Gross

Filthy airplanes.

Track estimated time at Airport Security

PBS.

Most won't get pat downs

From Courthousenews.

What to Expect at the Airport

Joe Sharkey of the NYTIMES.

And what if you don't know you are pregnant?

There's a reason your dentist uses a lead apron on you before a dental x-ray.

"Security experts note that scanners cannot find weapons hidden in body cavities."
From a USA Today article on November 24, 2010, page 5A. So what's the point? Really?

Bruce Schneier

See his column (from November 19th) regarding airport security clearance procedures, lots of stuff here.

Know Your Rights Once At the Airport

ACLU.

Security Theatre

Waste of Time and Money.


One.

TWO.

Three.

Real Time Flight Delay Info

From the FAA.

Cryptome.org

Visit Regularly.


See file on Body Scanner and radiation risk.


More.

Pilot ID

Follow the case of "Mark Bavis" (use that as a search term, here and on google),elsewhere on this blog, the only case not to settle from 9/11. There's a theory out there that the hijackers had and held pilot IDs for other carriers:

Thus, this:

In any case, the proposed ID, as it stands now, would be little harder to fabricate than a fake ID for drinking purposes whilst one is underage. Just ask your neighbor's teenager:

For Immediate Release
November 18, 2010
Contact: Les Dorr, Jr. or Alison Duquette
Phone: 202-267-3461


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

WASHINGTON – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced today it is proposing that all pilot certificates include photos of the certificate holder.

This action follows a requirement that all pilot certificates be made of plastic and contain security features, such as a hologram and an ultraviolet-sensitive layer, to prevent tampering, altering and counterfeiting.

“The Department of Transportation is committed to keeping the traveling public safe,” said Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. “This is an important safeguard to help make sure individuals can’t pose as pilots, whatever their intentions.”

Under the new FAA proposal, pilots would obtain new certificates on which their photograph would appear with a proposed expiration date of eight years. At the end of that time period, pilots would need to update their photo and obtain a new certificate.

“Our current certificates are plastic and tamper-resistant, but this proposal will make them even more secure,” said FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt.

If the proposal is finalized as proposed, all new airman certificates and flight instructor certificates would have to include a photograph. Existing pilots with a current commercial pilot certificate would have four years to comply, while a pilot with an airline transport pilot rating would have three years to obtain a new certificate with a photo. Existing private, recreational or sport pilot certificate holders would have five years to comply with the new requirement.

If finalized, the resulting final regulation will fulfill a provision of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, which requires the FAA to issue plastic, tamper-resistant pilot certificates with photos.

Under the proposal, the cost of the new pilot certificate would be $22. That amount is comparable to drivers’ license fees in many states and would have to be renewed every eight years.

The comment period for the proposed rule ends February 17, 2011. :

Photo Requirements for Pilot Certificates 2010-29192
[Docket No. FAA-2010-1127; Notice No. 2010-16; Filed: 11/18/10 at 8:45 am; Publication Date: 11/19/2010]


Proposed Rule.

Solar Storms and Disaster Planning for the Power Grid

History on this blog.


Recent Article, NYTIMES, Solar Storm Risk.

Get on the email list for spaceweather.

Express Jet Pilot Michael Roberts sues Napolitano over Enhanced Screening

Available via Pacer:

U.S. District Court
District of Columbia (Washington, DC)
CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:10-cv-01966-HHK

ROBERTS et al v. NAPOLITANO et al
Assigned to: Judge Henry H. Kennedy
Cause: 28:1391 Personal Injury
Date Filed: 11/16/2010
Jury Demand: Plaintiff
Nature of Suit: 440 Civil Rights: Other
Jurisdiction: U.S. Government Defendant
Plaintiff
MICHAEL S. ROBERTS represented by John Daniel Victor Ferman
DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP
1500 K Street, NW
Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005-1209
(202) 842-8800
Email: john.ferman@dbr.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Plaintiff
ANN POE represented by John Daniel Victor Ferman
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED


V.

Defendant
JANET NAPOLITANO
In her official capacity as Secretary of Homeland Security

Defendant
JOHN S. PISTOLE
In his official capacity as Administrator of the Transportation


Date Filed # Docket Text
11/16/2010 1 COMPLAINT against JANET NAPOLITANO, JOHN S. PISTOLE ( Filing fee $ 350, receipt number 4616034241) filed by MICHAEL S. ROBERTS, ANN POE. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(dr) (Entered: 11/17/2010)
11/16/2010 SUMMONS (4) Issued as to JANET NAPOLITANO, JOHN S. PISTOLE, U.S. Attorney and U.S. Attorney General (dr) (Entered: 11/17/2010)

Michael Roberts.





