What began in January as a casual conversation between NBA star Stephen Curry and a Howard University junior has transcended into a milestone for the historically black college.
“You can almost smell the patriotism.”
“Let’s greet them with a massive protest to let them know what we think about their disastrous new healthcare bill.”
New security checkpoints will put the main hall out of the reach of the general public and a brand new concourse will replace the dreaded Gate 35X.
Tonight, at 11 p.m.
National isn’t the only airport serving the metropolitan area which is undergoing an expansion in the amount of services it offers to passengers.
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority is expected to name former Postmaster General John (Jack) Potter as its new leader. Sounds like a good choice — as we all know, along with being a postmaster, Potter was also a general. And the job of a general is to by god get things done. (Feel free to start with that whole Dulles Rail thing, sir.)
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority announced today that passengers can now access free wireless internet at both National and Dulles — the first time since networks were installed at the airports in 2007 that the service will be free for everyone, regardless of whether or not they have a subscription to a major wireless carrier.
Of all the things required to operate an airport safely and efficiency, a competent air traffic controller ranks right up there with a high concentration of Cinnabons inside each terminal. (After all, when you’re charging so much for checked luggage, it’s vital that irate passengers be satiated with melty frosting and cinnamon, lest an uprising take place.) But having someone to tell pilots when and where they can land planes is very important indeed. That’s why Reagan National Airport will install a second controller during overnight hours, after the first one apparently went missing from the post early Wednesday morning.
I don’t know about you, but every time I drive a car somewhere and use the trunk, I always double check that I have the keys in my hand before I slam the door. That kind of cautious checking probably would have served one baggage handler well yesterday, as he closed the cargo hold door with another handler inside at National Airport.
