TSA Beginning to Enforce Drastic Security Regulations
On Christmas day, a sick-minded suicidal maniac tried to bring down an international aircraft bound for Detroit. Fortunately, he failed, due in large part to the heroic actions of the passengers and staff of that cursed flight. In response to this attempted terrorist attack, the United States’ Transportation Safety Authority (TSA) has imposed serious pre-flight precautions, such as increased time being searched, and even getting re-searched in the boarding gate. According to a recently leaked internal Security Directive, much more than two rounds of searching will be enforced.
On all domestic and international flights that are landing in America, the following regulations will be strictly enforced:
- No getting up to go to the bathroom one hour before arrival.
- No electronic devices or items (pillows) can be on your lap one hour prior to arrival.
- Any kind of in-flight communication tool (airline supplied phones or TV/movie service) is banned, for the entire flight.
- No one may try and access their luggage one hour prior to arrival.
Certainly, these drastic regulations are striking. That means no PSP gaming the last hour of flight. If you have to go to the bathroom, during the last hour of the flight, you are out of luck. While the TSA certainly has to do something, these mainly seem like “we have to do something” regulations, rather than regulations that would actually systematically reduce the chance of a terrorist attack.
The official segment of the Security Directive, that outlines the regulations is below:
1. BOARDING GATE
1. The aircraft operator or authorized air carrier representative must ensure all passengers are screened at the boarding gate during the boarding process using the following procedures. These procedures are in addition to the screening of all passengers at the screening checkpoint.
1. Perform thorough pat-down of all passengers at boarding gate prior to boarding, concentrating on upper legs and torso.
2. Physically inspect 100 percent of all passenger accessible property at the boarding gate prior to boarding, with focus on syringes being transported along with powders and/or liquids.
3. Ensure the liquids, aerosols, and gels restrictions are strictly adhered to in accordance with SD 1544-06-02E.2. IN FLIGHT
1. During flight, the aircraft operator must ensure that the following procedures are followed:
1. Passengers must remain in seats beginning 1 hour prior to arrival at destination.
2. Passenger access to carry-on baggage is prohibited beginning 1 hour prior to arrival at destination.
3. Disable aircraft-integrated passenger communications systems and services (phone, internet access services, live television programming, global positioning systems) prior to boarding and during all phases of flight.
4. While over U.S. airspace, flight crew may not make any announcement to passengers concerning flight path or position over cities or landmarks.
5. Passengers may not have any blankets, pillows, or personal belongings on the lap beginning 1 hour prior to arrival at destination.
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10 Responses to “TSA Beginning to Enforce Drastic Security Regulations”
WHATEVER IT TAKES, if you don’t like it and are travelling domestic than drive and live with it. Atleast you’ll be living. Stronger background checks as well.
Amen to that…I agree 100%.
Hopefully they beat the shit outta this guy before he got off the plane. No more standing idly by while someone tries to take over a plane. If your gonna die go out fighting at least fight for your survival and dont put it in the hands of hope.
Bravo to the guy that jumped over the seats to beat up on the terrorist. Hopefully there was more than just the one guy trying to fight for his life…
these new regulations are stupid just like the people who came up with them. These won’t stop terriost, oh no! Abam Oranza has a blanket now the whole plane is doomed! IF ONLY WE HAD SOME KIND OF DUMB REGULATION TO STOP HIM!
why not just force people to fly in Toga and flip flops.
Why not employ competent security? Instead of making things harder and longer for everyone just to stop the what, 1 person these precautions will prevent from from doing harm, just make sure you don’t have idiots on security. Or you know what could work, move one of those idiots on security onto the plane. If anyone tries anything theres someone to stop them in their tracks. Also seeing a guy with a gun and a badge all flight could scare someone out of doing something drastic.
Oh yes please give us full cavity searches and abuse us…..just keep us safe.
Well Thomas Jefferson said that this would happen when people fear for their lives they are more willing to give up their freedoms. And those people who are willing to give up those freedoms don’t deserve it.
There was a process in place but because you have a human making decisions that is where the failure is. It is reported by one News Agency that one passenger before boarding the plane heard the conversation with the ticket agent and the terrorist. He claims that the person did not have all the documentation so it was upto the airline at that point to say no but because of the fragile financial nature they allowed him to fly. This is not a Gov’t process failure it is an Airline failure in the protection of its passengers. The Airline controls the ticketing and boarding process. They are the ultimate decider of who flies on their planes or not.
@SPD55 You exactly right.
The system failed here and it’s now up to the rest of us to deal with it. This guys own father called authorities and said you better watch him he is becoming radical. Nothing happens. Yeah right now it’s not a big deal for just 1 hour before you land that we have to do these things. But something more drastic will happen in a year or two and it will expand to the whole flight. From there who knows. Weather anyone likes it or not the government is slowly taking away more freedoms than you realize.
This is what it’s come to? We’re this scared? And we make fun of the French for being cowards…
If I explode from not being able to pee, will that count as me being a terrorist? ): If that does happen, I’ll be suing them