Bewildered Society » air travel http://www.bewilderedsociety.com fabulously cynical. Wed, 05 Oct 2011 04:56:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 [What could possibly go wrong?] TSA faces new challenge: a fake Twitter account http://www.bewilderedsociety.com/blog/2010/11/tsa-faces-new-challenge-a-fake-twitter-account/ http://www.bewilderedsociety.com/blog/2010/11/tsa-faces-new-challenge-a-fake-twitter-account/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:02:55 +0000 Dave Studinski http://www.bewilderedsociety.com/?p=3378 A parody TSA Twitter account – still relatively fresh – is likely to bring new challenges to Twitter’s privacy policy and what exactly defines “a threat to homeland security.”

Behold the insight of Agent Smith (@TSAgov):

Your privacy is safe with us. We have Agent Grover monitoring the scanner images, and he’s legally blind.

Do you have what it takes to be a TSA agent? Does the Constitution bring the words “everything’s negotiable” to mind?

Your naked pictures are never saved. They’re only copied to what some refer to as the “spank bank.”

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Originally Posted to BewilderedSociety.com]]> http://www.bewilderedsociety.com/blog/2010/11/tsa-faces-new-challenge-a-fake-twitter-account/feed/ 0 [Leftovers] Video: 24 hours of air traffic across the planet http://www.bewilderedsociety.com/blog/2010/04/video-24-hours-of-air-traffic-across-the-planet/ http://www.bewilderedsociety.com/blog/2010/04/video-24-hours-of-air-traffic-across-the-planet/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:15:02 +0000 Dave Studinski http://www.bewilderedsociety.com/?p=3302 Watch as time flies by.

Particularly cool to see the flights spread from Northeast to West as daylight spreads across the U.S.

via HuffPost


Originally Posted to BewilderedSociety.com]]> http://www.bewilderedsociety.com/blog/2010/04/video-24-hours-of-air-traffic-across-the-planet/feed/ 0 [Leftovers] This airline safety video will keep your attention http://www.bewilderedsociety.com/blog/2009/07/this-airline-safety-video-will-keep-your-attention/ http://www.bewilderedsociety.com/blog/2009/07/this-airline-safety-video-will-keep-your-attention/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:13:36 +0000 Dave Studinski http://www.bewilderedsociety.com/?p=2880 The uniforms of the featured flight crew are actually done with body paint … and only body paint. That will keep a few things in the upright and locked position.

[via GlobalPost]


Originally Posted to BewilderedSociety.com]]> http://www.bewilderedsociety.com/blog/2009/07/this-airline-safety-video-will-keep-your-attention/feed/ 0 [What could possibly go wrong?] Ryanair Considering Fat Tax http://www.bewilderedsociety.com/blog/2009/04/ryanair-considering-fat-tax/ http://www.bewilderedsociety.com/blog/2009/04/ryanair-considering-fat-tax/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:38:41 +0000 Matt Duncan http://www.bewilderedsociety.com/?p=2688 Just when you thought airline fees couldn’t get any worse, if you’re overweight (I’m looking at you America) and plan to fly Ryanair you may soon be paying even more.

Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, today (22 Apr) announced that it will now consider how to charge a ‘fat tax’ after more than 30,000 passengers voted in favour of charging excess weight fees for very large passengers in an online vote over the past two weeks.

They are now asking passengers to vote once again on how best to implement such a charge.

1. Charge per kg over 130kg/20 stone (male) and 100kg/15 stone (female);
2. Charge per inch for every waist inch over 45 inch (male) and 40 inch (female);
3. Charge for every point in excess of 40 points on the Body Mass Index (+30 points is obese);
4. Charge for a second seat if passengers’ waist touches both armrests simultaneously.

Although this is more than likely just a big PR campaign, it would be interesting to see how they plan on fining passengers as they board.

Via Ryanair.com


Originally Posted to BewilderedSociety.com]]> http://www.bewilderedsociety.com/blog/2009/04/ryanair-considering-fat-tax/feed/ 0 [Why we can't have nice things] CNN’s lesson in physics http://www.bewilderedsociety.com/blog/2009/03/cnns-lesson-in-physics/ http://www.bewilderedsociety.com/blog/2009/03/cnns-lesson-in-physics/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:57:58 +0000 Dave Studinski http://www.bewilderedsociety.com/?p=2563 Anything relating to objects dropping and the topic of airplanes should not be used in the same sentence, or headline:

The article discusses the grim forecast for U.S. airlines, clarifying things with the following statistic:


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