he spoke with the associated press on saturday saying that he wants airlines in the u.s. to stress test their summer schedules. he wants to ensure that airlines can operate all their plan flights this summer with existing staff and hire additional customer service workers. pete buttigieg says the transportation department could impose fines on airlines that fall short of consumer protection standards. the transportation secretary s actions come in response of growing complaints from travelers. when we checked in the ticket agent had said that almost all of the flights were delayed or canceling today. so i was just glad that at least ours wasn t canceled completely but now we won t get home until 1:00 a.m. one or two things, renting a car, driving 7 and a half hours to charleston or spending the night in a hotel. airlines blame the
protection standards the transportation secretary s actions, in response to growing complaints from travelers. when we checked in the ticket agent had said almost all the flights were delayed or canceled. now we won t get home until 1:0. we were wanting a car and driving a halfhearted charleston were spending the night in a hotel. airlines blame the cancellation delays on a variety of factors that include severe weather in certain parts of the country and staff shortages due to covid infections, now that the federal government is increasing pressure on airlines there is concern that some airlines may actually cut back on summer flights to ensure the flights that they keep arrive on time. secretary boody judge says he wants to wait and see how well the airlines do during the summer travel months,
carrier. you must notify the carrier. that s federal law. so, that s interesting. yeah. you can transport are you supposed to be asked if you have anything i don t recall i think it s mostly because i take carryon luggage but i do travel a lot. when you re checking luggage, are you always asked if you have any firearms? is that something a gate agent has to ask you when you re checking your luggage? well, the onus is really on the person carrying the firearm. but often, the ticket agent does ask, do you have any hazardous materials, chemicals, firearms? they often ask. but they re not required to ask. you re required to notify them, because you re the one transporting the firearm. if you put it in the checked baggage, this is how we used to bust gun traffickers all the time. we follow them to an airport, they had a briefcase full of guns, you know, a dozen handguns in the briefcase, flying from one city to another to traffic the guns. we follow them in the airport. we had
uniform police around, more cameras and of course ticket agents and once you go through the security checkpoint, you re going past tsa, being searched, they re observing you, talking to you, checking your i.d., so it s much more secure. so, if it s past a security checkpoint, you know, that s much more of a problem. so let s take a look at this step-by-step. let s say this happened at the initial area where you are checking your luggage and the like. that one wouldn t so much bother you because rules are that one can put a gun into a suitcase, though goodness, it can t be loaded but then how would they even check that? right. of course, it s supposed to be unloaded, and you can transport a firearm in checked baggage if you notify the carrier that you re going to do it. you have to you must notify the ticket agent and then your bag is marked, you know, they ll check it, and you can do it unloaded but you can t do it unloaded as a mystery to the