When booking a trip out of Newark Liberty International Airport recently, a new mysterious, intriguing option for prepaid, on-airport parking popped up.
Of course, in today's society, everyone has a camera so another passenger who saw this incident recorded video and now the world has seen this confrontation.
These days, air travel doesn't get a great rap. With most airlines looking at ferrying passengers more as cattle than the classy undertaking that it used to be. But, from my travels over the New Year, I've noticed a few bright spots.
Sir Richard Branson's "Virgin" brands have always been known for being quirky and not taking themselves too seriously. From this whimsical in-flight safety video to their interstellar ambitions with Virgin Galactic, they're definitely not a boring company. But this may be their strangest move yet.
We've all had this happen at least once - when traveling by air, you get to your destination and it looks like your luggage was thrown around like a rag doll. While I'm sure this surreptitiously filmed video isn't representative of all baggage handlers, unfortunately it shows that some of those suspicions of baggage mishandling aren't necessarily off base. Watch:
As one part of the federal government looks to remove restrictions on making phone calls from airplanes, another agency is apparently considering its own prohibition.