Passenger Forgets $20,000 Cash in Checked Bag—TSA Screener Celebrated for Not Stealing It [Roundup]

News and notes from around the interweb:

• TSA proud their screener didn’t steal $20,000 from a passenger? This story has to be made up. It’s too on the nose to be real. (HT: Enilria)

  Transportation Security Administration agent Linda Chen could have looked the other way, but instead demonstrated exceptional integrity when she discovered $20,000 in cash hidden in a checked bag at Boston Logan International Airport. …Sanders planned to deposit it in a bank near her daughter’s house in Florida but forgot she had packed it.

• Carnival isn’t known as the highest-end cruise line, but basic expectations are still higher than this. And, ok, it’s not always Marriott…

  CARNIVAL CRUISE GUEST FILMS TAP WATER TURNING BROWN – PASSENGERS SAY SHIP “SMELLS LIKE POOP” & PEOPLE ARE GETTING SICK

  A man aboard Carnival Paradise posts video of a WHITE towel turning BROWN seconds after tap water hits it.
  Multiple guests report illness.
  Others say the… pic.twitter.com/JOjfalLDO9

  — HustleBitch (@HustleBitch_) February 7, 2026

• Collect them all! While supplies (the airline?) lasts.

  .@SpiritAirlines is introducing trading cards.

  There are 6 cards in the collection. Pilots will have the cards available during boarding and deplaning.

  Before you ask, they're sponsored by Airbus. And yes, I already laughed at the "catch them while you can" joke. pic.twitter.com/7OQqT4MVRV

  — Zach Griff (@_ZachGriff) February 5, 2026

• Military helicopter military helicoptering again.

  “ I guess we’ll give weight to that helicopter there that almost cut us in half’

  21 Air Boeing 767 at SFO stops on the taxi way to avoid being hit by a US Coast Guard MH-65 at SFO – San Francisco this afternoon.

  Audio via @theATCapp pic.twitter.com/oZXPVAqWEo

  — Thenewarea51 (@thenewarea51) February 6, 2026

• Passenger asks flight attendant for “as much fudge as possible,” enjoys it while watcing My Dinner With Andre.

  My sundae on DFW to LHR Feb 6, 2026
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• “The best part-time job in the world” Over a third of pilots have side hustles. This article focuses on day trading. Years ago insurance sales was the thing.