Leave Your Baggage at Home

Via Debbie Schlussel:

My friend Miriam Bedein traveled to Britain early in April. She arrived on British Air from Israel, and as she arrived at the baggage claim, she observed that there were no porters at the site.

She asked what was happening of the gentleman who was taking her to the baggage carousel, and he said "Ooh, the porters are Muslim and they will not handle any luggage coming from Israel" (In Britain, the porters take the luggage off the carousels and take them to your cab, etc.) While it was not his job, the gentleman was kind enough to get her luggage for her.

Schlussel's solution? Trolleys? Luggage with wheels? No.

DON'T GO TO BRITAIN.

It's essentially a Muslim Nation--Dar Al-Islam. Let them have halal bangers and mash all they want, but not our dollars. This situation is in place, because--as with all things--the Brits kowtow to Islam and have allowed this intolerable behavior.

I'm a little wary of the story however reading the comments on Debbie's post does suggest we'll be hearing more about this.

What I do know, is any airport which has Muslims working in airside areas, e.g. baggage handling, or (geez louise) security and customs, will not ever be protected from Islamists. Sure the hard-working peace-loving Muslims we keep hearing about will be upset about that, but I'm sorry. I'm not suggesting they don't deserve jobs. They do. However there are plenty of taxis, convenience stores, mail-routes and other jobs for unskilled workers, which don't increase the risk to one of the most prominent terrorist targets: Aviation.

Good Customer Service Makes Traveling Suck a Little Less

Flying across country? I highly recommend Frontier Airlines. The customer service is excellent and the hub--Denver--is not bad. I'm sitting here having a beer (or two) to cause enough grogginess to sleep on the flight into Philly.

The planes are all comfortable and clean, Direct TV on the back of every seat for the fair price of $5 and they've been good about leaving and arriving on time.

I may be jumping the gun since I'm not home yet but I've flown them several times and have nothing but good words. Traveling blows, yet it blows a bit less when the people actually act like they want to be there.

A Note

As I mentioned, on the road this week and blogging is secondary. Although I love San Diego, it'll be good to fly east today. Regular blogging to resume once I get back into the routine.