Groups want to limit 787 flights, man fighting TSA fine, you can buy an Air Force One, towers to stay open until September
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What we’re reading: Limit 787 flights, naked TSA fine, buy an Air Force One, ATC towers to stay open
Run a marathon on a runway, Boeing to compensate Air India, TSA confiscates hidden knife
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TSA has postponed its changes to its prohibited items list which would have permitted pocket knives, golf clubs, hockey sticks, lacrosse sticks and other items to be taken into airplane cabins by passengers. Ned Levi discusses the rule changes and suggests TSA needs to follow a commonsense approach and drop the changes all together.
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Next time you fly, take a minute to look around at the airport screening area. You’ll see all kinds of interesting passengers, from the “get-alongs” to the dissidents to the folks who think the rules don’t apply to them.
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Questions to muse about: Should FAA towers be closed? When should complaining be considered extreme? Do you feel that TSA is endangering passengers with their new rules?
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NZ’s in-flight focus group, FedEx donates B727F to ABQ, TSA expedites screening for wounded warriors
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This month, the TSA announced that starting April 25, it will allow passengers to bring small knives with non-locking blades shorter than 2.36 inches and less than half an inch in width, small novelty bats, ski poles, hockey and lacrosse sticks, billiard cues and up to two golf clubs onto a plane. Has an agency focused on security lost its mind?
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TSA has proposed permitting air travelers to bring pocket knives, hockey sticks, lacrosse sticks, ski poles and other previously banned items into aircraft cabins. Aviation and law enforcement officials, and members of the flying public are loudly complaining almost solely about pocket knives. Ned Levi examines potential problems with the new policy which few are discussing.
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TSA’s Pistole defends knives decision, Amtrak is losing money on long trips, AA seeks court extension on bankruptcy reorganization
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Speak out now on the TSA’s full-body scanners
by Christopher Elliott on April 26, 2013
It’s been almost five years since the Transportation Security Administration quietly began installing its so-called Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) — better known as full-body scanners — at airports nationwide. And now the government wants to know what you think of the machines.
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