Morning Brief – August 12, 2022

graphix: spwilcen DIY advances After self-ticketing and self-schlepping baggage, domestic travelers will welcome the latest air travel innovation. 1 The TSA announced today that by mid-autumn, self-check security lanes will be in operation at most major US airports.  Should travelers experience difficulty with self-check security, fifteen to twenty TSA agents will be idling on-hand at

Air Travel in Retrospect – February 10, 2022

photo: spwilcen Air travel is a trip.1 At the airport you travel incognito2, get a free xray2, explore your pervy side4 share your personal effects5 with a complete stranger, and stand with the rest of the herd until Rowdy Yates yells, “Head’m up!  Moo’m out!”6 Because of nine-eleven.  And before that, because of commercial ingenuity