Liquids confiscated at LHR? Now they go to charity
Mar 23, 2013, 6:51 pm
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Sometimes they even get caught doing it and have to resign - like the guy in MCO who confiscated a laptop in an orphaned bag a pax found and turned into him.
Mar 23, 2013, 7:23 pm
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IME, it's rare to find a TSO who actually offers you the option of leaving the line to dispose of the item instead of immediately tossing it. On occasion, when I've had the time, I've chosen to leave the line and go to the toilet and throw my item away there. I'd rather it go to a landfill than into the pocket of a TSO or the coffers of the agency.
Mar 23, 2013, 10:26 pm
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In the US, I have never been offered the option of keeping/leaving line my beverage vs. seeing it thrown away - even in a nalgene water bottle. There is absolutely no option to take a drink in line - I have asked. I think they don't want you to gulp the water down and then ask to keep the empty bottle. I have left the line and emptied the nalgene in the trash bin by the checkpoint and then gone through the same line again when I didn't want to lose the bottle.
Mar 24, 2013, 1:41 am
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What a wonderful new policy. It introduces an insidious new threat vector for terrorists - take poisonous liquids to the airport, let them be confiscated, sit back and watch as homeless people in London drop dead from the poison. It's a virtually untraceable vector, and will garner BIG headlines worldwide as the stupidity of liquids restrictions at the airport come back to bite London in the butt.
I am actually a little surprised that such a policy was put into place in the UK before the US. But give it time; I'm sure some Dudley Do-Rights will suggest it at LGA or LAX pretty soon.
I am actually a little surprised that such a policy was put into place in the UK before the US. But give it time; I'm sure some Dudley Do-Rights will suggest it at LGA or LAX pretty soon.
Mar 24, 2013, 8:17 am
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In European airports, I've always been offered the option to drink it right there in line (or leave the line to dispose of it). Always. I often do take a long drink before giving the rest up.
In the US, I have never been offered the option of keeping/leaving line my beverage vs. seeing it thrown away - even in a nalgene water bottle. There is absolutely no option to take a drink in line - I have asked. I think they don't want you to gulp the water down and then ask to keep the empty bottle. I have left the line and emptied the nalgene in the trash bin by the checkpoint and then gone through the same line again when I didn't want to lose the bottle.
In the US, I have never been offered the option of keeping/leaving line my beverage vs. seeing it thrown away - even in a nalgene water bottle. There is absolutely no option to take a drink in line - I have asked. I think they don't want you to gulp the water down and then ask to keep the empty bottle. I have left the line and emptied the nalgene in the trash bin by the checkpoint and then gone through the same line again when I didn't want to lose the bottle.
Mar 24, 2013, 9:24 am
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So it seems that the potentially explosive items confiscated at LHR (yes they confiscate things over here, none of this voluntary surrender) are magically neutralized and no longer dangerous once dropped in that big bin, so they can be handed over to charity.
More here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-21881133
More here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-21881133
Mar 25, 2013, 3:18 am
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I witnessed a scene at CDG where two Slavic types were offered the same choice with their 0,5L vodka bottle - at 6 am. Without batting an eyelid, in a brotherly fashion they got rid of the offending liquid in two long gulps. The empty bottle went to the bin.
Mar 25, 2013, 5:12 pm
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The flaw in giving confiscated toiletries to homeless people:
Many shampoos are green. Green fabric dye is green. Shampoo containing green fabric dye is green. Homeless people who use this "free" shampoo are green.
Many shampoos are green. Green fabric dye is green. Shampoo containing green fabric dye is green. Homeless people who use this "free" shampoo are green.
Mar 26, 2013, 4:35 pm
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While I more often than not given the "choice", I've also been subjected to "you can't take that aboard" while the item is being tossed into the bin.
Mar 26, 2013, 5:31 pm
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So it seems that the potentially explosive items confiscated at LHR (yes they confiscate things over here, none of this voluntary surrender) are magically neutralized and no longer dangerous once dropped in that big bin, so they can be handed over to charity.
More here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-21881133
More here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-21881133
The only logical explanation I can come up with is this: LHR security reviewed the last few months of TSA stupidity and decided they were falling behind. There must be some annual award for "Most boneheaded move in airport security" that we don't know about, and LHR felt threatened by Pre-check, the BDO program, the "sequestration=longer-lines" debacle, the abuse of handicapped 3-yr-olds, and the string of TSA staff arrested for various crimes. Or SHOC have developed a fool-proof way of distinguishing actual shampoo and toothpaste from scary high-explosives, but won't share the technology with DoT.