Flights with no e-readers?!

[mrscoach]

Watching the news this morning they were talking about not being able to have anything in your lap for the last hour for the flight, so that would just mean a boring final hour, not the whole flight. They were even talking about it being on international flights, not domestic. They also pointed out how some flights (or all, I wasn't real sure about this point) will not allow a laptop AND a carry-on, just one or the other.

[tompe]

Originally Posted by HarryT

This all seems to be down to rather lax security at the airport in Nigeria where the gentleman boarded the aircraft. It seems like rather an "over the top" reaction to "punish" people on domestic flights in the US, where there is already excellent security.

Excellent? That is not what reviews of it and studies says. What they say is that it is very easy to work around the security.

[tompe]

Originally Posted by HarryT

This all seems to be down to rather lax security at the airport in Nigeria where the gentleman boarded the aircraft. It seems like rather an "over the top" reaction to "punish" people on domestic flights in the US, where there is already excellent security.

He passed the security check in Amsterdam also.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by tompe

He passed the security check in Amsterdam also.

He wouldn't have to go through security as a transfer passenger - he'd just go into the transfer lounge (which is "airside") and then straight onto the flight to the US.

Somewhat off-topic, but does anyone know why it is that the newspaper reports are saying that it was a Northwest Airlines flight, and yet the pictures are showing what is quite obviously a Delta aircraft?

[tompe]

Originally Posted by HarryT

He wouldn't have to go through security as a transfer passenger - he'd just go into the transfer lounge (which is "airside") and then straight onto the flight to the US.

This is no longer always true and news paper articles says that he passed a security check in Amsterdam. It is very common to have to pass a security check when you transfer. I always have to do it when transferring at Heathrow.

[kennyc]

I'm surprised the did ban bathroom usage for all flights.

[Tomsk]

Originally Posted by mrscoach

Watching the news this morning they were talking about not being able to have anything in your lap for the last hour for the flight,...

Nothing in your lap? not even a flight hostess?

[HappyMartin]

So the terrorists have won then? Our lives are either disrupted with idiotic rules that serve no earthly pupose other than to make us angry with the officials or we live in a state of terror. Great

[jenieliser]

Originally Posted by HarryT

He wouldn't have to go through security as a transfer passenger - he'd just go into the transfer lounge (which is "airside") and then straight onto the flight to the US.

Somewhat off-topic, but does anyone know why it is that the newspaper reports are saying that it was a Northwest Airlines flight, and yet the pictures are showing what is quite obviously a Delta aircraft?

Northwest and Delta are recently combining-all Northwest employees (here in Memphis at least) are now employed by Delta and are having to be trained in the "Delta way"...As far as our airport and the employees here "Northwest" and "Delta" are pretty much interchangeable names.
I'm guessing this is not just in Memphis, maybe that's why they said it like that?

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by jenieliser

Northwest and Delta are recently combining-all Northwest employees (here in Memphis at least) are now employed by Delta and are having to be trained in the "Delta way"...As far as our airport and the employees here "Northwest" and "Delta" are pretty much interchangeable names.
I'm guessing this is not just in Memphis, maybe that's why they said it like that?

Thanks - I hadn't realised they'd merged. That obviously explains it.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Tomsk

Nothing in your lap? not even a flight hostess?

That's just not right!

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by HappyMartin

So the terrorists have won then? Our lives are either disrupted with idiotic rules that serve no earthly pupose other than to make us angry with the officials or we live in a state of terror. Great

Of course. This one guy (from their side) gave up his freedom in order to forever impair millions of people's rights and abilities.

[Nate the great]

Originally Posted by HarryT

He wouldn't have to go through security as a transfer passenger - he'd just go into the transfer lounge (which is "airside") and then straight onto the flight to the US.

I don't think that's true. The one time I went to Europe I flew back from Rome with a connection in Frankfurt. I had to go through a second security checkpoint to get to the US bound flights.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Nate the great

I don't think that's true. The one time I went to Europe I flew back from Rome with a connection in Frankfurt. I had to go through a second security checkpoint to get to the US bound flights.

The "system" has obviously changed since I last did it, in that case.

[Elfwreck]

Originally Posted by HappyMartin

So the terrorists have won then? Our lives are either disrupted with idiotic rules that serve no earthly pupose other than to make us angry with the officials or we live in a state of terror. Great

Yep.

If I ever have to fly again, I plan on getting multiple piercings in exotic locations just to freak out the security personnel.