Archive for October 17, 2007

BRATS Board Votes to Hold Holiday Party, Nix Nominating Committee

At the October Meeting, the Board voted to hold the Annual BRATS Holiday Party on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at the regular monthly meeting. The Board also voted that BRATS elections will be held at the January meeting; current officers are automatically up for re-election, and additional nominations may be made from the floor… Plan to join us on December 18 (remember to bring your family) and on January 15.

St. Louis expands Wi-Fi options

“Passengers at St. Louis Lambert International can now use Wi-Fi, available at ‘a majority of areas’ in its terminals and concourses, the airport says. The cost is typically $7.95 a day, but may vary depending on whether users have separate Wi-Fi subscription accounts and what they charge.”

http://blogs.usatoday.com/sky/2007/10/airport-chec-11.html

Weird goes the extra mile

Full monty screening
Most folks slip off their jackets and shoes at airport security checkpoints. A passenger at the Minneapolis airport took the dressing-down a step further. Police said a screener was waving a metal-detecting wand over the man’s pants in July when he dropped trou to reveal he wasn’t wearing underwear. “There, how do you like your job?” he said, according to a police report. He later pleaded guilty to indecent exposure and paid a $163 fine. “We needed to take some action on that,” airport police Lt. Matt Christenson told the Associated Press. “Otherwise, everybody would be dropping their pants.”

Punching out
Seeing a passenger apparently deep in slumber as a train rolled toward York, England, a conductor discreetly stamped and returned the man’s ticket. When the train arrived at the station, the rider couldn’t be budged, and paramedics were summoned. “It turned out that the passenger had expired long before his ticket ever did,” said a report in the British Transport Police’s magazine.

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2004-11-25-weird-travel_x.htm

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