Ugh, New TSA Rules (Good Luck Flying to the U.S.)

[Marcus Yam]

Travelers flying into the U.S., be prepared for a little extra.

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[sunflier]

a man who had explosives in his underwear.

Um, excuse me, sir. Is that dynamite or are you just happy to see me?

 

[ewood]

I can honestly say I would rather take the one in one hundred million chance of getting blown up and be allowed to go to the bathroom, use my ipod and have a blanket. These new security protocols are not only ridiculously invasive, I cant imagine they are even remotely effective.

 

[mlopinto2k1]

Sunflier, you ruined it! You didn't even type it correctly! Anyway, was still funny. To say the least, I find it pretty f-in stupid that everyone has access to the new "rules" just to be sure to give a "heads up" to any would-be evil doer. Are we retarded? This has been going on for EVER and you would think that if you wanted to catch someone you wouldn't tell them every friggin move your gonna make to try and catch them. They did this in Vietnam which not many people know that the enemy had access to vital information about what the Americans could and couldn't do and they used it against us as a defensive measure. I don't even wanna hear any corny arguments about that statement as know one knows for sure what happened but the point is PROVEN. STOP TELLING PEOPLE WHAT TO EXPECT!!!!!!!

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[logitic]

First I had to take off my shoes because of one retarded guy. Now I can't get up to "P" because of another....

 

[gtvr]

This should about kill the airline industry if this stuff keeps up. A pat-down of my upper legs and torso? My wife & kids too? No thanks. Also the stay seated for 1 hour before you land - what's the point of that? Someone can just blow up the plane 1 hour & 15 minutes before landing if that's the only issue.

 

[flaminggerbil]

Pff, it's not the end of the world. Even on internal flights in the Uk pretty much everyone gets the ol' pat down, mainly because unless you have a plastic zip on your trousers those metal detectors WILL go off.

 

[apmyhr]

I don't think this is as bad as people initially think. They aren't banning people from peeing the entire flight, just the last hour until landing. And that will probably be chopped down to 45 or 30 minutes after this all settles down, which I think is reasonable.

You make fun of this little "incident" but the fact is that hundreds of people almost died. Airline travel is still the safest way to travel because of all this "fear mongering" and the policies that come from it. So I will take my extra security Sir, even if it means you have to deal with a few extra pats on your crouch and you have to hold your bladder for one god damn hour.

 

[Regulas]

Ever see the comedy movie called Idiocracy, this reminds me of of that, a bunch of idiots in charge. Political correctness has run amok, we know who to look for and it's sure as hell not grandma Miller. Maybe the guy with the name Muhammad or Hussein, you think. I know using common sense this is asking too much from a bunch of political correct hacks who run this country.

 

[doc70]

The only missing thing is the herding dogs and a good ol' loudspeaker to tell us when to take a left step/right step/left step...
Ha!

 

[Computer_Lots]

Wonder if I can bring an empty bottle to "fill" during that last hour.

 

[830hobbes]

moronic. a pat down at the gate? If you get it through security, just put it in your carry on, then go for your pat down. problem with TSA is it's just like DRM, it only inconveniences the people who follow the rules. They really just need a way to scan for explosives and weapons. If they do that, there's not even a need for taking off shoes or anything.

 

[bydesign]

Epic Fail.

Honestly with the retards at security check points there is no doubt in my mind I could sneak bad stuff on a plane 10 out 10 times. It's just too easy and there are more holes in the process than a barrel of Swiss cheese. This is absurd to point I choose not to fly until sanity is returned to normal levels. I don't plan on flying anytime soon.

More feel good solutions will not solve the problem.

 

[killerb255]

I'm really starting to believe that there is no such thing as convenient security.

inb4 Thomas Edison quotes

 

[hobbes_tx]

[citation]Air Canada also warns its passengers traveling into the U.S. that "during the final hour of flight customers must remain seated, will not be allowed to access carry-on baggage, or have personal belongings or other items on their laps."[/citation]

Right, because its only in the last hour of flight were a plane can be blown up.

 

[JasonAkkerman]

The terrorists are winning.

 

[Camikazi]

[citation][nom]El_Capitan[/nom]The stupidest part about the whole terror incident on the Detroit flight... the guy was in the bathroom for 20 minutes before going back to his seat to try and get the bomb off. Wtf? Why didn't he just stay in the bathroom and set it off in there? Did he just have to whack one off one last time? Terrorists are idiots.[/citation]

Pretty sure someone willing to blow themselves up aren't the smartest people around

 

[Guest]

I keep hearing all of the stories about the increased security in the US at airports, but this guy boarded in Amsterdam. How does this increase in security in the US change what happened here?

I have heard reports that he did not have a passport, was on a watch list, but given an US visa. Seems to me, following rules that are in place would have prevented this from happening. Creating more rules, which are not followed universally, just makes no sense.

 

[gtvr]

h20 - I think the rules are for any plane flying into the US (also maybe any US carrier?) so they get screened oversees using these rules.

 

[Hilarion]

They won't be happy until they've turned the US into one great big concentration camp! And I don't mean the terrorists...