Huh... we won one! TSA rolls back moronic new rules

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

See, bitching on DU gets results.

The TSA rules forbidding bathroom visits, maps, announcements of when you're going to land, etc. are now at "Captain's discretion"

Looks like they have decided to focus on preventing people from taking bombs on planes in the first place, rather than trying to micromanage the circumstances of their assembly.

:patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

[valerief]

1. Like this captain?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M01ondZHKL0&feature=related

[progressoid]

8. Ha! I remember that one!

:rofl:

[valerief]

10. the funniest part is Dean cracking up. nt

[timeforpeace]

2. Good. The pushback made them come to their senses. Their overreaction had the taint of panic.

[snagglepuss]

3. Good. The fact is that if existing rules were followed this could have been

prevented. What's the point of piling on more rules if they existing ones get ignored?

[barbtries]

4. common sense

i'm still not going into the show all machine.

[SoCalNative]

5. I still don't understand what

banning the use of laptops, iPods, etc the last hour has to do with someone who spent 20 minutes in an airplane bathroom and couldn't properly engage a detonator?

[timeforpeace]

6. The adults who are now in charge screwed up. Even adults make mistakes.

[HughMoran]

7. It wasn't until I posted that it would be really bad for business

...that they realized they would be in deep shit with these moronic rules ;)

(I'm imagining the airline industry and the Administration calling them up and saying "what the FUCK are you idiots doing over there?"

[global1]

9. Really Now - We Have Police Forces All Over The Country.....

in every state, city or small burg. We have security guards at malls, stores, factories. We have security camera's everywhere. And guess what. Crime is still being committed. People still get away with murder, burglary, etc.

Point is - no matter how many precautions you take. No matter how much law enforcement you throw at this. No matter how many security camera's you have pointed in every direction. Nothing is perfect and you can't stop everything. Something or somebody will always get through and commit a crime.

Same goes for these security steps taken by the TSA and every other similar outfit all over the world. Nothing is perfect. We have to acknowledge that and get on with life.

We are again having an overreaction to this incident.

Would someone else please make some news - because this has been all that has been talked about on the cable news shows since it happened.

Come on people - get a life.

[MadrasT]

11. Source? n/t