http://overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/07/22/7143072-woman-says-outfit-got-her-booted-from-jetblue-flight

Shouldn't the scarelines be happy to have people flying nekkid? After all, that means fewer places to conceal a bomb.

Me - I don't do JetBlue. That would mean trekking out to the hellhole that's JFK for a domestic flight. Whereas it's a 15 min cab ride to LaGuardia and generally only a short TSA line there, since everyone hates LGA for some stupid reason.

you may be onto something with the flying naked idea. TSA should ban clothing on all flights immediately; safety first!

Ummm, no! 90% of all my airline travel is either 4:00 AM flights or after midnight. It's bad enough seeing those people at 4:00 AM clothed. The thought of seeing them naked would drive me to taking the bus.

Maybe it will be third time lucky for this guy:

http://news.travel.aol.com/2011/07/25/thomas-sawyer-cancer-survivor-gets-soaked-by-his-own-urine-aga/

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doesn't this make you want to fly with a handicapped friend or family member?

A friend of mine recently flew and unfortunately was unable to get his TSA appoved locks to work properly therefore his luggage traveled unlocked. He attended a business convention and upon arriving home found that several items from his luggage were MISSING.

I got home to Philly from Houston a few years back and when I opened my (checked unlocked) luggage, there was a greeting card in it from TSA.

here is some inexpensive advice; never travel with any items of any value whatsoever, i.e., cameras, jewelery, etc. I have personal knowledge of people who have experienced theft of valuables both pre and post 9/11. Pack a disposable camera and tell your wife to leave her jewelry at home. They used to have a notice on the boarding pass that says they are liable for like $50 or some absurd amount which means if your $1500 camera is ripped off you are SOL.

And pack some items with sharp edges but no value into the checked luggage for craps and giggles. Making a thief bleed like a stuck pig would serve them right.

These so called low cost airlines just aren't cheap enough for me any more. I'd rather pay a little extra and get treated like a dead pig...

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Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Add to the point that most of the low-cost airlines don't fly from the nearby airports in US East Coast cities, and you spend money and time trekking out to the outlying airport

Same goes for UK, actually. LHR and LCY have tube service. Stanstead, home of Charv^H^H^H^H^H RyanAir does not...

No matter what anyone says Stanstead is a field in Cambridgeshire - no where near London. Craprow is bad enough with the most expensive shuttle link from airport to city in the world... (And I don't normally call it Craprow - I use another word beginning with C...

stupid stupid stupid airport with the worst sign system ever conceived...


rant! rant! rant! shoot the f*^*&&^*&^*&^g lot of 'em)

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1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

So they declare their own liability low so they can steal expensive stuff. Good idea.

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My friend lost a lot of expensive items while flying into St. Louis on TWA pre 9/11. His baggage came onto the baggage turnstill with the locks BROKEN. Nowadays, you must use TSA approved locks which means your baggage can be opened and searched without your supervision.

It works like this:

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Travel/story?id=7224333&page=1

No, see it is perfectly OK for them to steal a Rolex watch out of your luggage, but if you place something sharp in your luggage and they get cut and bleed, they will charge you with domestic terrorism. The door only swings one way, get it?