Tag Archives: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

TSA Takes Your Cupcake, Keeps The Change

The TSA, recently best known as the government agency that thinks cupcakes are liquid(the strangest government food classification since the school lunch program declared ketchup a vegetable), has kept a lot more than just one cupcake.  Last year, the agency kept $409,085.56 in change left behind at checkpoints by passengers. Under current regulations, the agency…

How Do You Forget You Brought Your Gun to the Airport?

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…

Weekend Update

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="202" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] TAM will begin daily flights from Sao Paulo to Orlando on November 21st. TAM and Air Canada will be codesharing and expanding an effort to provide increased services between Brazil and Canada. A new partnership between Irish carrier Aer Lingus and United Airlines is available for sale on…