Tripods — TSA and the Airlines, updated

More and more travelers are serious about photography on their trips. While many travelers use their cell phones and tablets to record their travel memories, I’ve noticed more and more travelers capturing those memories with high quality camera gear. Travelers...

TSA ID requirements — security theater not security

Recently, I’ve noticed there are more and more travelers who militantly assert that air travel passengers don’t need to show TSA (Transportation Security Administration) agents their IDs under Federal law, in order to fly on a commercial airplane. Many of...

Amtrak commits security breach in Philadelphia

If you’ve been following my columns over the last few years, you would have concluded that I’ve had a love-hate relationship with the U.S. national passenger rail carrier, Amtrak. I ride the rails in Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor and elsewhere in their...

What’s going on with the airlines’ dress codes?

Most of us have read about Armando Alvarez, vice president of Best Buy, the $47 billion-a-year electronics retailer, and his troubles with United Airlines. In late October, a United gate agent revoked Alvarez’s First Class upgrade, “purchased” with miles from his...