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HOUSTON, TX - A Houston area woman is furious with the TSA after forgetting to unpack her firearm from her purse. A Glock 9 was confiscated along with 2 boxes of 9MM ammunition. Reportedly, she is mostly just mad about the ammo being taken.

Woman irritated TSA confiscated her ammo; could care less about the Glock getting taken too

by Lee BallouAugust 8, 2022August 4, 2022

DALLAS, TX - American Airlines' Chief Operating Officer David Seymour was recently asked why American Airlines was last in customer satisfaction and what the airline was doing about it. The answer was refreshingly honest.

American Airlines On Why We’re Last In Customer Satisfaction: TBH, We Just Don’t Care…

by Lee BallouAugust 5, 2022August 5, 2022

LOS ANGELES, CA - Sidney Matterson is seriously irritated that her luggage was lost on a recent United Airlines flight to Los Angeles. In a last-ditch effort to spur United Airlines into action, she tried tagging a "famous" travel blogger on Twitter to see if that would work. It didn't.

The Travel Blogger

Traveler tags “famous” travel blogger on Twitter hoping they can help resolve lost luggage issue

by Lee BallouAugust 4, 2022July 10, 2022

CHICAGO, IL - After receiving a brutal first Net Promoter Score from United Airlines flight attendants, leadership at the beleaguered airline unveiled a new plan to get their numbers to a respectable -65%

United’s leadership unveils plan to get flight attendant NPS back to negative 65%

by Lee BallouAugust 3, 2022August 3, 2022

LOS ANGELES, CA - In the wake of a return to mostly-normal travel, the number of travel brouhahas has dramatically declined. Now, travel bloggers desperately craving more traffic have assembled in a conference designed to learn how to write better clickbait headlines.

The Travel Blogger

Travel bloggers gather in conference to learn how to write better clickbait headlines, drive more traffic

by Lee BallouAugust 1, 2022July 9, 2022

PHOENIX, AZ - Nichelle Jenson, a 19-year-old college student tweeted her enthusiasm about #adulting the other day after signing up for a Southwest Airlines credit card at the Phoenix Airport.

College student pretty satisfied with herself after signing up for credit card at airport

by Lee BallouJuly 29, 2022July 2, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC - As the pilot shortage reaches new highs, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is considering raising the retirement age to unheard-of levels in a bid to take the pressure off a demoralized workforce.

Proposed: Retirement age for pilots raised to 103 as pilot shortage continues

by Lee BallouJuly 27, 2022July 26, 2022

HOLLYWOOD, CA - Virtue signaling and outrage reached new levels this week when a survey revealed the real reason so many celebrities want federal mask mandates to continue is because it's so much harder now to travel anonymously.

Survey reveals most celebs are just ticked at mask mandate removals because they can’t travel anonymously anymore

by Lee BallouJuly 26, 2022July 26, 2022

TUCSON, AZ - Frank Jefferson was surprised when he was hauled off a recent Southwest Airlines flight out of Tucson. After all, he was just sharing his top love language with an attractive flight attendant.

Passenger shares his love language with nonplussed flight attendant

by Lee BallouJuly 20, 2022June 5, 2022

NEW YORK, NY - JetBlue Flight Attendant Stephen R. Martin shared his disappointment over not being screamed at on a recent flight from San Diego to New York. Since the mask mandate has been removed, it hasn't happened even once, and frankly, Martin has kind of started to miss the abuse.

Flight attendant kinda disappointed no one screams at him during recent flight

by Lee BallouJuly 19, 2022July 5, 2022