Posted: 8/10/2006 6:58:32 AM EDT
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I've got flight plans for today and woke up to the news about this aviation suicide bomber plot this morning. Nice. Thanks haji. So I'm giving myself plenty of extra time to get through what is sure to be a crush at the TSA screening and I reduced my carry-on baggage to a book, my iPod, a SureFire light and a present for my wife. I'll check back later from my destination to report on conditions. Wish me luck. |
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You take care of yourself.You know how to do that 
Nope.That would be spamming the board 
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I meant to post back here last night, but I had....other responsibilities... Anyway, I flew out of Washington Reagan National yesterday, and it wasn't the total scene of horror and confusion that I had expected. It was pretty crazy, but not bad for the first day of reaction to this news. I got to the airport three hours before my flight time, just in case though. Lines at check-in and even security screening weren't too bad. TSA had a LOT of personnel out, and all the x-ray lanes were open for a change. People seemed to be in good humor. Once I got out into the gate area, the train started coming off the tracks. TSA folks were running from gate to gate, doing a secondary screening of everyone as they boarded. This created very long, very slow moving lines at every gate. They hand-searched every bag and patted down every passenger. Flights were pushing back an average of 30-40 minutes late. I had a wrapped present for my wife in my carry-on bag, but TSA guy didn't make me open it, and accepted that my iPod and Blackberry were not grenades. Some folks apparently hadn't seen the news before they left for the airport, and had full sized roller bags as carry-ons, and they had lots of liquid products: hair gel, mouthwash, toothpaste, etc. TSA had large bins at each gate where all this stuff was shitcanned. All in all, not that big a disruption considering that the adherents of the blood soaked moon god of arabia had once again attempted to display their absolute singlemindedness in killing any and all who stand in the way of their total domination of the planet. |
