This is the part two to my series on travel safety, and it’s all about kids – because your kids should be your number one priority when you travel.
Although travel isn’t inherently dangerous, the mere fact of going to places unknown does mean additional safeguards are in order. Unknown streets, different languages, unfamiliar landmarks and any location where absolutely everyone is a stranger demands that you keep a close watch on your children.
However, you don’t have to sacrifice having fun in the name of safety, if you use some common sense and follow some simple tips to ensure your child’s safety. Many of these tips can apply at home as well.
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Delta makes changes prompted by overflight incident
In light of the incident in which a Northwest/Delta flight overshot Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport, Delta Airlines told the government that “it is making software and avionics changes.”
As part of a filing with federal investigators that became public this week, the airline said it is upgrading software to enable its dispatchers in the future to use special sound alerts to attract the attention of pilots aboard certain Airbus aircraft.
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This past weekend was a travel disaster for folks trying to get outta Dodge in the Northeast. I even heard from friends pleading with me to help, as if I could get BWI airport to open. Yep, anyone headed anywhere by plane, train or automobile was stranded. Amtrak canceled service south of DC, airports from Philly southward were closed at least part of the weekend, and many governments closed roads to automobile travel to clean highways and streets, and to get a reprieve from the accidents caused by the brave and foolish who went out anyway.
And, as of Monday morning, this odyessy still hasn’t completely ended.
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