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US Transportation Department Rules Only Service Dogs Allowed, Emotional Support Animals Do Not Qualify

US Transportation Department Rules Only Service Dogs Allowed, Emotional Support Animals Do Not Qualify

In a final ruling issued on Wednesday, the Transportation Department declared that only dogs can be classified as service animals, and canines used for emotional support would not fall under that classification. The decision is a shift from the previous requirement that airlines were required to allow animals on board as long as a passenger […]

3y ago

WWE News: Former Champion Has ‘Suspicious’ Shoes Torn Apart By Airport Security

WWE News: Former Champion Has ‘Suspicious’ Shoes Torn Apart By Airport Security

Superstars from WWE and professional wrestlers have to travel all around the world and deal with all kinds of issues and scrutiny. While the security at the airports is in place to keep everyone safe, Lance Storm ended up having to deal with quite a bit of inconvenience this weekend as TSA personnel were dubious […]

4y ago

A Missile Launcher Was Found In A Passenger’s Checked Luggage At A Baltimore Airport

A Missile Launcher Was Found In A Passenger’s Checked Luggage At A Baltimore Airport

A man flying through Baltimore-Washington International Airport was found with a missile launcher in his checked baggage, Washington’s WRC-TV reports. And no, that’s not allowed. First, the good news: the device was not live. The bad news, for the traveler anyway, was that it was confiscated, tested for explosive residue, then sent to the state […]

5y ago

Orlando International Airport Advising Travelers To Allow Even More Time For Security Checkpoints

Orlando International Airport Advising Travelers To Allow Even More Time For Security Checkpoints

Over the years, airport travel has been taking a bit longer due to added security measures, some of which took years to fully implement As time goes on, new tactics and methods are put in place, and airports want to make sure that travelers don’t end up missing their flights. The Orlando International Airport (MCO) […]

5y ago

Trump Quote-Tweets Larry The Cable Guy To Spread 2-Year-Old Video

Trump Quote-Tweets Larry The Cable Guy To Spread 2-Year-Old Video

President Trump sent a tweet late Tuesday night in which he quote-tweeted the comedian known as Larry the Cable Guy. The tweet contained a video of a teenaged boy being aggressively searched by a TSA agent. “Not a good situation,” the president tweeted, as he quoted Larry the Cable Guy’s caption of “Absolutely ridiculous! How […]

5y ago

Over 1,000 TSA Employees Still Waiting On Back Pay From Government Shutdown

Over 1,000 TSA Employees Still Waiting On Back Pay From Government Shutdown

For many, the recent protracted government shutdown is but a speck in the rearview mirror of life. Lasting from December 22, 2018, until January 25 of this year, it was the longest U.S. government shutdown in history, spanning a record 35 days. The shutdown occurred after President Donald Trump and Congress could not come to […]

5y ago

TSA Employee Dies In Apparent Suicide Plunge At Orlando International Airport

TSA Employee Dies In Apparent Suicide Plunge At Orlando International Airport

A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employee was found dead in an apparent suicide plunge inside the Orlando International Airport, with the incident bringing travel to a halt inside the busy airport. Police said the employee, an unidentified man in his 40s, jumped from an upper balcony of the Hyatt Regency Hotel into the atrium of […]

5y ago

TSA Screeners Will Receive One Week Of Back Pay Following Government Shutdown

TSA Screeners Will Receive One Week Of Back Pay Following Government Shutdown

Transportation Security Administration screeners will receive only one week of back pay, despite missing two full pay periods while still dutifully reporting for work every day during the government shutdown, Politico is reporting. Perhaps the most visible of all government employees, the men and women who guide passengers through airport security had been working without […]

5y ago

Viral Picture Shows Pre-Teen Kid Working As TSA Agent In Airport Amid Government Shutdown

Viral Picture Shows Pre-Teen Kid Working As TSA Agent In Airport Amid Government Shutdown

The TSA is apparently calling in the backups — the very, very young backups. A viral image that spread across Twitter on Friday showed what appeared to be a pre-teen boy donning a TSA uniform and sorting luggage at the airport. The picture was posted just as the FAA announced nationwide delays at airports due […]

5y ago

Miami International Airport Closes Terminal Due To Government Shutdown

Miami International Airport Closes Terminal Due To Government Shutdown

As more and more federal security screeners at airports refuse to work without pay, the Miami International Airport was forced to shut down one of its terminals and send TSA workers from that location to busier checkpoints in the airport in order to maintain an appropriate level of security at the bustling facility. Federal screeners […]

5y ago

Passenger Carried A Gun Through TSA Screening And Onto Delta Airlines Flight Departing From Atlanta