Debate.

Rafi Sela, Israeli airport security expert weighs in.


Officials Defend Pat Downs.


Pilot calls Pat Down Intrusive, via courthousenews.


Dirt on the Coffin.


EPIC and Ralph Nader.

Ralph Nader in USAToday Editorial Column. He says that the scanners can get "stuck" and cause a radiation burn; to wit:

"John Sedat, one of four scientists at the University of California-San Francisco who is questioning the department's technical assertions, said these machines could stall, giving passengers "severe burns if not worse." He points out that "software fails often."

I'm not putting my kid in such a machine.

Alone on a Plane

Passengers refuse to deplane.

Your Thanksgiving Airport Screening

FAQ.

Scientists (not politicians) weigh in.

NPR.


Letter to the Gobmn't.

Pilot Fatigue Rules

Airlines Object.

The carriers would rather negotiate this item, and the pilots would rather not. If the rest rules apply to all carriers, no single carrier is disadvantaged (cost wise) by building sequences that provide adequate rest, even in the face of operational irregularities, like a snow storm. The pilots just want the costs to be equally disadvantageous to every carrier and to not have to hammer this out over and over again at the bargaining table. And of course, the carrier wants something back, if they provide more time off the clock on a layover. No reason for you to get involved. Let them duke it out.

MSNBC "don't touch my junk!"

Boycott Scanners.

Can airports 'opt out' of TSA screening.?

$11K fine for not completing security search.

Song.


Summary of Tests of the Scanners, otherwise known as useless.

Time Magazine.

combating terrorism and its funding

GAO Report on Saudi Arabia.

Emotional Reactions.

Social Media Websites Monitored by NOC

excerpt from cryptome.org:

No=no pswd required:

