Originally Posted by
cestmoi123
While the rules are dumb, I don't really see the rationale for making an exception to them in this case. Bottom line, I don't see how she really has any more right to be angry than someone forced to dump a bottle of Diet Coke.
When you can go to the nearest 7-11 or grocery store and buy unlimited quantities of your own breast milk - noting that each woman's milk is different - then your argument might make sense.
Originally Posted by
cestmoi123
It doesn't meet all the other criteria, that's the whole point. She had 200oz of liquid milk (vs. the 3.4oz per container limit, and ~32oz cumulative limit (one quart baggie), so that's definitely over the limit.
What seems to have been lost in this and the following discussion is this bit from the OP:
"... so despite
offering to pack the milk in checked bags, she is forced to dump it all."
a) it wasn't just about the rules for carry-ons, she wasn't allowed to put it in checked bags either. Where exactly is the rule limiting the amount of liquids in checked bags? Oh, that's right, there isn't one.
b) she was forced to dump all of it - not "all except what would fit in a freedom baggie".
It sounds to me like UK security said "you can't have that" and then refused to back down by considering an alternative solution.