Passenger Carried A Gun Through TSA Screening And Onto Delta Airlines Flight Departing From Atlanta

While many tend to think of airport security as an infallible line of defense, that mental image might not be as comforting as once thought. As reported by CNN, a Delta Airlines passenger managed to board a Toyko-bound flight with a handgun in tow. Shortly after the beginning of the New Year, an unnamed traveler […]

5y ago

TSA Agents Receive $500 Bonus During Government Shutdown As They Continue To Work Without Pay

TSA Agents Receive $500 Bonus During Government Shutdown As They Continue To Work Without Pay

As the partial government shutdown continues to drag on, workers all across the country are beginning to feel the effects, and officials from the Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) want to help employees with the financial strain. According to the Huffington Post, the agency is going to provide workers with a $500 bonus, as well […]

5y ago

Hundreds Of TSA Agents Reportedly Calling In Sick As Government Shutdown Continues

Hundreds Of TSA Agents Reportedly Calling In Sick As Government Shutdown Continues

An increased number of TSA agents have been calling in sick as the partial government shutdown continues. That’s a report coming from CNN, which claims that hundreds of agents have been absent from work this week, raising concerns about the current security of air travel. During this partial government shutdown, TSA agents have to go […]

5y ago

The TSA Had Its Busiest Day On Record During Thanksgiving Weekend

The TSA Had Its Busiest Day On Record During Thanksgiving Weekend

If you thought the airport was a little crowded over Thanksgiving weekend, you were right. According to a new report by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), this holiday weekend marked the busiest time in the history of the organization. In a report by Business Insider, it was noted that over 2.7 million people went through […]

5y ago

Muslim Woman Zainab Merchant Claims TSA Forced Her To Show Used Menstrual Pad

Muslim Woman Zainab Merchant Claims TSA Forced Her To Show Used Menstrual Pad

Twenty-seven-year-old Zainab Merchant was traveling from Boston to Washington, D.C., for business when she was forced to show TSA agents her bloody menstrual pad during a patdown. According to The Cut, agents at the Boston airport singled her out during the standard security check. Merchant says that the officer brought a hand to her groin, […]

6y ago

Woman Put Under Intense Surveillance By TSA’s ‘Quiet Skies’ Blasts Potentially ‘Illegal’ Program

Woman Put Under Intense Surveillance By TSA’s ‘Quiet Skies’ Blasts Potentially ‘Illegal’ Program

The Quiet Skies program by TSA at airports is supposed to keep people safe from the bad guys. However, one woman named Taylor Usry is baffled at why she was chosen to be surveilled so heavily during a recent flight. Taylor was not only watched closely as she made every little move at the airport, […]

6y ago

TSA Considers Eliminating Security Checkpoints At Small Airports

TSA Considers Eliminating Security Checkpoints At Small Airports

The Transportation Security Administration is mulling over the decision to eliminate security checkpoint screenings at 150 smaller airports catering to planes with 60 or fewer seats across the U.S., CNN reported on Wednesday. According to senior agency officials, the proposal could bring a “small (non-zero) undesirable increase in risk related to additional adversary opportunity.” Almost […]

6y ago

Quiet Skies: The TSA’s Problematic And Potentially Illegal Surveillance Program

Quiet Skies: The TSA’s Problematic And Potentially Illegal Surveillance Program

In a program simply referred to as “Quiet Skies,” U.S. citizens are being followed by federal air marshals. As the Boston Globe reports, this new “domestic surveillance program” is designed to give the organization insight into the behavior of those chosen, none of whom are on any watch lists or suspected of any crimes. Though […]

6y ago

Jonathan Rhys Meyers Detained At LAX For Fighting And Smoking

Jonathan Rhys Meyers Detained At LAX For Fighting And Smoking

These days, there’s very little you can do “wrong” on a plane before you’re detained, but when you’re fighting and smoking on a plane, the long arm of the law is going to catch up with you, and quickly. And Jonathan Rhys Meyers found this out the hard way when he was detained at Los […]

6y ago

TSA Agents Under Fire After Video Shows 96-Year-Old Woman In Wheelchair Put Through Extensive Pat-Down

TSA Agents Under Fire After Video Shows 96-Year-Old Woman In Wheelchair Put Through Extensive Pat-Down

TSA workers from Washington Dulles Airport are under fire after a video of a passenger pat down has gone viral. According to Newsweek, Jeanne Clarkson was traveling back home to Indiana from Washington with her fiance and 96-year-old mother, Evelyn LaBrier, when her wheelchair-bound mother was the subject of a lengthy pat down by the […]

6y ago

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