airside access

Every time another airport announces that people without a flight that day can now go to the airside to meet/accompany their family, it makes me smile. Y’see, way back when …

Way back when, during the halcyon days before 9/11, it was easy to get to the airside of an airport. We’d just check in, go through a metal detector, and …

Ever since 9/11, it’s been difficult, if not impossible, to get to the airside of an airport unless you’re flying that day. In fact, the only way to do it …