Ugh.
2 months ago • 55 notesAfter boarding my JetBlue flight from San Juan to New York today, I managed to record the pilot’s announcement of the kneejerk new TSA regulations affecting us as a result of the amateur terrorist job on Xmas.
My understanding is the TSA actually makes us less safe by incompetently doing a worse job than private firms would do. I recall enjoying this article in The Atlantic two years ago about “security theater”, ie, the impression of security via goofy rituals that do nothing to improve actual security. In fact, the article alleges, two things have improved security since 9/11:
“…the reinforcement of cockpit doors, and the fact that passengers know now to resist hijackers.”(The latter was demonstrated on Xmas when a passenger counterattacked the terrorist)
I was also pissed that we couldn’t watch TV on our flight. And if I were JetBlue, I’d be pissed that one of my company’s distinguishing features was now indefinitely banned.
