Reports of new security measures that airports and airlines have allegedly adopted since the attempted Christmas terrorist attack have been flooding in while other airports and airlines have shown no change. What are the new rules? How will they affect you? Why doesn’t the TSA have a chief yet?

Reports of new (absolutely ridiculous) TSA restrictions have included airlines taking away people’s blankets in the final hour of the flight, shutting down the in-flight movie, prohibiting the use of iPods and laptops, bans on moving around the cabin in the final hour of the flight. Other airports and airlines, meanwhile, have done ...continue reading]]> http://www.nycmagazine.com/2009/12/29/secret-tsa-rules-are-a-mystery-to-airlines-airports-flyers/feed/ 0 http://www.nycmagazine.com/2009/12/28/terrorists-win-as-govt-sets-up-new-restrictions-on-flyers/ http://www.nycmagazine.com/2009/12/28/terrorists-win-as-govt-sets-up-new-restrictions-on-flyers/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:25:52 +0000 Igor Derysh http://www.nycmagazine.com/?p=1073

As terrorists continue to try to attack innocent people all around the world, the United States government continues to cave and allow their actions to greatly influence the way Americans live.

After already having installed a number of ridiculous policies at the airport such as making people take their shoes off and restrictions on liquids, the government has stepped up restrictions even more after a failed attack on a plane headed to Detroit and airlines are already bracing themselves for inevitable loses in customers.

What are the restrictions? The government has refused to release any details to ...continue reading]]> http://www.nycmagazine.com/2009/12/28/terrorists-win-as-govt-sets-up-new-restrictions-on-flyers/feed/ 0