Daily Roundup--November 23, 2011
November 23, 2011
Frank@OBOW in Daily Roundup

Delta is dropping quite a few of its international routes. At the same time, it’s increasing some its domestic ones.

 

I’m not a big fan of USAir. In the past I’ve had mostly horrible service from that airline and I do my best to avoid it. So, when I here stories like this one, I’m not surprised.

 

Senator Susan Collins of Maine told TSA head honcho John Pistole that she is upset he decided not to go forward with a promised independent study  of backscatter x-ray scanners and would rely on his own Inspector General’s report. She also noted that the EU has banned this type of machine due to their concerns regarding radiation.

 

The Canadians are coming!!  The Canadians are coming!!!  Canadian airline Westjet has won 8 takeoff and landings slots each at NY’s Laguardia Airport. JetBlue got the other eight.

 

L.L. Bean is having a 10% off sale on everything through Monday.

 

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in the U.S. of A. Daily Roundup is taking some time off and will resume next week. Of course, if there is anything of major travel news value, we’ll let you know. In the meantime, we’re going to try to catch up on some long overdue gear reviews. Gobble. Gobble.

 

 

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