In a presentation at the Cine Gear Expo in Los Angeles, Rob Hummel, president of Legend3D, stated that gamma rays destroy digital camera sensor pixels when travelers take them on plane flights more than 20,000 feet in the air. Ned Levi examines Mr. Hummel’s claims to see if flying will actually kill digital camera sensors.
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With the recent incidents of US Airways deciding whether ticket holders are permitted to fly based on their attire, Ned Levi discusses the problems of airline dress codes and how they are enforced. Plus Ned has suggestions about how to dress for passenger comfort and safety.
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What comes around goes around and sooner than later a passenger was going to turn the tables and grope a TSA agent. Not that groping is ever funny, and now, 61-year-old Yukari Miyamae from Colorado, is facing felony charges.
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Karen Fawcett, who commutes between Paris and Washington DC, has given up chasing miles for upgrades. She has discovered OpenSkies and it lovin’ it.
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Air France Airbus 380 made its debut between Paris and Washington-Dulles on June 7th and will use this 538-seat plane on its San Francisco run during the summer.
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Many travelers assert that TSA doesn’t have the authority to require travelers show their IDs to confirm their identity to TSA in order to be able to fly commercial airlines. Ned Levi has reviewed TSA’s ID requirements and whether or not TSA has the legal authority, explains why he believes they are nothing more than security theater, and don’t make us safer.
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Sir Richard Branson, will be dressed as a female flight attendant on a special flight on May 1st between London to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. To make things a wee bit kinky, if one of the 160 passengers bids $650,000, he or she will have the pleasure (?) of shaving Branson’s legs.
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You’re at the airport and ticketed. You’ve gone through security and your flight has been announced. What could cause you not to board or to bail?
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Ned Levi examines air travel safety and security this week, and looks at the question who is making air travel safer, TSA, or airplane passengers themselves. Among the questions asked are TSA’s regulations and methods making us safer or are they really “security theater.”
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I do not like nor do I enjoy the current TSA screening procedures. But I think they are the best available option that the TSA has at present to protect the flying public.
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