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TSA to allow small knives, bats, clubs on planes

WASHINGTON - Airline passengers will be able to carry small knives, souvenir baseball bats...a gradual easing of some of the security measures applied to airline passengers after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. In 2005, the...

http://juneauempire.com/joan-lowy/2013-03-06/tsa-allow-small-knives-bats-clubs-p
Banning assault weapons to counter the real threat of terrorism

...America. On the same day that the British government made arrests in that case, our government began prohibiting airline passengers from carrying any liquids past airport security checkpoints. Those restrictions have been relaxed some, but the...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-01-09/banning-assault-weapons-counter-real-
Opinion
Airline passenger charged with disorderly conduct

ANCHORAGE - A Colorado hockey referee charged with making a joke that shut down the main terminal at Alaska's largest airport has been released from jail, but not without facing criticism from an airport manager who says a teenager would know better than to joke about a bomb in a bag.Bail was set at $1,500 Sunday for Peter Friesema of Highlands Ranch, who is charged with disorderly conduct. The Anchorage Daily News reports Magistrate Catherine Rogers at arraignment ordered Friesema, 44, to stay in Alaska.

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-10-16/airline-passenger-charged-disorderly-co
State
TSA flouts the law on body scanners

...Enterprise Institute filed an amicus brief supporting EPIC's petition, along with the National Association of Airline Passengers, Electronic Frontier Foundation and six other organizations.This rulemaking is the only way to determine whether...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-08-06/tsa-flouts-law-body-scanners
Opinion
Frequent-flier programs: are they worth it?

...Alright, fine. But good luck redeeming them. A recent industry survey showed that on some of the stingier airlines, passengers were only able to find award tickets on one in every four flights they wanted.

http://juneauempire.com/samantha-bomkamp/2011-07-14/frequent-flier-programs-are-
Good news in JEDC's 2011 economic report

...increasing, which could lead to additional berths in the future.Other visitation methods are doing well, with Alaska Airlines passenger numbers going up 3.9 percent in 2010 with a projected rise of another 3 percent for the first half of 2011. Other...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-09-25/good-news-jedcs-2011-economic-report
Local
JIA adds $140M to city's 2009 GDP

...benefits to job holders that year.The airport also generated $139 million in total aviation expenditures in 2009. Airline passengers spent an estimated $118.6 million - the estimate does not include money passengers spent while in Juneau, baggage...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-11-03/jia-adds-140m-citys-2009-gdp
Local
Murkowski faults Obama aviation fee

...only apply to those filing instrument flight plans.The Obama administration plan said the current system means airline passenger taxes currently dramatically subsidize corporate jet owners. If its plan were to be adopted, it said, total charges...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-11-30/murkowski-faults-obama-aviation-fee
Local
Alaskans push for changes in TSA screening

...message out that it's listening to suggestions but she will not be satisfied until officers are no longer groping airline passengers, including children. "It's a paradigm shift that has gone on here, where suddenly it's all right to teach...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-06-01/alaskans-push-changes-tsa-screening
State
Suit targets air-traveler screening

...ANCHORAGE - Two Anchorage travel agencies and other Alaska plaintiffs filed a federal lawsuit Monday seeking review of an airline passenger screening system they say the government is developing in secret. Plaintiffs are seeking to force the U.S. Transportation...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/052504/sta_screening.shtml
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