Hey Travelers, You Won't Believe The Draconian Security Measures Coming Your Way

Yesterday's failed terrorist attack on board a flight into Detroit can only mean one thing: more intense security measures.

What they will entail is not yet clear, but from the rumors going around, if you thought that eliminating little water bottles and taking off your shoes seemed excessive, then you ain't seen nothin' yet.

International flights, in particular, are going to be brutal.

Blogger Xeni Jardin is tweeting some of the new rules being announced on a Delta international flight.

Among them:

• No electronics in the last hour of the flight.
• No getting up in last hour of the flight (at all, not even to go to the bathroom).
• No helping kids or the elderly in adjacent rows during the last hour of the flight.

And this is just on-board. In Canada they're doing full-body searches of every passengers now. It's probably safe to say that security will get much tighter here as well.

Basically this is going to suck. Watch the airline stocks Monday, and maybe think about upgrading your teleconferencing technology at the office.

http://www.businessinsider.com/hey-travelers-you-wont-believe-the-draconian-security-measures-coming-your-way-2009-12

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New Flight Security Rules Now Official: No Standing Up, Working, Or Holding Things During Last Hour Of Flights

According to a notice on Air Canada's web site, as expected, the TSA has issued new rules to make it harder for people to blow up planes:

New rules imposed by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration also limit on-board activities by customers and crew in U.S. airspace that may adversely impact on-board service.

Among other things, during the final hour of flight customers must remain seated, will not be allowed to access carry-on baggage, or have personal belongings or other items on their laps.

Nothing specific about "electronics" yet, though they presumably qualify as "personal belongings."

The new rules presumably mean that for flights of 90 minutes or less, you can't get up, move, or work.

We guess we're glad the TSA is getting serious about making it harder to blow up planes. But here's our question:

What's so special about the last hour of flight? If you're dead-set on blowing up a plane, can't you just do it earlier in the flight?

http://www.businessinsider.com/henry-blodget-new-flight-security-rules-now-official-no-standing-up-working-or-holding-things-during-last-hour-of-flights-2009-12