by Charlie Leocha | Feb 19, 2010
I know that this is an alarmist headline, but after reading the story, it raises plenty of questions about an airline’s responsibility to its passengers. Ryanair’s debacle was similar to situations I have faced here in the U.S.A. when my airline deposited...
by Charlie Leocha | Feb 18, 2010
The Consumer Travel Alliance feels that this effort is a step in the right direction for airport and airline security. Unlike the whole-body scanners that have not been fully tested, that admittedly cannot detect many explosives in powder form or when hidden in body...
by Charlie Leocha | Feb 18, 2010
This is a simple reprint of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) press release with a short commentary up front. It seems that TSA is now moving down a better track than installing untested and circumventable whole-body scanners. This effort is...
by Charlie Leocha | Feb 18, 2010
Sometimes federal agencies get a wake-up call and go into overdrive. It seems that the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) is in just such a mode these days. They have just fined American Eagle millions of dollars. They are investigating that airlines parent company,...
by Charlie Leocha | Feb 18, 2010
The blogosphere and twitter have been filled with with the “horror story” of filmmaker, Kevin Smith, being asked to leave a full Southwest flight because he was “oversized.” PR experts are sending out missives noting this is a PR flareup and...
