November 18, 2007
Traveling made easy / hard in US / UK
While the US government is trying to make air travel easier for Thanksgiving, the British government is making travel more difficult, but hopefully safer, by mid 2009.
The US is planning to use military airspace for commercial flights. Since, according to the article, that airspace is unused anyway, I don't see why this should be done more frequently. The article also says something about new technology for air traffic control. I wonder if Thanksgiving is the best time to be trying out new technology though...
In England, the government wants to collect 53 pieces of information from international travelers. They say a test program has already helped them catch 10,000 criminals thanks to the extra information. I'm no detective, but why can't you identify criminals with a name and a birthday or maybe an ID number? Why does it take 53 pieces of information to identify criminals?
Having asked that, if it does take all that information, who are we to complain about the extra expense? I'd rather be safe than thrifty personally.
Posted by James Trotta at November 18, 2007 10:16 AM | TrackBack