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Yeah this airline is leading the way of stupidity. $100 a bag for carry on if you don’t pay ahead? It’s already $45 if you carry something, and it’ll be $50 towards the end of the year. The only way this can all make sense is if they give their flights away for free and then charge you for each amenity. When this knowledge gets to the forefront – which they’re not promoting, why would anyone fly this airline? Ridiculous. My cousin recently flew this airline and although the prices are fairly decent when booking ahead, he added $100 to the price just for carrying something. He also remarked that his seat assignment also costed extra. (CNN – Spirit)
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This isn’t a 9/11 blog, but since it just passed and it’s been a decade, this write up about TSA being ineffective is a long time coming. But who will listen? The things quoted and mentioned are serious problems but will anything get done soon? Yes, they haven’t caught a single threat, they haven’t caught a clue, they miss most test bombs, and they steal and even grope. The funniest mention is by Chairman of the House Transportation Committee John Mica, “Everything they have done has been reactive.  They take shoes off because of [shoe-bomber] Richard Reid, passengers are patted down because of the diaper bomber, and you can’t pack liquids because the British uncovered a plot using liquids.” How much money is going their way and how many employees did they hire just to show force without substance? Too much and too many. Yet, will anything change soon? (humanevents – tsa)
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