Quite a few others have already written about the utter crap that has been decided in the wake of the dumbass who flew from Amsterdam to Detroit and set his crotch on fire while trying – somehow – to bring down the plane.
The fact that it was known that he was an unstable douchenozzle well beforehand just makes the whole situation worse.
I just read the new regulations, and I’m not hurting for action enough that having someone pat my upper thighs and lower torso in the name of “security” seems like a great idea to me.
I know I’m not alone here.
I wonder how long it will take before people just stop flying and end this nonsense?
Will the result of that be that we are all forced to take one flight per year when the airline industry starts losing money?
I see a few paths here, and none of them are good.
Add the whole INTERPOL mess to this, and I think I might spend New Year’s Eve drinking heavily and playing videogames until I get amnesia.
My husband will, of course, be joining me in my efforts. Because that’s what love is all about: togetherness.
Yes, I agree with the whole “togetherness” idea for New Year’s, and as far as flying, even though I’m not a fan of flying, I can see very little good in this whole new mess of “solutions”.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOZE shopping tomorrow! YES!
Indeed.
oh hell, you were going to do that on new year’s eve anyway, am i right?
Not to defend the TSA or anything, but the new regs are for international flights into the US only, not for domestic travel. So no one is going to be patting down your uh…flesh hamster.
I decided flying was out years ago. It’s just not worth the trouble any more. I’ve done the cross country car ride one too many times in my life to know what it’s all about, and it’s a hell of a lot better than the last time I flied.
What Robert said.
Caleb–That just means the plane will disappear between two reporting points over the ocean, rather than while under radar coverage.
Uh, and Happy New Year, y’all!
wow,,,,guess we all need to fly nude,,,,,,be hard to hide anything that way,,,,,and we are not going to stop flying just because of one more ass