It’s getting a bad name in the US of A. My husband has had three days off this past year, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas day. We’d like to go somewhere but not where we’re patted down and not allowed to go to the bathroom on the plane or put up a laptop at 20,000 feet.
How can we go see our family that we left nearly a year ago? Because your pre-screen procedures, TSA, are inadequate, you choose to punish all air travelers and don’t leave a blanket or pillow behind. On a trans-Atlantic flight you superimpose a meal schedule and lights out that is antithetical to any of your passengers, so you can get some downtime before gearing up for landing. Everyone gets up and goes to the bathroom to freshen up and you’re going to deny that? Probably not in First Class, which is where the terrorists will go next.
99.9% of Americans don’t deserve security lines, Passports, quart bags and pat-downs to go see Grandma for the holidays. It belies the “over the river and through the woods” mind-set most of us have when we meet family to celebrate holy days and celebratory times. On transatlantic flights, it is crucial for passengers to have water because the recycled air is so dry. I normally get up for water during the night. To tell people they can’t get up and go to the bathroom and brush their teeth before they land is heinous.
We want to fly to see family, now that Jim has a few days off, but one TSA mistake should lead to their heightened presence in the airport, not keeping people from going to the bathroom on a plane at 35,000 feet. Not inspired to travel in January, Dee
Cooking with Dee 
You think coach is bad, you should try flying crate class!
Did I mention the pre-flight vet check involves anal probing?
Now I hear the new rules are dependent upon pilot, and airline discretion. The rules are ridiculous, letting private parties interpret them at will is dangerous to those of us who fly.