Originally Posted by Superguy
And who are you to call mine and other people's stuff crap?
Fair enough. I apologize for using the word. All I meant is, if Ma and Pa Kettle don't carry their bags aboard for their two week once a year trip to Paducah, it cuts down on the excess time spent at checkpoints and boarding/deboarding process.
Originally Posted by Superguy
Just look at all the "crap" people carried on to the FT do we went to. Oh yeah, things like clothes and laptops.
VFFs can and will continue to carry things aboard as needed. We're a pretty adaptable group. And agreed, if laptops can't be carried on, that's a big deal - but nobody's talking about that as a permanent rule and it's not even being discussed for US travel.
Originally Posted by Superguy
You may be fine with the inconvenience in the name of security. But this isn't security. It's just inconvenience.
Disagree. Prohibiting most liquids and gels counters a real threat, i.e., carried-on TATP in soda bottles from sterile areas - a damn good way to blow up planes. There's no way to check every bottle, especially since the plot involved sourcing the stuff from airside. And the cutback on carry-on baggage that's resulted from the rules is an improvement as far as I'm concerned. And it hasn't stopped me from carrying my bags on board when I've chosen to do so.