af022 From France, joined Dec 2003, 2092 posts, RR: 1 Posted (1 year 4 months 3 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 2438 times:
I arrived last week on an international flight to IAD and was told that airlines cannot show maps on the IFE screen 1 hour before arrival to IAD, and no one can stand up and use the loo during this time either.
Is this true for all flights arriving the US, or just to IAD?
yeogeo From United States of America, joined Jul 2009, 790 posts, RR: 14 Reply 2, posted (1 year 4 months 3 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 2192 times:
I don't fly internationally into IAD, but I suspect it is a specific case to that area (I'm sure someone will be able to fill us in here soon). International flights into O'Hare for example, do not have that restriction.
sancho99504 From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 527 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago) and read 2067 times:
All flights into and out of IAD and DCA have these restrictions, which have been in place since air travel in the USA resumed after 9/11. I don't know if BWI has these restrictions, but if they do, these are the only 3 airports in the USA that have these restrictions.
B747forever From United States of America, joined May 2007, 16598 posts, RR: 11 Reply 6, posted (1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago) and read 1851 times:
Quoting sancho99504 (Reply 4): All flights into and out of IAD and DCA have these restrictions, which have been in place since air travel in the USA resumed after 9/11
According to Wikipedia this rule was lifted in July 2005 for DCA.
DocLightning From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 16933 posts, RR: 57 Reply 7, posted (1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago) and read 1851 times:
It's so that a hijacker can't know where the plane is exactly, lest they decide to blow it up just as it overflies the Pentagon or something like that.
Except that's absolutely absurd because windows need to be open for landing, so for at least the last 30 min of the flight, a terrorist need only look outside to know where he is.
Checo77 From Peru, joined Oct 2004, 1345 posts, RR: 9 Reply 8, posted (1 year 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 1822 times:
Quoting DocLightning (Reply 7): It's so that a hijacker can't know where the plane is exactly, lest they decide to blow it up just as it overflies the Pentagon or something like that.
Except that's absolutely absurd because windows need to be open for landing, so for at least the last 30 min of the flight, a terrorist need only look outside to know where he is.
It´s a stupid rule, because around the Pentagon, White House, etc, there is a no fly zone. So even if a terrorist wants to blow the plane above the Pentagone, he can´t (with IFE, without IFE) because the plane just won´t fly over or near it.
Another TSA ilogical rule that looks "good" on paper, but when applied in the real world its just stupid!
tz757300 From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 2839 posts, RR: 7 Reply 9, posted (1 year 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 1815 times:
That happened to me as well when I flew ICN-SFO on UA back in October. I questioned why, and all I recieved was, "Because that is the rule." Never made any sense to me.
Cubsrule From United States of America, joined May 2004, 21288 posts, RR: 19 Reply 10, posted (1 year 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 1729 times:
Quoting Checo77 (Reply 8): So even if a terrorist wants to blow the plane above the Pentagone, he can´t (with IFE, without IFE) because the plane just won´t fly over or near it.
River visual?
But it's pointless going on to or out of IAD because it's almost unheard of to fly anywhere near the District on a flight to or from IAD.
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WROORD From United States of America, joined Mar 2009, 832 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (1 year 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 1709 times:
I fly several times a year between ORD and DCA and that rule was in place right after 9/11, but did not hear anything to that extend for the last several years. Right after 9/11 you could not leave your seat for the duration of your flight. The flights do not fly over the WH or Pentagon, but you get a nice view of them taking off at DCA.
Seems to me that either the crew on your flight needed a refresher on current regulations or they just wanted to have the last hour quiet to themselves.
A340crew From United States of America, joined Jan 2008, 261 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (1 year 4 months 1 week 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 1391 times:
I Flew into IAD from Europre over 20 times last year on UA and never heard this before. Maybe this was specific to this airline or crew?
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