TSA Bins Are Dirtier Than You Can Imagine – Even the Agents Are Grossed Out [Roundup] – View from the Wing

News and notes from around the interweb:

• TSA bins are more crudded up than the monkey from Outbreak. There’s been self-cleaning technology for years but TSA is too complacent to adopt it. One screener breaks it down for you.
  

  “These trays are dirty. You may not see it because I cleaned it, but there was [expletive] in a tray,” Kenney said.

  “So you put your vapes in a tray? Just know someone has probably stepped in dog [expletive]. Someone stepped on the ground and put their shoes in a tray,” he added.

  @patchouli_julio

  ♬ original sound – Jauan Kenney

• Your text messages can be used by airline crash investigators
• Jealous of his hotel game, honestly. And dude is clearly just redeeming his GHA Discovery Dollars. Maybe he was one of the winners of $200,000 in stay credit for being one of the loyalty program’s most frequent guests.
  

  For 14 days, Slovakia has had no official information about PM Robert Fico’s whereabouts. However, @dennikN confirmed his location through OSINT research. The hotel even transferred their call without hesitation to Fico’s suite—though he didn’t answer. 2/3https://t.co/s4ZPGpas3c

  — Szabolcs Panyi (@panyiszabolcs) January 4, 2025

• Europe is different, but never rent from Sixt in the U.S…
  

  my jaw just kept dropping LMFAOOO pic.twitter.com/QcdeyjqTkQ

  — (@beyoncegarden) January 5, 2025

• Only company-approved pins are permitted under American’s uniform standards. This employee is subject to discipline under the airline’s rules. Will those be enforced..?
  

  Imagine it’s a growing trend on flights to MIA. I flew today on @AmericanAir from San Juan to Miami and had to deal with the same issue.Thank you @SkyNewsAust and @nypost for creating awareness about this matter.
  I wasn’t aware airline staff had the right to advocate this way! https://t.co/uCgW1iUtHT pic.twitter.com/76kT6woeFk

  — Josephdabbah (@JosephDabbah) January 6, 2025