American Airlines Bankruptcy Solution

Manny Francisco, Cagle Cartoons, Manila, The Phillippines Dec 6, 2011 Dig deeper

Suleiman’s Travels

Susan Zakin / Truthdig Sep 28, 2011 A flight attendant’s voice had come over the loudspeaker, asking my husband and another guy with a common Muslim name to get off the Delta flight scheduled to depart from JFK It is the 10th anniversary of 9/11A voice had come over the loudspeaker asking my husband to get off the Delta flight scheduled to depart from JFK. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

FAA Giving Boeing 737s a Close Look

Staff / Truthdig Apr 6, 2011 After an alarming gash appeared in the fuselage of a Southwest Airlines plane while it was in flight last Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration wisely elected to call for a large-scale inspection of Boeing 737s with an eye toward finding similar wear and tear. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Indian Diplomat’s Turban + Airport Security = International Incident

Staff / Truthdig Dec 14, 2010 As India’s top UN diplomat, Hardeep Puri is not supposed to have a hard time getting through the airport, but a trip through Houston found the Sikh in a polite showdown with security officials who wanted to search his turban Puri is the third (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Orders Diplomats to Stop Telling Truth

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Dec 6, 2010 In the first major policy fallout from the WikiLeaks disclosures, the State Department has ordered all U.S. diplomats to "cease and desist telling the truth until further notice." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Much Ado About Touching

Staff / Truthdig Nov 25, 2010 It’s D-Day for pat-down protests and so far it looks like most people just want to get where they’re going AP reports that waits at major airports Wednesday morning were surprisingly short -- the TSA estimates 20 minutes or less . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pat-Downs Hit Middle America Where It Counts

David Coleman / Truthdig Nov 25, 2010 What has emerged from the TSA pat-down kerfuffle is recognition that it is psychologically demeaning to be subjected to physical touching of private areas of the body by someone not invited to do so. Now, the psychological treatment of men of color is being brought home to middle American men.The recent outrage expressed by white males and females over intrusive airport pat-downs may have an upside. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

A Childish Tantrum Over TSA Rules

Ruth Marcus / Truthdig Nov 24, 2010 Some of the loudest howls of outrage over the new airport security rules emanate from those who would be quickest to blame the Obama administration for not doing enough to protect us if a bomber did slip through. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why Granny Gets Searched

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Nov 23, 2010 It's hard to love the Transportation Security Administration, especially now that airport personnel seem so intent on touching people's junk. But the TSA's job isn't to be adorable, it's to be infallible -- and also, apparently, to suffer being unfairly maligned. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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Touch My Junk: Body Scans and Pat-Downs for Everyone

Staff / Truthdig Nov 22, 2010 To paraphrase the government's reaction to the backlash against new airport screening measures, "We hear you. Tough it up." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Waiter, There’s Porn in My Slideshow

Staff / Truthdig Sep 21, 2010 Why you should always do a test run before a presentation, what America's war dead say about the class divide, and how air travel in coach could get a whole lot worse. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )