December 28th, 2009 10:58 am
Detention at 30,000 Feet
I won't fly anymore. Not unless work absolutely demands it. No thanks,
I'll drive.
It's not that I'm afraid of being blown up --- not only are the odds
against it, but as I've said since about 9/12/2001, the days of
hijackings/bombings are over. We passengers aren't cattle. We won't just
sit there. We fight back.
Then again, look at the TSA's new "safety
<http://volokh.com/2009/12/28/tsa-security-directive-sd-1544-09-06/>"
regulations:
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.
Janet "The System Worked <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V_Godcyq-s>"
Napolitano does, in fact, think we're cattle. One hour prior to landing,
we are to sit there, doing nothing. You may not get a Kleenex out of
your bag. You may not hold a book or magazine in your lap. You may not
get up to pee.
For an hour.
Because /her/ agency failed to stop a terrorist, but passengers like you
and me succeeded. She failed. You pay. Typical.
Sit quietly. Don't fidget. Stare directly ahead.
I won't do it. I'm not cattle. I won't just sit there. But I can't fight
back. So I'll drive, instead.
You should, too.
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Dec 28, 2009 - 11:08 am 3.
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Joe Tetreault <http://www.tetreaultvision.com>:
Motor vehicles remain one of the last frontiers of true liberty. Unlike
planes, what we do in them is mostly our business -- cell phone
regulations be damned.
I look forward to some satirical bunch tackling the topic of the mile
high club under the new TSA regulations environment.
Dec 28, 2009 - 11:08 am 4.
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cranky-d <http://www.cranky-d.com>:
I already have a flight scheduled for tomorrow. Nothing caps off a 3.5
hour flight like having the last hour set aside for doing NOTHING. Can't
read, can't play the Nintendo DS.
I can hardly wait.
Dec 28, 2009 - 11:38 am 5.
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arhooley <http://www.maltesegirls.blogspot.com>:
Ditto, Steve. The pic on my blog is actually me (Photoshopped a wee
tad), at a rest stop in New Mexico during a trip from Austin to San
Diego. I could be that, or I could be benched by a flight crew because
someone's too gutless to frakking profile.
Dec 28, 2009 - 12:12 pm 6.
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tim maguire:
Think about this next time you want to be a hero on your flight. Sure,
you may save your life and the lives of the passengers aboard, but
millions of members of the flying public will be punished.
Better to die so that the government will not feel threatened by a
private citizen who solves a problem without recourse to taxes, civil
servants or regulations.
Dec 28, 2009 - 12:27 pm 7.
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rbj:
I would rather drive I-95 from Portland ME, to Miami FL than get in a
plane these days.
"Because her agency failed to stop a terrorist, but passengers like you
and me succeeded. She failed. You pay. Typical."
Very typical of statist regimes of any stripe. They do not want personal
initiative, they want citizens to be dependent upon the government.
Dec 28, 2009 - 12:38 pm 8.
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Chad <http://foxxynews.wordpress.com>:
Next June I was going to have to head out east for my sister's wedding,
and was going to just fly for the weekend. Even though I hate flying
commercial.
A few years back we drove back and forth, took 3.5 days each way. Looks
like we'll be doing that again.
Dec 28, 2009 - 12:45 pm 9.
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DirtyBlueshirt:
This is the classic flail. People in charge have no idea what's going
on, but the can't /look/ clueless to their superiors (and in
Napolitano's case that includes the furniture in her office) so they
order /something/, because all motion is progress.
Thrice-damned idiots.
Dec 28, 2009 - 12:50 pm 10.
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Larry J:
If there's any saving grace of these stupid new regulations, it's that
they only apply (for now) to international flights coming into the US.
Something similar was already in place for flights into Reagan
International a few years ago. We were not allowed to get out of our
seats for any reason within a specified period before landing. There
were no restrictions that I can remember about reading or other
activities, though.
I'm just glad these new rules weren't in effect last Thursday when my
wife and I returned from New Zealand. Kind of hard to drive to New Zealand.
Dec 28, 2009 - 12:52 pm 11.
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NukemHill <http://nukemhill.wordpress.com>:
Heh. I want to see them try to enforce this in February as we're flying
out to Hawaii from Maryland. Two six-year-old boys in tow. I'm either
going to get busted for doing what I can to take care of them, or for
disturbing the peace as I keep the neighbors from killing two screaming
maniacs.
Terrorists ain't got nothin' on my boys! ;-)
Dec 28, 2009 - 12:56 pm 12.
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heathermc:
I had planned to fly to Britain this spring, to take my granddaughter on
a tour of NE England, etc... but I'm cancelling the thing. The news of
yet another monstrous rule (do nothing, you peasantry, for one hour) is
just infuriating. I am thinking that perhaps I'll check El Al flight
schedules; or just staying on the continent (Savannah? Sir Archibald
Campbell of Inverneill fought and WON a battle there, back during the
American Rebellion, folks. Plus, Sherman didn't burn the city down.)
Dec 28, 2009 - 2:45 pm
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