Collecta
http://collecta.com
No
RSSOwl
http://www.rssowl.org/
No
Social Mention
http://socialmention.com/
No
Spy
http://www.spy.appspot.com
No
Who's Talkin
http://www.whostalkin.com/
No
Shrook RSS reader
http://www.utsire.com/shrook/
No
Video
Hulu
http://www.hulu.com
No
iReport.com
http://www.ireport.com/
No
Live Leak
http://www.liveleak.com/
No
Magma
http://mag.ma/
No
Time Tube
http://www.dipity.com/mashups/timetube
No
Vimeo
http://www.vimeo.com
No
Youtube
http://www.youtube.com
No
MySpace Video
http://vids.myspace.com/
No
Maps
Global Incident Map
http://globalincidentmap.com/
No
Google Flu Trends
http://www.google.org/flutrends/
No
Health Map
http://www.healthmap.org/en
No
IBISEYE
http://www.ibiseye.com/
No
Stormpulse
http://www.stormpulse.com/
No
Trends Map
http://www.trendsmap.com
No
Photos
Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/
No
Picfog
http://picfog.com/
No
Twicsy
http://www.twicsy.com
No
Twitcaps
http://www.twitcaps.com
No
Twitter/API
Twitter/API
http://www.twitter.com
Yes
Page 13
Twitter Search
Monitter
http://www.monitter.com/
No
Twazzup
http://www.twazzup.com
No
Tweefind
http://www.tweefind.com/
No
Tweetgrid
http://tweetgrid.com/
No
Tweetzi
http://tweetzi.com/
No
Twitter Search
http://search.twitter.com/advanced
No
Twitter Trends
Newspapers on Twitter
http://www.newspapersontwitter.com/
No
Radio on Twitter
http://www.radioontwitter.com/
No
Trendistic
http://trendistic.com/
No
Trendrr
http://www.trendrr.com/
No
TV on Twitter
http://www.tvontwitter.com/
No
Tweet Meme
http://tweetmeme.com/
No
TweetStats
http://tweetstats.com/
No
Twellow
http://www.twellow.com/
No
Twendz
http://twendz.waggeneredstrom.com/
No
Twitoaster
http://twitoaster.com/
No
Twitscoop
http://www.twitscoop.com/
No
Twitturly
http://twitturly.com/
No
We Follow
http://wefollow.com/
No
Facebook
It's Trending
http://www.itstrending.com/news/
No
Facebook
http://www.facebook.com
Yes
MySpace
http://www.myspace.com
Yes
MySpace (limited search)
http://www.myspace.com
No
Blogs Aggs
ABCNews Blotter
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/
No
al Sahwa
http://al-sahwa.blogspot.com/
No
AllAfrica
http://allafrica.com/
No
Avian Flu Diary
http://afludiary.blogspot.com/
No
BNOnews
http://www.bnonews.com/
No
Borderfire Report
http://www.borderfirereport.net/
No
Borderland Beat
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/
No
Brickhouse Security
http://blog.brickhousesecurity.com/
No
Chem.Info
http://www.chem.info/default.aspx
No
Page 14
Chemical Facility Security News
http://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/
No
ComputerWorld Cybercrime Topic Center
http://www.computerworld.com/s/topic/82/Cybercrime+and+Hacking
No
Counter-Terrorism Blog
http://www.counterterrorismblog.com/
No
Crisisblogger
http://crisisblogger.wordpress.com/
No
Cryptome
http://cryptome.org/
No
Danger Room
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/
No
Drudge Report
http://drudgereport.com/
No
El Blog Del Narco
http://elblogdelnarco.blogspot.com/
No
Emergency Management Magazine
http://www.emergencymgmt.com
No
Foreign Policy Passport
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/
No
Global Security Newswire
http://gsn.nti.org/gsn/
No
Global Terror Alert
http://www.globalterroralert.com/
No
Global Voices Network
http://globalvoicesonline.org/-/world/americas/haiti/
No
Google Blog Search
http://blogsearch.google.com
No
Guerra Contra El Narco
http://guerracontraelnarco.blogspot.com/
No
H5N1 Blog
http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/
No
Homeland Security Today
http://www.hstoday.us/
No
Homeland Security Watch
http://www.hlswatch.com/
No
Huffington Post
http://huffingtonpost.com/
No
Hurricane Information Center
http://gustav08.ning.com/
No
HurricaneTrack
http://www.hurricanetrack.com/
No
InciWeb
http://www.inciweb.org/
No
Informed Comment
http://www.juancole.com/
No
Jihad Watch
http://www.jihadwatch.org/
No
Krebs on Security
http://krebsonsecurity.com/
No
LA Now
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/
No
LA Wildfires Blog
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/wildfires/
No
Page 15
Livesay Haiti Blog
http://livesayhaiti.blogspot.com/
No
LongWarJournal
http://www.longwarjournal.org/
No
Malware Intelligence Blog
http://malwareint.blogspot.com/
No
MEMRI
http://www.memri.org/
No
MexiData.info
http://mexidata.info/
No
MS-13 News and Analysis
http://msthirteen.com/
No
Narcotrafico en Mexico
http://narcotraficoenmexico.blogspot.com/
No
National Defense Magazine
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org
No
National Terror Alert
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/
No
NEFA Foundation
http://www.nefafoundation.org/
No
Newsweek Blogs
http://blog.newsweek.com/
No
Nuclear Street
http://nuclearstreet.com/blogs/
No
NYTimes Lede Blog
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/
No
Plowshares Fund
http://www.ploughshares.org/news-analysis/blog
No
Popular Science Blogs
http://www.popsci.com/
No
Port Strategy
http://www.portstrategy.com/
No
Public Intelligence
http://publicintelligence.net/
No
ReliefWeb
http://www.reliefweb.int
No
RigZone
http://www.rigzone.com/
No
Science Daily
http://www.sciencedaily.com/
No
STRATFOR
http://www.stratfor.com/
No
Technorati
http://technorati.com/
No
Terror Finance Blog
http://www.terrorfinance.org/the_terror_finance_blog/
No
The Latin Americanist
http://ourlatinamerica.blogspot.com/
No
Threat Level
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/
No
Threat Matrix
http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/
No
Tickle the Wire
http://www.ticklethewire.com/
No
Tribuna Regional
http://latribunaregional.blogspot.com/
No
TruckingInfo.com
http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/index.asp
No
United Nations IRIN
http://www.irinnews.org/
No
Ushahidi Haiti
http://haiti.ushahidi.org/
No
Page 16
War on Terrorism
http://terrorism-online.blogspot.com/
No
WikiLeaks
http://wikileaks.org/
No
WireUpdate
http://wireupdate.com/
No

Aging Airplanes and Widespread Metal Fatigue

From the FEDS.

