Originally Posted by MSY-MSP
Wow I am surprised no one picked up on this one yet. According to published
news reports, at least one of the suspects in this plot was a woman with a 6 month old child. Based on this information, why on earth are they allowing formula or breast milk and banning other liquids. It shows that they clearly are not thinking about the true risks associated with the ban, and in this case the evidence indicates that an exempted item may have been used to smuggle a portion of the material on board.
I am sorry to say this, but formula and breast milk in bottles should not be exempted, as long as we have this liquid ban.
This one's a tough call.
On one hand, we're saying that TSA should take steps to mitigate risks and not blanket ban stuff. On the other, we're saying that everything like this should be banned.
Honestly, one mom is a risk I'm willing to deal with. People have to travel with kids for whatever reason. If the UK wants to make them taste the milk, fine, but the kids shouldn't be penalized because one woman with a baby could be a suspsect.
One thing we have to be careful of is trying to have it both ways. I think this is a case of that.