Liquid ban should be repealed
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Yes, I know you can get containers inside the sterile area; you could get nail clippers inside the sterile area, too, and steak knives and forks and other things that you can't bring through the checkpoint. Sometimes they just over-think this stuff waaaaay too much.
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I agree its not like were living in 1900 with all the technology etc. I also think the airlines should allow the fist checked bag free of charge as well.
At least with the liquid ban being lifted I wouldn't mind taking my suitcase through security as the liquid ban prevents me from taking large bottles of shampoo vs small travel size bottles.
I would also like to keep my laptop in my bag as well. Makes no sense why one can keep their cellphones, IPads in their bags but laptops must be taken out can't the machine detect a legit laptop?
Also I want the TSA to repeal the shoes off belt off as well. Would really speed us through security.
At least with the liquid ban being lifted I wouldn't mind taking my suitcase through security as the liquid ban prevents me from taking large bottles of shampoo vs small travel size bottles.
I would also like to keep my laptop in my bag as well. Makes no sense why one can keep their cellphones, IPads in their bags but laptops must be taken out can't the machine detect a legit laptop?
Also I want the TSA to repeal the shoes off belt off as well. Would really speed us through security.
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TSA has "officially" allowed laptops to go through the X-ray in a bag which only contains the laptop itself for some time now. I've even done it a few times.
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If you mean that those peddling "security" equipment, such as Michael Chertoff, you are correct. If you are talking about the people actually doing the security work such as TSA screeners, then you are wrong.
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What about this story from The Economist? Is it realistic?
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What about this story from The Economist? Is it realistic?
Liquid explosives are a real threat.
That's a lie, plain and simple.
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Of course, that was 1994, and there was no immediate, panicked rush to ban an entire state of matter from aircraft cabins in response, since 9/11 hadn't yet turned the entirety of the US into a bunch of whimpering cowards who fear their own water bottles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp...nes_Flight_434
But then a year later, Die Hard With a Vengeance was released, and the entire world was then let in on the Secret Science of Binary Liquid Explosives!
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Not completely. Nitroglycerine IS a definite threat, though its danger to modern commercial aviation is somewhat exaggerated due to its unstable nature and the difficulty involved in obtaining or manufacturing it. It has been used to successfully attack a commercial flight, though it did not destroy the aircraft and killed only one victim.
Of course, that was 1994, and there was no immediate, panicked rush to ban an entire state of matter from aircraft cabins in response, since 9/11 hadn't yet turned the entirety of the US into a bunch of whimpering cowards who fear their own water bottles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp...nes_Flight_434
But then a year later, Die Hard With a Vengeance was released, and the entire world was then let in on the Secret Science of Binary Liquid Explosives!
Of course, that was 1994, and there was no immediate, panicked rush to ban an entire state of matter from aircraft cabins in response, since 9/11 hadn't yet turned the entirety of the US into a bunch of whimpering cowards who fear their own water bottles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp...nes_Flight_434
But then a year later, Die Hard With a Vengeance was released, and the entire world was then let in on the Secret Science of Binary Liquid Explosives!