Month: January 2010

Recently I was traveling back to the United States on a business trip from Europe via Heathrow airport in the United Kingdom. The British Government is now charging a tax of about 75 US dollars for each passenger going onto an airplane. “What’s this for?“ I asked the ticket agent. “Is it for airport security?” “No. She replied.” Global Warming.” She placed her hands with her palms up and gently shrugged with a disgusting look. She was also as dismayed as I was. Apparently the Brits have decided that Global Warming is a big issue and that they are jumping…

Obama takes the blame but I did not see him taking a commercial flight   On my recent trip back from Toronto Canada on Saturday Jan 9th, security was increased but not to the extent that I thought it would be. First, they only allow you to have one bag brought on board a plane.  That means that  every woman was stuffing their purses into the handbags before walking into the security check area. After the initial normal  security check where your carry on goes through the X-ray machine while you go through the metal scanner,  passengers going to the…