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  Could There Be A Trusted Traveler Program In Our Future?

  Posted by Benet Wilson 5:17 PM on May 10, 2011

  The security checkpoint at Boston-Logan International Airport Terminal A  All photo by Benet J. WilsonI'm confused.  I've written on the aviation security beat for the ... Read More >>

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  Could We Be Closer To A Trusted Traveler Program?

  Posted by Benet Wilson 5:12 PM on Mar 18, 2011

  TSA officer at BWI Airport  Photo by Benet J. WilsonI read with interest today's post on the TSA Blog about how the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is mulling the... Read More >>

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  A Look Back At 2010: From Ash To ZA002

  Posted by Rupa Haria 5:14 PM on Dec 29, 2010

  What a year the civil aviation industry has experienced. From ash clouds to grounded the ZA002, dull is not a word that airline executives would use to describe 2010.Here’s o... Read More >>

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  Seven Days

  Posted by Rupa Haria 4:46 PM on Nov 05, 2010

  Saturday Bye bye 757 - British Airways retired its last commercial Boeing 757 on Oct 30. Max Kingsley-Jones was on board the historic flight. Watch his video commemorat... Read More >>

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  Beleaguered Yemen Raises Screening vs Intel Question

  Posted by Robert Wall 3:51 PM on Oct 31, 2010

  It has been a difficult period for Yemen and its aviation industry, with the October 29 bomb threat from explosive packages originating in the country only the latest turn of event... Read More >>

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  The Hassle Factor, Fees, Body Scans And Porn Stars

  Posted by Andrew Compart 11:05 PM on Jan 13, 2010

  A new USA Today/Gallup poll raises the hassle factor issue. Among its reported findings, according to the USA Today article: "The survey, taken Jan. 5-6, reveals that 27% of those ... Read More >>

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  Public Opinion On Full-Body Scanners

  Posted by Andrew Compart 6:55 PM on Jan 11, 2010

  A new Gallup poll released today finds that most U.S. air travelers favor using a full-body scan on air travelers, and most would not be uncomfortable undergoing such a scan. But t... Read More >>

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  Bombs, Not Box Cutters

  Posted by Andrew Compart 9:45 PM on Jan 06, 2010

  Over at Salon.com, Ask The Pilot columnist Patrick Smith has a new column that's worth a read. In it, he takes the Transportation Security Administration to task for a system that ... Read More >>

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  Detained by TSA For $4700: What Say You

  Posted by Christopher Fotos 4:40 PM on Apr 03, 2009

  Mark Ashley at Upgrade: Travel Better has a Fox News video that I also embed below; it's an interview with one Steve Bierfeldt, who was detained at St. Louis Lambert when TSA scree... Read More >>

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  Not So Fast

  Posted by John M. Doyle 8:24 PM on Mar 20, 2009

  Here’s the good news: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) says a congressional mandate to screen 50 percent of all cargo on passenger flights by February 2009 ha... Read More >>

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