Originally Posted by UAL_Rulez
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.
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.
My carryons consist of a regulation-sized carryon + a laptop. I don't think I should have to check either one of them because of paranoid lunacy involving liquids/gels/electronics.
Originally Posted by UAL_Rulez
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.
How does this TATP get airside?
"TATP is one of the most sensitive explosives known, being extremely sensitive to impact, temperature change and friction."
Global Security Article <--- far from comprehensive
There's no need to check every bottle. There never was and there isn't now.