Ten years ago the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) adopted a new concept for aviation security in the United States when it started the Screening of Passengers by Observation Technique (SPOT) Program, through the training and deployment of Behaviour Detection Officers (BDO). The theory behind the TSA implementing BDOs is that these officers are not watching…
Regardless of how you feel about the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) they agency serves a defined purpose, that of securing transportation security in the United States, primarily in airports. Working along side the TSA in airports are police officers, who are supposed to enforce the laws within the airports, ensuring airport security regulations are properly…
Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 31/07/09 – Happy Birthday Idlewild Field/JFK International Airport Having grown up at the end of JFK International Airport’s runways 4L/22R & 4R/22L (really at the departure end 4R and arrival end of 22L) and spending my childhood watching aircraft arrive and depart from these runways all day and night, I’d…
Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 30/05/2009 – The Airfare Discrepancy: What You See Is Not What You Get…Its Not Just Low Cost Carriers Earlier this month I wrote about ‘The Real Coast Of Some Low Cost Carriers’ in this post: 18/05/2009 – Ryanair’s New Fee To ‘Check In’ & The Real Cost Of Some Low…
Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 4/02/2009 – What An Airline Should Never Say To Calm Passengers Down This morning while reading the London Daily Mail I was reminded of an event that was initially reported on the 28th of December. On the 28th of December 2008 Aeroflot (SU) Flight 315, flying from New York’s JFK…
Web: www.fishfoto.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 29/01/2009 – More JFK-LAX Options Coming Soon! In the United States there are two highly competitive domestic routes that airlines go head to head on multiple times per day. These routes are profitable, often have very high passenger loads, are a constant source of last minute business traffic and leisure…
