There is a move afoot to replace the ATC system in this country—that’s our Air Traffic Control system—and those who know about these things say it’s long past time for...
Reuters news service has a story out today that includes a shocking number: so far this year, delays in security lines have caused 70,000 American Airlines passengers to miss their...
Two uneventful flights … the best kind … both landing ahead of schedule. Hawaiian Airlines from Maui to San Francisco; American from there to Chicago. The Hawaiian plane had...
On almost a daily basis you read in the paper or see on TV that someone has done something so incredibly foolish—usually dangerous, too—that you wonder what’s wrong with them....
The years have crept up on me. Arthritis is taking its toll, moving parts are starting to wear out, and my arms are now too short. There is one benefit...
The folks running TSA have announced that they’re going to remove those full body scanners from airport security lines. You know … you step into those devices, raise your arms,...
I was in Honolulu this past week for some surgery … having what my general contractor brother-in-law would call some “interior remodeling” done. After a three-day stay, I found myself...
In all the years I’ve traveled, I’ve never bothered to lock my suitcase. For one thing, I seldom check a bag and, for another, I’m always afraid I’ll lose one...
My flight from Adelaide back to Sydney this morning, a bit over two hours long, was again on Qantas … which, by the way, I’ve learned is an acronym for...
A recent study conducted for our friends at the Transportation Security Administration has discovered that there has been a decrease in passengers’ “unquestioning compliance with TSA rules.” This disquieting news...