Rejected Additional Airline Security Measures.

From an unreleased Transportation Security Administration (TSA) document outlining additional security measures to be implemented in the wake of the failed Christmas Day attack on Delta Airlines flight 253.


10: No carry-on luggage will be allowed - checked baggage only. In addition, passengers to disrobe, pack clothes in baggage and fly nude.

9: Baggage described in item 10 to be flown to destination via different flight, and preferably on a different airline.

8: Potential passengers will be required to recite Pledge of Allegiance prior to boarding. Those unable to do so to the satisfaction of the TSA will not be boarded.

7: Seating will be assigned in the following order: Christian Americans will be seated first. Non-Christian Americans may be seated second, upon successful completion of additional screening procedures, including, but not limited to, recitation of a Bible passage to be selected by TSA personnel in their sole discretion. Non-American passengers will not be boarded under any circumstances.

6: Potential passengers observed, heard, or rumored to be complaining during screening process will not be boarded.

5: Passengers will remain seated, with seatbelts fastened, during final hour of flight. For the purposes of security, it is assumed that an attack on the aircraft is imminent, that the aircraft will be destroyed, and that the aircraft is therefore in its "final hour of flight." As a result, passengers will remain seated, with seatbelts fastened, for the entire duration of the flight.

4: On-board televisions will be turned off. In addition, passengers will be prohibited from using any electronic devices, including, but not limited to, computers, cell phones, Blackberries, hand-held gaming devices, radios, televisions, cameras, music players, and any other device whatsoever, whether hand-held or not, and whether electronic or not.

3: Passengers will face forward and refrain from speaking during the final hour of flight (see item 5).

2: Passengers may not blink, twitch, shift, move, sigh, moan, mumble, nod, speak, sing nor hum during the final hour of flight (see item 5).

1: Effective immediately, 95 of every 100 passengers will be deputized as a Federal Air Marshal. To encourage volunteers for this program, potential Air Marshals will be exempt from screening procedures 2 through 10.