baggage Theft & Damage

On a daily basis someone is complaining that an airline has damaged an item in their checked baggage or that something from their checked baggage was pilfered.  These incidents, while barely a statistical blip on the radar compared to all checked baggage, frequently take center stage in public conversation of the airline industry.   A…

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TSA Checked Baggage Theft Prevention & Reality

A seemingly consistent stream of headlines catches travelers’ attention regarding Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Transportation Security Officers (TSO) being arrested for theft from checked baggage.   While statistically very few thefts occur, the ones that do and get those who get caught make headlines.   Since the TSA moved to 100% screening of checked baggage the…

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Airport Lounges, Personal Security & Remembering You’re In Public!

Two topics I have frequently written about on Flying With Fish are traveler security and travel etiquette … and two days ago, at 8:30am CST these two topics came crashing together at the United Airlines Red Carpet Club at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. Throughout the past few years I have detailed both how airport thieves…

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Protecting You Baggage From Theft & 1,000 Bags Stolen From PHX

Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 4/11/2009 – Protecting You Baggage From Theft & 1,000 Bags Stolen From PHX A frequent topic I have written about on Flying With Fish has been passenger security and protecting yourself from airport thieves. While I have extensively researched this subject, some still seem to think I am an ‘alarmist.”…

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In-Flight Theft : How Thieves Go Unnoticed On Planes

Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 6/08/2009 – In-Flight Theft : How Thieves Go Unnoticed On Planes As the travel season in the Northern Hemisphere peaks this month, I’d like to revisit the topic of theft in-flight. While this is a topic that virtually every airline would rather I didn’t discuss and is a topic often…

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CAUTION : Airport Thieves At Work…and how they do it…

Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 30/07/09 – CAUTION : Airport Thieves At Work…and how they do it… I have written about airport thieves many times on Flying With Fish, I’ve been quoted in major newspapers and magazines and even appeared on national television regarding airport thefts…but its been a while since I wrote about this…

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Photography & TSA Airport Security Checkpoints…Its OK!

Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 07/04/2009 – Photography & TSA Airport Security Checkpoints…Its OK! Over the past few years photographers in the United States have run into some significant difficulties when photographing near Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport security checkpoints and directly photographing TSA checkpoints. Some incidents have resulted in a lecture others in photographers…

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Holiday Season Airport Security Reminder – Part 1 of 2 : Don’t Be An Airport Thief’s Target

Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 26/11/2008 – Holiday Season Airport Security Reminder – Part 1 of 2 : Don’t Be An Airport Thief’s Target Today is one of the busiest travel days of the year in the United States.  In the next few days 4.5 million people will take to the skies for during the…

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