Originally Posted by
goalie
iirc, f/a's and flight deck crew when on duty (and in uniform) are exempt form the liquid nonsense
Even back in the initial prohibition of ALL liquids, Flight crew on duty were allowed to have certain items. A deadheading FA next to me on a flight offered me some lotion.
In the US, usually they use the little coin/belt trays to mark when crew begins and ends to let the xray worker know to disregard liquids if they use the same line as the general public.