Refuse Scanners on November 24th

Can Scanners differentiate a sanitary pad from a "Christmas Day Diaper"; and what about a tampon? Ever heard of a female impersonator?

WSJ weighs in.


Brief via Courthousenews.


WEwontFLY.

Rutherford Institute, defending some of the objecting pilots.


9th Circuit says you cannot decline search.


CNN.

On Time Reporting Directive

BTS.


Friday, November 5, 2010 - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today issued the annual directive detailing the requirements for the reporting of airline on-time data for 2011. The directive includes the list of 29 airports with 1 percent of the nation's total domestic scheduled-service passenger enplanements for the 12-month period ended March 31, 2010 for which monthly on-time reports are required. Although all reporting airlines voluntarily report on all domestic airports they serve, these 29 airports are listed in the detailed airport tables of the Department's Air Travel Consumer Report and on BTS' major airport on-time rankings.

For 2011, BTS will receive reports from 16 airlines, 15 that are required to report and one, ExpressJet Airlines, that will report voluntarily. Comair will no longer be required to report and Pinnacle Airlines will cease reporting voluntarily. Airlines with revenue of more than 1 percent of scheduled-service domestic passenger revenue for the 12 months ended March 31, 2010 are required to report. For the complete list of carriers required to report data in 2011 and the airports for which reports are required, see
All carriers.

Passengers Aboard Cruise Ship & Remedies

A complimentary cruise, no thanks.!


Nutshell.

How Safe are Airport Scanners?

Time Magazine.

On Line Tracking Programs (Defeating)

Courthouse News Service.

The role of internet service providers in cyber security.


From the NYTimes.


Feds Poised to Launch Program.

Airline Employment Data by Month

Where else can you get this view.?

Privacy Act and Airmen Certificates, Amendment

Intent to Amend.

via Schneier.com

See His Blog for November 8, 2010 about the face mask customs clearance story, and if you cannot find it, look at the link below.


In Case You Missed It, exceedingly strange.

Private Aviation Checkpoint Evasion

For the Rich.

Flier Patience Wears Thin

at Checkpoints.

Certain Toner, Ink Cartridges

Restrictions.


Enhanced Security.

Fist Fight!

When it's between pilots, in the same cockpit, you get an audience.

DHS Budget

CRS.

DOT update, Long Tarmac Delays

AirConsumer Report.


November 2010.

DOT 196-10
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Contact: Bill Mosley
Tel: (202) 366-4570

Long Tarmac Delays in September Down From Last Year

The nation’s largest airlines reported four flights in September with tarmac delays of more than three hours, down from six flights in September 2009, with only a slight increase in the rate of canceled flights, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).

Data filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) showed the only tarmac delays longer than three hours reported in September by the 18 airlines that file on-time performance data with DOT involved delays caused by weather in New York and Philadelphia on Sept. 22. September was the fifth full month of data since the new aviation consumer rule went into effect on April 29. There have been only 12 total tarmac delays of more than three hours reported from May through September this year, compared to 535 during the same five-month period of 2009. BTS is a part of DOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA).

The largest carriers canceled 0.9 percent of their scheduled domestic flights in September, up from the 0.6 percent cancellation rate of September 2009. They posted a 1.0 percent cancellation rate in August 2010.

The new tarmac delay rule prohibits U.S. airlines operating domestic flights from permitting an aircraft to remain on the tarmac for more than three hours without deplaning passengers, with exceptions allowed only for safety or security or if air traffic control advises the pilot in command that returning to the terminal would disrupt airport operations. The Department will investigate tarmac delays that exceed this limit.

The monthly report also includes data on on-time performance, chronically delayed flights, flight cancellations and the causes of flight delays filed with the Department by the reporting carriers. In addition, it has information on airline bumping, reports of mishandled baggage filed by consumers with the carriers, and consumer service, disability and discrimination complaints received by DOT’s Aviation Consumer Protection Division. This report also includes reports of incidents involving pets traveling by air, as required to be filed by U.S. carriers.

On-Time Performance

The reporting carriers recorded an overall on-time arrival rate of 85.1 percent in September, down from the 86.2 percent on-time rate of September 2009 but up from August 2010’s 81.7 percent.

Tarmac Delays

In September, the carriers filing on-time performance data reported that .0600 percent of their scheduled flights had tarmac delays of two hours or more, up from .0400 percent in August. There were four flights with tarmac delays of more than three hours in September.

