Flights on Denver-based Frontier Airlines may soon resemble the inside of a sports bar now that the Colorado Rockies have made it to the World Series.
Airline officials just announced that they are negotiating with DirecTV for permission to show the World Series on its flights following the Rockies sweep of Arizona last night.
Frontier Airlines currently offers satellite TV on flights, but its contract does not include Fox, so it is negotiating with DirecTV to get permission to show the World Series. To do so the airline also needs to make sure it has the rights to air live television.
If you are holding reservations on JetBlue during the World Series—good news! The carrier says it will offer the games free of charge to passengers through its current DirecTV contract.
Sports fans aren’t the only ones celebrating today.
Airline passengers who wear bulky headwear, such as turbans, will no longer have to remove them at airport screening areas if doing so makes them uncomfortable.
According to the Transportation Security Administration, a revised guideline that goes into effect next week gives TSA agents a new option to pat down headwear at the metal detector if a passenger does not want to remove it for personal reasons.
Currently, travelers wearing large headwear are subjected to secondary screening at security checkpoints if they refuse to remove their head coverings (cowboy hats, berets, turbans, etc.) The screenings include a pat-down search of the head covering, if the screener finds it necessary.
The rule has longed outraged some religious organizations that classified the security practice as a form of racial profiling. According to the New York-based Sikh Coalition, in the Sikh religion, the turban is considered private, and removing a turban would be like removing a woman’s blouse.
The federal policy that requires screeners to search turbans if they do not clear a metal detector has been in effect since 2001. But it appears groups like the Sikh Coalition finally got through to TSA officials. Beginning October 27th passengers wearing bulky headwear will be subjected to a regular mix of screening, such as pat-downs, X-rays and portal machines that check for explosives. And only if the item cannot be ruled out as a potential threat will a security agent request that the passenger remove it in a private screening area.
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