It sucks to hear that there was another potential terrorist attack on an US flight. The flight headed to Detroit on Christmas day that the Nigerian-born man is about to change the way we fly once again.
Of course, measures should be taken to keep these flights and our skies safe. What really bothers me is that when something happens the TSA strips another "freedom" from their travelers. A few years ago there was the concern over the liquid bomb, so no one could carry on beverages any longer (now you can buy them past security). Also, there was the fear of shoe bombs, so now you have to take off your shoes to go through security. Now I read that since this man tried to attack during descent that there will be great limitations to what passengers can do during the last hour of a flight.
The last HOUR? It is already crazy that electronics (anything with an on/off switch) has be to turned off for landing. This should be a huge boon for the magazine industry. Especially with the growth of ebooks (did you hear that digital books outsold physical books this Christmas?) becoming a household term and soon a household item, this is going to be tough for passengers. Everything has an on/off switch now.
All I ask is that the TSA step up and try to take care of the real issue. They had received warnings about this guy, he was being watched. But they let him on the flight anyway. The descent of the flight IS NOT THE ISSUE!
Please stop telling me what I can't do on a flight. It is bad enough that I have to listen to 5 minutes of rules of what I can't do at the beginning of the flight. Please go after the root cause, and not the method.
Stepping off my soapbox...
Serge
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