New travel security measures looking grim. - Page 2

classicman · 12-28-2009, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

1.Many airports have gone back to searching vehicles as they enter the airport area even though no such threat of this type has happened, as in a bomb in a vehicle.

That we know of anyway.

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3.Some travelers reported that the flight attendants turned off the lights for the whole trip and served meals in darkness. How does darkness make us safer?

That is strange.

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4. TSA reported today that they will pick up the cost of the additional screening as far as time and increased personnel and new machines that will no doubt be added at checkpoints but in reality there will be some new fees added to our ticket costs to pay for this, as in TAXES.

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.

wolf · 12-28-2009, 09:30 AM

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.

Pie · 12-28-2009, 10:45 AM

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.

monster · 12-28-2009, 06:57 PM

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

TheMercenary · 12-28-2009, 08:06 PM

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.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-31-2009, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Pie

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.

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

dar512 · 01-03-2010, 02:20 PM

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.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-03-2010, 04:36 PM

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.

12-28-2009, 09:30 AM	#17
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	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. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-28-2009, 10:45 AM	#18
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	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. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

12-28-2009, 06:57 PM	#19
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	yebbut my neighbors went to the airport on 12/24 and I haven't seen them since ...and there were 4 of them __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-28-2009, 08:06 PM	#20
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	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. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

01-03-2010, 02:20 PM	#22
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	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. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

01-03-2010, 04:36 PM	#23
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	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. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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