Originally Posted by
nexttime
The books were in checked bags. TSA is learning to warn against certain items in Checked bags.
The most recent concerns the Super Bowl to be held in Houston, Texas.
From the Houston Chronicle:
Why Super Bowl programs could slow visitors' departures from Houston airports
Attention Super Bowl-goers:
Don't pack your gameday programs in checked luggage when leaving from Bush Intercontinental or Hobby Airports. "
That souvenir will cause a gridlock to our baggage system," said Gerry Phelan, the Transportation Security Administration's federal security director at Bush Intercontinental.
No. Many of the sorority sisters had their souvenir books in their carry-on bags. The
checkpoints came to a standstill because every single bag with the souvenir book had to be pulled for a complete search and swab.
Every single one.
This stupid warning just transfers gridlock from the baggage search area to the checkpoint area. One wonders if Super-bowl fans will face the 100% searches that the sorority sisters did.