Today’s reader mail comes from Vincent R., from Springfield, Massachusetts. Vincent writes “I have noticed the TSA in my local Amtrak station during the past few months. Amtrak Police refer to these uniformed TSA officers as TSA VIPR Teams. What exactly are they doing?” Well Vincent, over the past few years there has been…
It might seem odd that someone who make a good portion of their living working with social media within the travel industry would have last checked in with Foursquare on the 23rd of August 2010 at their local train station. Foursquare is an excellent social media channel for travel … but as people seem to…
I am not only an AvGeek and frequent flyer … I am also the father of an autistic child. Autism takes many different forms and makes traveling as a family very challenging. I wrestle with the very notion of taking my youngest son on a flight, because I can not predict what the experience will…
When you sit in the airport staring out the windows at all the planes parked at their gates what area of the airport are you looking at? The Ramp? The Apron? The Tarmac? The answer is … not the tarmac. Tarmac, while commonly used as a term to describe where airplanes are parked, is…
Its that time of the year again … the last hours of this year are dwindling fast … the end of the year is near. Outside my window the snow has finally fallen, being whipped around in the wind, while at this moment friends in Australia are already three hours into the New Year…
’twas the night before Christmas and all through the airport Not a passenger wasn’t whining, not even the Buddhist Monk The airplanes were all parked at their gates with care In hopes that their flights would be departing from there. The flight crews were all nestled all snug in their flight decks While visions…
I present the following cartoon sent to me by a friend with no commentary. Happy Flying! @flyingwithfish
Yesterday the United States’ 112th Congress’ 2nd Session passed S. 3542, the “No Hassle Flying Act of 2012” , which is now being sent to the White House to be signed into law by The President of the United States. Before you get excited that the U.S. Congress has done something to reduce the…
Airports around the world have some interesting five-letter names to assist pilots in lining up for their runway approaches, which I have previously written about here – Airport Waypoints That Will Make You Laugh. But on this day of Thanksgiving, a day of Turkeys being slow cooked, roasted and deep fried around the United…
The mere mention of the term “Enhanced Pat Down” is enough to send many travelers into an endless rant about the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). One issue a significant group of travelers (women) seems to bring up is that more women are selected for pat downs than men. This is a statistic the TSA has…
