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Florida Air Travel Guide

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Florida Air Travel: Airport Safety & Security
After the World Trade Center attacks, air travel changed forever. Long lines, luggage security checks and pat-downs have become a way of life for passengers. Unfortunately, airport security nightmares still happen, including stories of passengers turned away from flights because illness has changed their appearance. Here are links to help you prepare for airport security and keep you safe while traveling.

Airport Safety

Top 10 Airline Safety Tips

Travel Tips for a Safe Air Travel Trip - You've packed your luggage and planned your flight itinerary. However, because air travel is constantly changing it's important to consider elements of travel that don't necessarily mean more items placed in a suitcase, or charged to a credit card.

Airport Security

Airport Security Video from the Transportation Security Administration.

Am I wearing the right shoes? - Tips on what shoes are suspect and why you might have to remove them.

How to Prepare for Airport Security Screening - Keep these tips in mind to make going through Security less stressful.

Future Technology

Biometrics - In what would have seemed like a science fiction movie only a few decades ago, companies are developing and testing finger and palm print identification and iris identification that may be used in future airport security.

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