Originally Posted by
gj83
Even back in the initial prohibition of ALL liquids, Flight crew on duty were allowed to have certain items.
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Not completely true. In the first few days or hours of the total liquids ban, there was no exemption for crew liquids coming through the check-point. In one of the larger ironies of our time, the howls of discontent from airline crew when they realized they would have to pass their bags to the tender mercies of their own employers' baggage handling systems, and rely on their fellow employees for accurate and timely delivery of their items, quickly resulted in a policy revision and a crew pass for liquids and, tangentially, for non-alarming shoes.
Originally Posted by
GoingAway
Even when they aren't in uniform, if they have their id with them and walk thru, they are almost always allowed. Note this also applies to other airport workers bringing in their lunch, etc. Just more to show how much of a mockery this entire "liquid ban" has become. ...
The exceptions to this pointless silliness are quite numerous and broad and include.
TSA employees
Airport employees
Airline ground employees
People claiming child needs
People claiming medical needs
Crew