Jul
31
2021
Little details matter. When designers get something wrong, people respond, and sometimes in ways you wouldn’t expect.
The Surprising Reason Older People Use The Bathrooms More In Airports
Airports
Category Archives for Airports.
What Happens To People Who Violate The Air Travel Mask Mandate? Usually Nothing
Jul
30
2021
The fine for not wearing a mask in public transportation the first time is just $250. But almost no one is cited for this, I see passengers walking around airports all the time maskless and nobody stops them. Airlines enforce masking on the aircraft, but airports don’t enforce it in the terminal most of the time.
Once someone is cited, though, that doesn’t mean anyone winds up paying a fine. In fact only two people have actually agreed to do so.
Dallas Airport Went Into Lockdown While Police Searched For Passenger Sitting In Food Court
Jul
30
2021
A man walked airside through an exit at Dallas Love Field causing the airport to go under lockdown on Sunday night. Eventually he was found… in the food court.
Flight Attendant Pays $1071 To Replace Teeth Of Woman Who Cleans Charlotte Airport Bathroom
Jul
28
2021
This is an incredibly heartwarming story. Prieska Outland came upon a woman cleaning one of the bathrooms at the Charlotte airport. The woman was distraught. They to talking and beneath her mask were four missing teeth, and she was saving up to have them replaced. She had just 4% of the money she needed. And Ms. Outland verified the story, and paid the rest to the dentist to have it done.
People Are Messing Up Their Global Entry Interviews By Making One Simple Mistake
Jul
27
2021
Global Entry lets you skip immigration and customs queues when you return to the U.S. It also gets you TSA PreCheck. It costs $100 and lasts five years. When you renew you may be asked to show up in person. Getting an in-person interview has been nearly impossible.
The government has rolled out Zoom interviews for renewals. Here’s what that’s like – and the one mistake people are making.
Southwest Airlines Passengers Are Pre-Gaming At An Alarming Rate
Jul
17
2021
Southwest Airlines operates 89% of flights and 92% of seats out of Houston Hobby airport this month, according to schedule data from Cirium. They have suspended inflight alcohol service indefinitely. So everyone is pre-gaming according to state alcohol sales data.
Austin Airport Is So Overcrowded Passengers Have To Wait Outside In A Tent
Jul
16
2021
With the return to travel, and passenger growth at the airport, the South Terminal is seeing more passengers than ever before and it cannot fit them all. So passengers are being kept outside the terminal in tents. In the Central Texas summer.
TSA Supervisor Took 42 Photos Of Young Women Being Screened
Jul
15
2021
In Denver TSA screeners worked together to find attractive passengers for coworkers interested in those of the same sex to give enhanced pat downs to. At LAX one screener insisted their job included seeing a woman’s breast and inspecting down her pants.
Now a TSA supervisor at Minneapolis – St. Paul was found to have taken photos of 42 young women being screened. However he’s only been charged with leaking surveillance video of a 9 year old boy riding the airport’s baggage carousel to the media.
Austin Airport Plans To Scrap Its Four Year Old Second Terminal
Jul
14
2021
Austin plans to eliminate its nearly new second terminal to make way for growth of the 1999-era main terminal. One of the fastest growing airports in the country for several years running, they’re figuring out how to accommodate the flights passengers want and airlines want to offer. But in the process they risk what makes the airport so attractive to fly out of in the first place.
Get CLEAR For Free, Even Without Amex Platinum
Jul
12
2021
CLEAR is expedited airport security. You use biometrics instead of a drivers license to identify yourself, and you skip to the front of the security line. If you’re eligible for PreCheck, you skip to the front of the PreCheck line. And you can leave your ID in your pocket or carry on. They’re also used at some entertainment venues.
