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E L L I O T T' S TRAVEL NOTES
Travel news, opinion and analysis

February 6, 2004

TSA: Please Delete Testimony
The Transportation Security Administration has requested that two pages of public, unclassified congressional testimony on airport security from a hearing last November be expunged from media archives. The Federal Document Clearing House (FDCH), which provides transcripts of congressional hearings to news organizations and other subscribers, agreed to delete the testimony, in which a government contractor described security problems at the Rochester, N.Y., airport, at the request of the TSA general counsel. "Somebody called and told us to take it down and we did it," said FDCH president Tony O'Brien. CQ | Posted 7:15 p.m.
-- CNS: TSA touts "successful" armed pilot program
-- Times: Rejected for guns, pilots criticize test

• One of the worst ideas in recent memory is to arm pilots. Trust me, it's a disaster waiting to happen. Send us your comments.

NY Drivers Ignore Cell Phone Ban
New York drivers hung up their cell phones for a while when the state banned them three years ago, but are back to using handheld models at nearly the same rate they were before the ban, a study shows. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety attributed the behavior mostly on a lack of publicity, a possible warning to the other states and cities considering similar bans. "If you look at the experiences with other laws in highway safety like seat belt and drunk driving laws, what seems to make a difference in the long-term is publicized enforcement," said the institute's Anne McCartt, the study's lead author. AP | Posted 7:15 p.m.
-- Reuters: Drivers ignore cell phone rules

Delta Singing a Different Tune
Delta Air Lines is scaling back plans for Song, its low-fare airline, as it conducts a complete review of its operational structure, company officials said yesterday. In an interview, Song's president, John Selvaggio, insisted the year-old airline can play a key role as Delta battles other low-fare airlines, like Southwest and JetBlue, for passengers on the Eastern seaboard and elsewhere in the country. However, the airline is studying the future of Song under an extensive re-evaluation of its operations that was ordered by its new chief executive, Gerald Grinstein, who assumed his job on Jan. 1. New York Times | Posted 7:20 p.m..
<-- Forbes: Will Song rock JetBlue?

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• And finally ... if you live in Los Angeles, come by and see me at the Los Angeles Times Travel Show tomorrow. And by the way, I'm posting today's blog a few hours early because I'll be on the road, flying from Fort Lauderdale to Long Beach. Posted 7:30 p.m.| Send us your comments.

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