Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / August 2004

I am a German citizen and will be heading to the States next week. Our
flight will arrive in Atlanta Hartsfield Airport where we will have 2
hours and 10 minutes till departure of our continuing flight to Salt
Lake City.

I recently traveled to Montréal and had my bags swabbed (to detect
explosives, I assume) while going though departure security.  This wasn't
done when I went though YYZ late last year, so I guess it must be a new
thing.  Are the major American airports doing this as well?

For a country that once upon a time could put a man on the moon, this
ranks as a new low in terms of inter-departmental communication and
air-travel IT infrastructure command and control.
I guess this was actually a small victory for Ted.  He actually got

Just wanted to post a response I received from NWA regarding using
half of a RT ticket.    It appears that no penalty would be incurred
(other than not being able to get a refund) by only using the outward
bound leg of a non-refundable RT flight.

According to KTLA, a guy with a Swiss Army knife was "mistakenly"
allowed through the security checkpoint. When the TSA realized this,
they shut down terminal 4 and evacuated everybody. Incoming flights
sat on the tarmac for 2-1/2 hours - and, of course, they wouldn't let

What's happened? Has it all gone tits up as was predicted?!
cgh1
Manchester Airport

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WARNING: watch for PERVERTS at US airports.
The so-called government employee with the label TSA are perhaps the first
legalized perverts sanctioned by the US government.
Taking advantage of their authority, the useless TSA officers enjoy running

We usually travel KLM/Northwest to the USA from our local airport,we have
always had complimentary bar service (in economy). We are not heavy drinkers
BTW, just enjoy the wine with our meals, we prefer to drink water for the
rest of the journey.

News show said a BA strike date is about to be announced
(possibly for the group that runs the airports rather than
the airline?).  If you hear details, can you post please?

(CNN) -- A liquid substance that forced authorities to shut down the Fort
Wayne International Airport in Fort Wayne, Indiana, for several hours
Wednesday has been determined to be a component used to make perfume, a fire
department official said.

I have a theory that the conversion from turboprops to regional jets is
contributing to airport gridlock.  The props often used "lesser" runways,
while I see RJs usually using the main runways.  This reduces effective
airport capacity.  When an airport is running near capacity, even ...

I'm flying BA London City to Edinburgh.  Standard BA baggage allowance
on UK flights is 1 piece cabin baggage, 1 piece hold.  However, the BA
website says some UK flights are on smaller planes, and it lists smaller
baggage allowances for these aircraft models.  Some of them do ...

 I was going through an old passport and saw a receipt for Flamingo
Airport.   I flew to the Caribbean 4 times in the 80's and 90's.  I think
this was Bonaire, especially because the fee was NAF 10.  I suspect NAF is
Netherlands Antilles Franc, however, Nederlands used the Guilder.

From the BBC today:-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/3572082.stm
Wondered what your thoughts were? [Leaving aside the alleged comments
from the staff].