Will the New TSA Regulations Be Effective?

How will the procedures affect air travel around the country?

By U.S. News Staff

December 29, 2009 RSS Feed Print

In response to the failed Christmas Day bombing on Northwest Flight 253, the Transportation Security Administration has amped up safety procedures, which will include more limits on carry-on baggage and prohibiting passengers from leaving their seats or having pillows or blankets during the final hour before landing. According to CBS News, the TSA has not publicly specified the rules since they vary depending on the airport, though extra emphasis will be placed on international airline hubs. Critics say that the new rules are based on too specific an incident and do not address the total threat. What do you think? What can the TSA do to make air travel safer? Take our poll and post your thoughts below.

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Previously: How Should Obama Respond to Terrorist Bomb Try on Northwest Airplane?

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If you can't use the lav or a balnket in the last hour of flight, the terrorists will just do their thing in the next to last hour.

It would be better to move all 14,000 on the "watch" list to the no fly list and all 500,000 on the potential problem list to a list that would trigger extra screening before they fly to the US.

We need to be more concerned with the safety of our people and less concerned about profiling and political correctness.

Bob of TX 5:45PM December 29, 2009

Sure, take my blanket and pillow away you morons. How about chains and gates like the movie Con-Air.

If the TSA is run by Curly, Moe, and Larry you could make everyone fly nude and blindfolded and they still couldn't stop a terrorist...

What is happening to this country..Its run by idiots at every single level...I am amazed...

Tom in San Diego of CA 3:02PM December 29, 2009

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