May 25 TSA chief: Hundreds of new scanners will help ease long airport lines By Alicia A. Caldwell and Matthew Daly, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The head of the Transportation Security Administration said the agency will add 768 new screeners by mid-June to deal with increasingly long airport security lines. Continue reading
May 24 Watch 5:55 What firing of TSA security chief means for summer travel By PBS News Hour Security wait times at airports across the nation are soaring, leading to criticism of the TSA, which claims that budget cuts have left it understaffed. Now, with the number of airline passengers expected to soon reach all-time highs, embattled TSA… Continue watching
Mar 13 Poll: Are 'ridiculous' airline fees grounding your travel plans? By Andrew Mach The Forbidding Airlines from Imposing Ridiculous Fees Act — yes, that’s really what it’s called — aims to limit the fees airlines can charge for checked baggage, ticket changes and cancellations. Continue reading
Jan 21 Record number of guns seized at U.S. airports in 2015 By Joan Lowy, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Federal officials say a record number of airline passengers were caught last year trying to take guns on planes, and most of the weapons were loaded. Continue reading
Oct 14 Union: Chronic shortage of air traffic controllers a crisis By Joan Lowy, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- A chronic shortage of controllers has reached a crisis that will lead to widespread flight delays if left unchecked, officials for the union that represents air traffic controllers said Tuesday. Continue reading
Sep 01 Consumer panel: Airlines should disclose fees, seat size By Joan Lowy, Associated Press Airlines should clearly disclose the cost of change and cancellation fees, as well as the size of the plane's seats, before a passenger buys a ticket, a federal panel said Tuesday. Continue reading
Jun 21 Hackers disrupt Polish airline's computers, grounding 1,400 By Daniel Costa-Roberts Around 1,400 passengers of the Polish airline LOT were grounded at Warsaw's Frederic Chopin Airport Sunday after a cyber attack temporarily disabled the computer systems that the carrier uses to issue flight plans… Continue reading
Feb 09 Photos: The questionable items TSA finds in people's carry-on bags By Colleen Shalby TSA's Instagram feed is filled with photos of apprehended items you'll be happy made the no-fly list. Continue reading
Dec 29 Indonesia asks for U.S. help in search or missing plane By Associated Press The U.S. Embassy in Jakarta received a diplomatic note from Indonesian officials on Monday asking for assistance finding the plane. State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke says the U.S. is identifying how best to help, but that it will take some… Continue reading
Jul 23 Watch Are tighter rules for crude oil trains chugging along too slowly? By PBS News Hour More than a million barrels of oil travel the country by rail each day. In response to deadly derailments, the Obama administration proposed tougher safety rules for trains carrying oil, sometimes called “pipelines on wheels.” Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx… Continue watching