Originally Posted by
TSORon
Hate to say "I told you so" (actually, I dont mind at all) but I believe this was predicted.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/13054834-post89.html
Which I believe said:
"Now, I have seen nothing official on this yet, but here is what I can see happening.
1.
Increased call for WBI’s at all checkpoints and increasing the frequency of their use.
2. A significant DHS budget increase, with the largest portion of it going out to other countries so that they can improve their pre-boarding security.
3. Lighters and matches, well lets just say that we have been there before.
4. Random screening at all US airports will jump significantly.
5.
The current efforts by some members of congress to ban the use of WBI systems will quietly die a well deserved death. "
Now just who would have been so insightful as to predict this?
While I agree with banning matches and lighters, how about addressing the existing inane TSA measures that will provide absolutely
no additional security?
Requiring people to remain in their seats for the last 60 minutes of an international flight is both stupid and ineffective. A potential terrorist will simply get up at 75 minutes before landing, recover what he/she needs from carry-on luggage, and go to the rest room at that point. Your brilliant management doesn't realize this?
Turning off the route map and prohibiting in-flight announcements is similarly stupid. Come on, anyone with a watch can calculate when an aircraft makes landfall after an overwater flight. Well, maybe we'd have to exclude anyone who works at TSA HQ. This simple task might be too difficult for them.
The reality of a 60 minute "no stand" requirement for an international arrival at Washington Dulles means that a passenger won't be able to use a restroom for almost 90 minutes. Some people simply need to urinate more frequently than others. Does TSA intend to force people to soil themselves? Are you going to prosecute people who finally can't hold it and get up to use the rest room?
The terrorists are winning, and sadly, TSA is helping them.