I am intrigued today by a story from the Associated Press out of Minneapolis about a 9-year-old boy who was able to grab another person's luggage off the baggage carousel, skip out of a lunch bill, get through security, and board a Delta flight to Las Vegas - all unaccompanied. This causes me to query [...]
Tag: Delta Airlines
Delta made me giggle…
Delta has a new safety video. I saw it for the first time on November 1, 2012 when I flew home from Orlando. I love the new video and I think you will too. It is filled with the standard information, but has humorous inserts throughout it which will keep you watching. As far as [...]
Being a good citizen…
I try to always be a good citizen. I do not always succeed at the level I might hope, but as I said - I always try. On the plane flight from Detroit to Minneapolis yesterday I was a good citizen. Wait - I should qualify that by saying, in my estimation I was a [...]
Keeping my day job…
Delta Airlines has informed me that I should allow extra time today to get through airport security at the Syracuse Airport today. After all the trials and tribulations we have faced during this trip, this information gives me pause. Our flight does not depart until close to 1 PM, but you can bet we will be [...]
The pinnacle of an epic fail…
We (Noah and me) are still in Detroit. We arrived here at 11 AM yesterday via a Delta flight and were supposed to fly to Syracuse via Delta's partner - Pinnacle Airlines. It seems that Pinnacle Airlines decided to switch over to a new computer system yesterday - a system that manages things such as routes, [...]
Merry matters…
When I fly, I tend to fly Delta. The choice of Delta is primarily based on access and benefits. Fargo's Hector Airport only has so many carriers; and, while I travel a fair amount, I don't travel enough to reach priority status on more than one airline. Hence, I mostly travel via Delta. I have [...]
The hot wash…
In emergency management a "hot wash" is a short discussion immediately after an exercise's conclusion. The goal is to allow folks to share their immediate impressions of the exercise while they are still fresh in their minds. Here is my hot wash of the IAEM Conference which took place this past week in Vegas. I [...]
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