That we know of anyway.
That is strange.
Yup. The worst part is that most people don't seem to feel much safer. I don't travel by air enough to really know how much of pain all tis is, but it sounds prohibitary.

As far as the lights off ... more likely a mechanical failure on the plane, and "The TSA made us do it" is much less scary than "all of the electronics on this plane have gone out." Keeping people nervous about flying calm is a big part of a stew's job.

My husband flew out of BWI this morning -- he said there wasn't any delay or extra hassle. So there's a statistic of one.

yebbut my neighbors went to the airport on 12/24 and I haven't seen them since ...and there were 4 of them :worried:

The bottom line in that the scumbags are winning. They are beating us to death with insane rules foisted on us by feel good rules and regulations from politicians who want to keep their place as power brokers of what ever country is affected. In the end any determined terrorist will be able to circumvent any dumbassed rule like those recently enacted. Their efforts will just be redirected at another weak point.

He's comparing today with pre-Christmas, as opposed to pre-9/11, I assume.

I doubt the sit-in-place thing will last. Having Crohn's disease, when I gotta go, I gotta go. There's no excuse for making rules this stupid. I can guarantee that if that ever happens to me, I will sue the airline and the TSA.

It might be more effective to carry a piece of plastic. Shit on the seat, cover it with plastic so you don't soil your pants for the remaining less than an hour, then exit in an orderly manner. The airline has more pull with the TSA than you do, give 'em a reason.