Chronically Delayed Flights

At the end of September, there was only one flight that was chronically delayed – more than 30 minutes late more than 50 percent of the time – for two consecutive months. There were no chronically delayed flights for three consecutive months or more. A list of flights that were chronically delayed for a single month is available from BTS (www.bts.gov).

Causes of Flight Delays

In September, the carriers filing on-time performance data reported that 4.81 percent of their flights were delayed by aviation system delays, compared to 5.07 percent in August; 4.60 percent by late-arriving aircraft, compared to 6.42 percent in August, 3.99 percent by factors within the airline’s control, such as maintenance or crew problems, compared to 5.16 percent in August; 0.41 percent by extreme weather, compared to 0.46 percent in August; and 0.02 percent for security reasons, compared to 0.04 percent in August. Weather is a factor in both the extreme-weather category and the aviation-system category. This includes delays due to the re-routing of flights by DOT’s Federal Aviation Administration in consultation with the carriers involved. Weather is also a factor in delays attributed to late-arriving aircraft, although airlines do not report specific causes in that category.

Data collected by BTS also show the percentage of late flights delayed by weather, including those reported in either the category of extreme weather or included in National Aviation System delays. In September, 34.53 percent of late flights were delayed by weather, down 0.17 percent from September 2009, when 34.59 percent of late flights were delayed by weather, and down 1.54 percent from August when 35.07 percent of late flights were delayed by weather.

Detailed information on flight delays and their causes is available on the BTS site on the World Wide Web at BTS.

Mishandled Baggage

The U.S. carriers reporting flight delays and mishandled baggage data posted a mishandled baggage rate of 2.89 reports per 1,000 passengers in September, an improvement over both September 2009’s rate of 3.06 and August 2010’s 3.50 rate. For the first nine months of this year, the carriers posted a mishandled baggage rate of 3.59 reports per 1,000 passengers, down from the 4.02 rate recorded during the first nine months of 2009.

Bumping

The report also includes reports of involuntary denied boarding, or bumping, for the third quarter and first nine months of this year from U.S. carriers who also report flight delay information. These carriers posted a bumping rate of 0.87 per 10,000 passengers for the quarter, down from the 1.01 rate for the third quarter of 2009. For the first nine months of this year, the carriers had a bumping rate of 1.19 per 10,000 passengers, down from the rate of 1.26 rate posted during the first nine months of 2009.


Incidents Involving Pets

In September, carriers reported four incidents involving the loss, death or injury of pets while traveling by air, equal to the four reports filed in September 2009, but up from the one in August 2010. September’s incidents involved the death of three pets and the injury of one pet.

Complaints About Airline Service

In September, the Department received 755 complaints about airline service from consumers, up 25.2 percent from the 603 complaints filed in September 2009 but down 37.1 percent from the 1,200 received in August 2010. For the first nine months of this year, the Department received 8,811 consumer complaints, up 32.0 percent from the total of 6,676 filed during the first nine months of 2009.

Complaints About Treatment of Disabled Passengers

The report also contains a tabulation of complaints filed with DOT in September against airlines regarding the treatment of passengers with disabilities. The Department received a total of 41 disability-related complaints in September, up from the total of 28 filed in September 2009 but down from the 71 complaints received in August 2010. For the first nine months of this year, the Department received 440 disability-related complaints, up 13.7 percent from the total of 387 filed during the first nine months of 2009.

Complaints About Discrimination

In September, the Department received 10 complaints alleging discrimination by airlines due to factors other than disability – such as race, religion, national origin or sex – down from both the total of 11 recorded in September 2009 and 17 recorded in August 2010. For the first nine months of this year, the Department received 111 complaints about discrimination, up 12.1 percent from the total of 99 filed during the first nine months of 2009.


Consumers may file their complaints in writing with the Aviation Consumer Protection Division, U.S. Department of Transportation, C-75, W96-432, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20590; by voice mail at (202) 366-2220 or by TTY at (202) 366-0511; or on the web at AirConsumer.

Consumers who want on-time performance data for specific flights should call their airline’s reservation number or their travel agent. This information is available on the computerized reservation systems used by these agents. The information is also available on the appropriate carrier’s website.




