Weekend downtime? Catch up on some interesting travel and airline industry stories.

• That’s Fit: Stress-free travel - Tips on what to pack to enjoy stress-free travel. And no, decent customer service from the airlines won’t fit in your carry-on bag.
• boing boing: TSA head calls lighter ban “security theater” - The TSA will once again allow some types of lighters on planes. Lighters are back, matches never went away. Flames make me a little nervous, but I’ll be fine as long as I have my trusty 4 oz. bottle of water. Oh…right.
• The Chicago Traveler: Pooch Chicago - Man’s best friend enjoys fine dining, massages, milk baths, and plasma TVs in a Chicago luxury dog hotel. I know there’s a joke in there somewhere, but I’m too consumed with jealousy to find it.
• Online Travel Review: Stowaway in Airplane Wheel Dies - A man dies while hiding in the wheel well of a flight from Taiwan to San Francisco. Oddly, this type of thing happens more than you might think.
• BBC: Brazil jet thrust reverser off - The investigation into the crash of the TAM airliner that crashed in Brazil on Tuesday continues. Officials now believe a thrust reverser on the plane had been mistakenly deactivated during maintenance check.