FT Members- will you chip in and we can buy some ad's?

KH is an idiot?


This could be fun.

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/...-tsa-ads_x.htm

Already at LAX (just not Kip Hawley references). I don't know if direct references to TSA would be allowed, but I can see opportunities for some subversive humor. ("If you don't want to take off your shoes here, write your Congressperson. But until then, use Gold Bond foot powder. Please.")

Private enterprise at a manned airport security checkpoint?

How can this be? Planes will fall out of the sky

Not sure that this is the best ad placement...the security checkpoints are probably the least cherished part of the travel experience...would you want your brand identity associated with Shoe Carnival, SSSS, holier-than-thou TSA workers, and general anxiety and discomfort?

That being said I think I did see them at LAX...for Rolex?

I was just there Monday (at T2) and I think you are right...seemed like odd placement to me as well. Like having a BMW ad on a grocery cart.

That sounds insane to me, but I guess companies are willing to spend the money. I, for one, will never look at the ads.

Saw this on the news today and saw it at LAX a few days ago. The local news said it can't be anything offensive, political or obscene. The bins also seem to weigh a bit less

What do you think- coupons inside?

It could be like a placemat, that is removable. And if they really would like people (like us) to pay attention, have codes for free miles in the bins that we enter online elsewhere- like a lottery...for free... =]

Weird.. Rolaids, I could see.. but rolex??

Preparation H?

Airline travelers are hit with so many ads it's numbing. On the baggage carousel. On the tray-tables. On the napkins along with the beverage service. The "award-winning in-flight magazine", with pages of ads and with articles pushing the airline's destinations. SkyMall. Even from the FAs. ("You will be earning valuable OnePass miles. Apply now for our AAdvantage credit card. We'll be coming through in a few minutes with duty-free items.") Half the offerings of IFE are "infomercials" of one sort or another- pushing someone's latest CD or an upcoming movie. (My favorite was a long wheeze on Tom Cruise's latest movie- I just saw the Spanish subtitles because I was listening to my CDs but the other actors were saying what a great guy he was and there were lots of shots of him in tight shirts. Clearly a PR move to clean up his image.)

The TSA wants to join the party? Let 'em. I can ignore them, too.

While I am not holding my breath, maybe this will lower the 9/11 security fee.

I doubt it, since the ads only allowed the purchase of 200 K of equipment in the trial; since LAX has such a large number of people running through it. If anything, the TSA may be able to employ newer technology, or more security lines.

Rolodex, not Rolex.

BTW... if you want to place your KHIAI stickers in the bins, I think you can do it now with less hassle.