Facts

AIR TRAVEL CONSUMER REPORT
September 2010

KEY ON-TIME PERFORMANCE AND FLIGHT CANCELLATION STATISTICS
Based on Data Filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics
by the 18 Reporting Carriers

Overall

85.1 percent on-time arrivals

Highest On-Time Arrival Rates

Hawaiian Airlines – 95.8 percent

AirTran Airways – 90.7 percent

Alaska Airlines – 90.5 percent



Lowest On-Time Arrival Rates

Comair – 78.2 percent

JetBlue Airways – 78.8 percent

Delta Air Lines – 81.5 percent



Flights with Longest Tarmac Delays

Southwest Airlines flight 337 from Philadelphia to St. Louis, 9/22/10 – delayed on tarmac 199 minutes

US Airways flight 373 from New York JFK to Charlotte, 9/22/10 – delayed on tarmac 197 minutes

Pinnacle Airlines flight 3968 from New York JFK to Chicago O’Hare, 9/22/10 – delayed on tarmac 185 minutes

Delta Air Lines flight 2189 from Philadelphia to Detroit, 9/22/10 – delayed on tarmac 183 minutes



(There were only four flights with tarmac delays of more than three hours in September)

Highest Rates of Canceled Flights

Comair – 2.0 percent

Pinnacle Airlines – 2.0 percent

American Eagle Airlines – 1.7 percent



Lowest Rates of Canceled Flights

Hawaiian Airlines – 0.0 percent*

Frontier Airlines – 0.2 percent

AirTran Airways – 0.2 percent



*Hawaiian Airlines had two canceled flights in September.

-END-




--------------------------------------------------------------------------------




U.S. Department of Transportation · 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE · Washington DC 20590 · 202-385-HELP (4357)

Security Theater

via Schneier, reproduced here in case his post spools past view, for track back purposes.

Here's an excerpt, I'm not kidding, this stuff is hilarious:


"I pointed out to the security officer that 50 percent of the American population has no balls (90 percent in Washington, D.C., where I live), so what is going to happen when the pat-down officer meets no resistance in the crotchal area of women? 'If there's no resistance, then there's nothing there.'

"But what about people who hide weapons in their cavities? I asked. I actually said 'vagina' again, just to see him blush. 'We're just not going there,' he reiterated."


Really, read it. And as usual, thanks to Schneier.

Schneier's Post

Must read blog post from November 8, 2010.

Mobil Travel Guides

Books are better.

Sikhs call turban screenings unjust

Published: November 6, 2010
Three advocacy and civil rights organizations have said that transportation officials plan to always search turbans, even if wearers pass through body imaging scanners.

Turban.

British Air Employee Arrested on Terror Charges Earlier This Year linked to al Qaeda

see WSJ,p.A8, Saturday edition, November 6-7, 2010, not available online. Interesting.


Chronology of the Cartridge Bomb Plot, Generally.

BTS

DOT 194-10

Airline On-Time Reporting Directive for 2011

Friday, November 5, 2010 - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today issued the annual directive detailing the requirements for the reporting of airline on-time data for 2011.

The directive includes the list of 29 airports with 1 percent of the nation's total domestic scheduled-service passenger enplanements for the 12-month period ended March 31, 2010 for which monthly on-time reports are required. Although all reporting airlines voluntarily report on all domestic airports they serve, these 29 airports are listed in the detailed airport tables of the Department’s Air Travel Consumer Report and on BTS’ major airport on-time rankings.


For 2011, BTS will receive reports from 16 airlines, 15 that are required to report and one, ExpressJet Airlines, that will report voluntarily. Comair will no longer be required to report and Pinnacle Airlines will cease reporting voluntarily. Airlines with revenue of more than 1 percent of scheduled-service domestic passenger revenue for the 12 months ended March 31, 2010 are required to report. For the complete list of carriers required to report data in 2011 and the airports for which reports are required:

Contact: Dave Smallen: 202-366-5568.








Required Info.

Global Entry

The Trusted Traveler Program run by U.S. customs and Border Protection.

There's an app for that

ITA Software.

Lets you search multiple airlines using a number of filters. . .but you have to book through the airline's website. . .

for the iphone.

American Pilots in Revolt

Against TSA.

DHS exempt from Privacy Act

You have NONE.

Arizona

Immigrants and state secrets and national security.

EPIC

The Challenge to Whole Body Scanners.

Biometrics

September 2010.

Nuc'ler

Art.

What will make it when we are gone.?

Book by William Langewiesche, Atomic Bazaar.

Nuc'ler Commerce.

NewBook.