News and notes from around the interweb:
- Complicated politics of running a big city airport. If you believe the head of Atlanta’s airport was fired because of long TSA lines, I have a terminal building I’d like to sell you.
- Starting July 1 Delta will make all its inflight entertainment — whether streamed or seatback — free. I don’t get inflight entertainment at all (except for Channel 9), it doesn’t matter at all to me but I know it’s important to others. Much more important to me are power ports and internet, and I bring my own things to watch. Still if you’re going to have it, free is good.
- Sexual harassment of flight attendants
- 80th anniversary of DC-3
- Passenger claims lack of legroom almost killed him. Turbulence kept him in his seat for a long haul flight, and he was diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis, but that’s not really a function of legroom.
- Being and Nothingness: TSA Agents To Now Simply Stand At Checkpoints And Remind Passengers That We All Die Someday (HT: @Haplo859)
- Hotel worker confessions (HT: Alan H.)
You can find bad apples anywhere, but I must say that I’m generally pleased with the service I receive at most hotels — and I stay in A LOT of hotels. As long as you don’t stay in the places rated “average” by the online booking sites (“average” actually meaning “awful” in booking site lingo) you’re not very likely to run into these bad apples, and your hotel stay is very likely to be more than acceptable.
Hi Gary
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While getting up is the best counter to DVT, there are leg/fiit exercises that improve the circulation. These cant be done without enough legroom – MCE is enough room, bulkhead without cut offs is not.
The biggest problem with not changing sheets when they look clean is catching scabies
My family member caught them @ The San Diego Hilton Bayfront last year
The hotel insisted there wasn’t a problem even after being bitten from head to toe
Medical test confirmed the positive results for scabies
They cant be seen however by the naked eye
if the previous guest is infected its likely you will inherit them
That goes for unchanged towels
Bedbugs always gets press but ask any Dr Scabies is common and hotels are notorious for spreading it due to lax training and enforcement
Ill add to that the Green movement also adds to the issue by encouraging guests and housekeeper not to change linens
Its all about saving $$$$
Guest safety is at the bottom of the list until they have liability from a lawsuit