RegisteredTraveler: January 2011

Egypt and thereabouts

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U.S. citizens and their immediate family members can go to the Cairo airport and proceed to HAJ Terminal 4 to board a U.S. government chartered plane out of Egypt. If U.S. citizens have their passports, they can go straight to the airport without calling ahead. For those who don't have the proper documents on them, they can seek help by writing to EgyptEmergencyUSC@state.gov or by calling 1-202-501-4444.

Dept of State advisory to Americans in Egypt.

Suez.

Voice to Text social media defeats censorship in Egypt.

Evacuating Canadians from Egypt.

Well, now. . .if the internet is down, how are you gonna tell them.?

Yemen as a failed state.

Egypt as a Failed State (courtesy of cryptome.org).

Congressional Rsearch Service Report, Egypt. (courtesy of the Federation of American Scientists)

Political Risk Map.

Chaos in Cairo.

Ten Best

Companies to Work For. (because if you are reading this blog, you are likely to be unemployed or bored or both, and everyone wants interesting work and interesting colleagues; also, because there's not one government agency among them, nor any airline)(but the 4 seasons IS)

Truth Tunnel

The Truth Tunnel.

Security Tech.

Cost-Benefit of Full body Scanners

Cost effectiveness of TSA Screening. Hat tip to Bruce Schneier, in case you missed it on his blog.

Santa Monica

The Beatles Knew It. (via courthousenews)

Bedbugs are Evolving

Pesticide Resistance.

Crew Resource Management

More Wasted Money.

CRS

Posting Classified Material.

Cantor Fitzgerald v American Airlines

Claim barred.

Alliances

Miss Connect

WSJ, Plan B.

Air Cargo

Update from Federal Register (finally) dated Jan 25, 2011.

Holes.

Still nothing in the Federal Register, see above, as of Jan 25, 2011.

More.

Oil Transit Choke Points

A good book on this subject is The Colombo Bay.

Birds of a Feather

Attracting a Safety Hazard, via courthousenews.

Frontline on PBS

First show (concerning TSA's role in security) not so spectacular, maybe future shows will be more compelling.

Please turn off your electronic devices,now

Sure.

Codeshare Disclosure Requirements

From the DOT.

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Eagle Eye

See Schneier's Post today regarding movie plot idea, I think a version of this has been made, it's called Eagle Eye.

Friday, January 14, 2011

Release of the Lockerbie Bomber

Justice Undone.

EPIC loses

Fight For Images. (via courthousenews)

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Mike Boyd of Aviation Planning

Predictions for the coming year.

NPR

Brian Naylor reports on the possibility of private security screeners.

New Scanner

Testing.

The Economist

Take it up with the Man Upstairs.

Airline Mergers

SWA & AirTran.

Gambling In Flight

Hey, it's a revenue stream, ok.?

Excerpt:

". . .the crash of Swiss Air Flight 111 and the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) presents new challenges to in-flight gaming. While the Swiss Air accident seems like an unfortunate tragedy, one of the underlying causes for its demise led investigators to a faulty in-flight entertainment system that delivered gambling activities to its passengers. Moreover, the UIGEA requires the U. S. banking system to implement safeguards that prevent American citizens from participating in legal foreign gambling sites, which may be accessible while on an international flight."