Originally Posted by jkhuggins

Of all the complaints I have with TSA ... this is not one of them.

"Yes, Ms. Screener, I understand that this bottle says that it's 7 ounces. But you can clearly see that it's only 45% full, which means that it's really only 3.15 ounces, which is obviously less than the 3.4 ounces allowed."

Do we really want TSA screeners performing volumetric measurements and higher mathematics as a part of the screening process? (You think screening is slow *now* ...)

Or, worse ... would you like to see TSA congratulating itself (yay, back on topic!) for confiscating an LGA container because the screener correctly calculated that the container held 3.5 ounces of liquid?

The rule is stupid, but it's easy to enforce.