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26 December 09

Your Flight Experience Will Now… Suck.

New TSA regs for all international flights entering the USA, via Air Canada:

Only one carry-on bag per person. PERIOD. Computer? Clothing? Books? All in one small bag, son.

No leaving your seat in the last hour of your flight. Passengers cannot get up to stretch their legs, go to the restroom or to assist children/elderly/the disabled in the last hour of flying.

Passengers may not carry anything in their hands or in their laps in the last hour of flights. Passengers reading books, listening to an ipod, using a laptop or doing any other activity in the last hour of flight will face criminal action if they don’t cease and desist. That’s not a joke.

What do you think?

  1. olliemaxwell reblogged this from buyhercandy and added:
    Must write letter to Janet Napoletano….
  2. darkmovesoflove answered: Brilliant. Yet another reason why my relatives abroad won’t visit the US.
  3. kitrona reblogged this from isabelthespy
  4. kitrona answered: This is so incredibly stupid. There are so many other ways people can get weapons onboard, but no, people should have their legs cramp.
  5. mimitakestheleftturn reblogged this from sexartandpolitics
  6. abcsoupdot reblogged this from sexartandpolitics
  7. tornadoquest answered: As usual, a reactionary solution instead of being proactive & not angering already frustrated travelers.
  8. yousaytheydontcare answered: I couldn’t have made up something more ridiculous and arbitrary than this.
  9. quickwitter answered: As usual a useless knee-jerk regulation that does not address or solve the epic fail of this past week.
  10. deathbylollipops answered: Some of the metal detectors, (especially the older ones) don’t pick up precious metals like silver so weapons can still get thru too.
  11. wanderer-of-dark-dreams answered: Ridiculous, as RH said these rule do nothing to address the actual problem. They are only for the illusion of unattainable “safety”, .
  12. sheshines92 answered: It’s retarded. Fuck this is going to suck flying back from Finland over the summer >_
  13. whatsnews reblogged this from sexartandpolitics
  14. tjpytheas reblogged this from beevee
  15. fortunaforme answered: I concur. And I am pissed to hear about this.
  16. iambal reblogged this from section9 and added:
    so you DON’T want a government entity telling you what to do? and making your life more fucked up and difficult?? ohhh...
  17. alohanico answered: Honestly, this won’t affect me that much, but I’m still kind of annoyed. I wonder if this applies to freq. flyers that get a bonus carryon?
  18. alexanderpf answered: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
  19. section9 reblogged this from beevee
  20. mootpointer answered: Heh. I’m in the US at the moment. 5 flights until I’m out. Suck.
  21. foureleven answered: SO not looking forward to flying internationally ever again
  22. michsaechao answered: that’s horrible.
  23. excalipoor answered: Do they have those rules flying to Isarael? If not, then there’s no point.
  24. beevee reblogged this from shorterexcerpts and added:
    Fine. So when I travel for business, I guess I’ll leave my laptop behind, because I’m certainly not going anywhere...
  25. mellowfuckingout reblogged this from buyhercandy and added:
    I SEE THE TERRORISTS WINNING RIGHT HERE. As if thirteen-hour flights weren’t uncomfortable enough! :-/
  26. mellowfuckingout answered: fuck that
  27. olliemaxwell answered: Flying to the Philippines and back will be a bitch. I’m writing a letter to Janet Napolitano
  28. shorterexcerpts reblogged this from switchblades and added:
    Exactly. This is change I think we can all be pissed off about.
  29. buyhercandy reblogged this from negevrockcity and added:
    Crazy. Super glad I’m...US anytime soon, then.
  30. likeanisaid answered: Im pretty sure they didnt give a shit when they loaded up that plane with terrorists and didnt bother letting anyone know just taking flight
  31. switchblades reblogged this from therealestsocksinthegame and added:
    robot-heart:negevrockcity:...I am probably the most stress-free person you’ll ever meet...
  32. sendchocolate answered: crap, I fly to New Zealand in the middle of January. Not gonna have much fun. The terrorist win.
  33. lickystickypickyme answered: I PUKE at these ad hoc solutions. As i said before terrorists will always find a way around the regulations. stupid fucking TSA.
  34. thedisgruntledgradstudent answered: Fucking hell. I never want to fly again.
  35. rippedskin answered: I don’t at all mean this insesetively, but paranoid much?
  36. darrsolo answered: Don’t try to talk sence to the TSA. You will only succeed in making there heads assplode.
  37. myownmelt answered: what was the incidence that happened this past week?
  38. getyourjacketon answered: solution: big men with big visible guns.
  39. Zack answered: I think this is good news for Amtrak.
  40. reallykatie answered: this is preposterous. i’d rather risk being blown up than not be able to read or go to the bathroom. seriously wtf???
  41. lauraallover reblogged this from sexartandpolitics
  42. mandalay answered: I like the idea of narcotics for the entire flight. Why not?
  43. bthny reblogged this from annierachel and added:
    I’m still really confused about which restrictions apply to international flights and which apply to all flights. since...
  44. jmarie3 answered: It’s all bullshit.
  45. melanyouth answered: I don’t think the terrorists ever intended to inconvenience us to death but that seems to be the primary result of all their stupid shit.
  46. victroyafuli reblogged this from negevrockcity
  47. annierachel reblogged this from sexartandpolitics
  48. eush reblogged this from jhnbrssndn
  49. sarahheartburn answered: I think I’ll pee myself.
  50. langer answered: Someone should probably whip out his member with 1:01 remaining in the flight and not put it away lest he violate any TSA regulations.
  51. jhnbrssndn reblogged this from negevrockcity and added:
    What do i think? i think they’d enforce this shit...flight if tgey thought
  52. glitterbombing reblogged this from sexartandpolitics
  53. poortaste answered: It will only get worse - Full Body Scan Technology is coming. Repeat after me, I am Free.
  54. disgustingthingsihaveeaten answered: Even for Skyteam Elite members? Harsh, bro.
  55. darkknightjrk answered: Oh for fuck’s sake.
  56. squashed answered: Seriously? Screw that.
  57. bonesarecoralmade reblogged this from sexartandpolitics
  58. ninly answered: I wonder if there’s a case here for people prone to thrombosis. And no books?! Harsh. Another case of melodrama in “security theater.”
  59. theuglyone answered: really? really? I thought I had it bad when I was worried about taking muffins onboard
  60. carolinestreet answered: I can’t wait for some dumbfuck to hide a bomb in his ass so I can get a cavity check every time I fly back to LA.
  61. sexartandpolitics reblogged this from negevrockcity and added:
    Negev Rock City: Your Flight Experience Will Now… Suck.
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