Quantcast TSA

 
Posts Tagged ‘TSA’
 

FAA cut backs due to sequestration had resulted in the furloughing of ATC employees, causing massive delays throughout the country.
3
comments
Aviation News

Sequestration And You- How To Avoid The Delays

Posted April 21, 2013 by Jason Rabinowitz

So, your elected officials can’t do their job properly, but you already knew that. With an all time low approval rating, our lovely congress has failed to stop automatic spending cuts, and those cuts are hitting the FAA hard.

Full Story »

Patrick M. Byrne's Salt Lake City mugshot.
0
comments
Touch and Go

Overstock CEO Arrested At Airport Carrying Loaded Gun

Posted January 19, 2013 by Matt Molnar

Patrick Byrne, the oft-embattled CEO of Overstock.com, was arrested in Salt Lake City after TSA screeners found a gun in his carry-on.

Full Story »

A technician assembles a brand new TSA body scanner. (Photo by Matt Molnar/NYCAviation)
0
comments
Government News

TSA to Commission Independent Study of X-Ray Body Scanners

Posted December 18, 2012 by Michael Grabell, ProPublica

The Transportation Security Administration has agreed to fund a study of the health effects of its X-ray body scanners.

Full Story »

This TSA sign about snow globes is no longer true, but there are still restrictions. (Photo by Scott Beale via Flickr, CC-BY-NC-ND)
0
comments
Touch and Go

Snow Globe Expert Warns Of TSA Confusion At The Airport

Posted November 21, 2012 by Matt Molnar

TSA has relaxed their outright ban on snow globes in carry-ons, but a snow globe expert says not so fast.

Full Story »

Ford Ecoboost 1.0L 3-cylinder engine block in a carry-on. (Photo by Ford)
1
comments
Blog

Ford Demonstrates How To Pack An Engine Block In Your Carry On

Posted November 17, 2012 by Matt Molnar

From snow globes to cranberry sauce, the TSA has rules prohibiting all sorts of items, but it seems they left engine blocks off the list.

Full Story »

Filtered images from a backscatter body scanner. (Photo by TSA)
1
comments
Government News

TSA X-Ray Body Scanners Sit Idle in Warehouse

Posted November 16, 2012 by Michael Grabell, ProPublica

It turns out that more than 90 of the controversial scanners removed from major airports will sit in a Texas warehouse indefinitely.

Full Story »

The former Father Harkins at work. (Photo by CBS 3)
0
comments
Touch and Go

Defrocked Priest Finds New Calling as TSA Screener

Posted October 3, 2012 by Matt Molnar

A priest allegedly expelled from the church over sex abuse accusations has shifted to a similarly divine career.

Full Story »

Presumably the woman dressed up in a banana costume and danced upon receiving her check.
0
comments
Touch and Go

TSA Reimburses Mom for Seized Peanut Butter

Posted October 2, 2012 by NYCAviation Staff

A woman who claimed her peanut butter was wrongly seized by TSA screeners has won a $3.99 reimbursement from the agency.

Full Story »

A US Airways Airbus A319 at LaGuardia Airport
comments
On This Day in Aviation History

US Airways Files For Bankruptcy: August 10 in Aviation History

Posted August 10, 2012 by Matt Molnar

Senator Ted Stevens dies in a plane crash, US Airways files for bankruptcy, a new world speed record and more…

Full Story »

Patrick Smith's traveling bag of gizmos and gadgets. (Photo by Patrick Smith)
0
comments
Columnists

Lost Inside the Pilot’s Gadget Bag

Posted July 23, 2012 by Patrick Smith

All those gadgets, chargers, adapters and cords are supposed to make my life easier. I’m not so sure.

Full Story »