The US Transportation Security Administration is expanding a program for frequent flyers where certain passenger information will be embedded in boarding pass barcodes to expedite the screening process.
Hold your laptops, keep your shoes on, TSA embeds road warrior data in barcodes to expedite screening
February 8, 2012 By 4 Comments
Former Miss USA blogs with outrage over TSA pat-down
April 29, 2011 By 4 Comments
A former Miss USA has taken to her blog and posted a video about what she views as an invasive Transportation and Security Administration patdown at Dallas Fort Worth Airport.
Travel associations clash over airline checked bags
March 18, 2011 By 1 Comment
There’s been a dust-up between the U.S. Travel Association and the Global Business Travel Association over the issue of checked bags.
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Travel blogger sues US Customs, warns industry of liability
August 25, 2010 By 2 Comments
Travel blogger Edward Hasbrouck sued U.S. Customs and Border Protection, alleging the agency violated the Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act when it withheld copies of his travel records.
Doubts emerging over airport body scanner reliability
January 8, 2010 By 4 Comments
Airport security technology firms, perhaps seeing the bounty ahead if – as expected – governments around the world impose stricter checks on passengers, are questioning the performance of the controversial full body scanners.
One such company is Guardian Technologies International which backs claims in UK media this week that the widely talked about scanners do not accurately detect low-density explosives such as liquid and powder explosives.
The company has a product of its own to peddle, the PinPoint threat detection and identification system, but equally it raises an interesting point if the much lauded body scanners are unable to pick up the very materials that the recent alleged Northwest 253 bomber had on his possession.
Open letter to all airports in 2010
January 6, 2010 By 6 Comments
Dear Airport Authority, TSA, and/or Agencies responsible for security,
As a member of the traveling public who, over the years, has adjusted my habits in order to streamline the airport security experience not only for myself but for fellow passengers, I want it to be known that I will be adjusting my habits again to take in account the use of full body scanners.
Not only will I be wearing pants that don’t require a belt and slip on shoes, and sorting all my personals into plastic baggies for easy screening, now I will be checking in my carry-on luggage which, for so many years, has been the only luggage I have had to bring on any trip up to a week in length.
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US Travel, BTC, NBTA call for action on security issues
December 29, 2009 By 3 Comments
Perhaps the Obama administration needs to come up with a travel-security stimulus plan.
In the aftermath of the Christmas Day terrorism incident onboard Northwest flight 253, the U.S. Travel Association called on Congress to take leftover monies from the country’s economic stimulus plan and to use it for the immediate implementation “of screening techniques that strengthen security, balance privacy and improve traveler facilitation.”
The development came as several other travel industry organizations, including the Business Travel Coalition, the National Business Travel Association and the American Society of Travel Agents, chimed in about the security issue.
Specifically, U.S. Travel says whole-body imaging (WBI) and increased use of bomb-sniffing dogs seem promising, but the association adds that while privacy issues related to WBI have been aired, detailed analysis is needed regarding its “security benefits, effect on wait times and any potential of reducing travelers’ hassles at security checkpoints.”
