1/1/2010 – Today Is A New Day Today we usher in not only a new month and a new year…but we also usher in a new decade that was brought to us under a rare blue moon. Last year was not a good year for the airline industry. We watched a number of airlines cease…
31/12/2009 – The Fallout From SD-1544-0906 : The Feds Take My Computer I started writing this post yesterday, but I have been writing and rewriting it all night. This post is nothing special, it is not a masterwork equal to that of Tolstoy, Twain or Shakespeare. This post also isn’t how I wanted to end…
28/12/2009 – TSA Modifies SD-1544-09-06 & Who Will Fix The Broken System? The US Department of Homeland Security and Transportation Security Administration has quickly revised portions of its Security Directive SD-1544-09-06, which I posted it its entirety yesterday in this post: 27/12/2009 – TSA Security Directive SD-1544-09-06 : The Fallout From NW253 While the physical…
28/12/2009 – Letter of the Day : The TSA Should Be At All Airports Flying To The US This morning while reading a few dozen emails and sorting through 30+ comments regarding the events surrounding Delta Air Lines Flight 253 and the TSA implementing Security Directive SD-1544-09-06 I received an e-mail with a question that…
27/12/2009 – Northwest Airlines Flight 253 : Myths & Facts There are many myths regarding Delta Air Lines Flight 253 (NW253), Operated by Northwest Airlines and the events of the day that lead to Nigerian national Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab igniting an incendiary device on-board the flight, on the 25th of December. While it is difficult…
26/12/2009 – US Travel Security Changes That Do Little To Provide Any Security As of today new security procedures are in place for all international flights headed to the United States…but due these new procedures offer us any additional security? On Christmas Day 23 year old Nigerian national Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab allegedly set off an…
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.”…
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…
Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 4/08/09 – Airline Lost Your Luggage? Help Them Find It Faster & More Reliably! Most travellers never give baggage identification a second thought until their bags have been misplaced by an airline. As we enter the peak leisure travel season in many parts of the world, north of the equator,…
Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 31/07/09 – How Can A Baggage Tag Can Make You The Target Of A Thief ? Find Out! I have covered this topic previously on Flying With Fish, however it’s been more than a year-and-a-half since I wrote about it. With the peak summer travel season going strong I thought…
