A seventy-six year old man apparently’forgot’ that he had a loaded .38 caliber handgun strapped to his ankle when he went through security at Detroit’s Metro Airport. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] The man, not identified, claimed he wears the firearm for personal protection and it merely ‘slipped his mind’. The TSA claims…
We were bowled over when we heard that Southwest is going to acquire AirTran. Even more shocking is that Southwest and AirTran apparently started discussing this acquisition in the spring, which means they’ve kept this under wraps for a surprisingly long time.That is surprising in this modern world. Everything seems to leak out.
Nic, from My Bottles Up, recounted a story of her recent experience at the airport in Atlanta where she claims the TSA separated her from her young son. The story is very details and emotional, and you can read the full text.. We will try to summarize the important facts.
We haven’t done a service roundup in a while. Mostly because there hasn’t been as much news in this area as there once was. Airlines don’t announce discontinuance as much as they do inauguration. But this week had some interesting developments.