10 years since the liquid ban went into effect
Aug 30, 2016, 9:51 am
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Aug 30, 2016, 10:06 am
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Very sensible in my opinon.
The backlash from lawmakers, flight attendants and busybodies was fierce, and the TSA backpedalled. Three years later and sharps are still banned.
Aug 30, 2016, 11:48 am
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2 United Pilots Suspected of Being Drunk Arrested in Glasgow
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireSto...asgow-41698796
Sure you don't want to reconsider your blanket statement?
Drunk and at the controls. Nothing about that should concern anyone!
Aug 30, 2016, 12:45 pm
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Aug 30, 2016, 12:47 pm
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FWIW, I have a lawsuit pending about exactly this: https://s.ai/tsa/legal/sfo
Hope to make it a class action suit if possible. It's a multi-billion (with B) dollar claim in damages from unlawfully seized liquids alone. But main thrust is injunction and compensation for what they've done to me at many airports throughout the country.
Hope to make it a class action suit if possible. It's a multi-billion (with B) dollar claim in damages from unlawfully seized liquids alone. But main thrust is injunction and compensation for what they've done to me at many airports throughout the country.
Aug 30, 2016, 1:34 pm
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In the Spring of 2013, the TSA announced that they would begin to allow small sharps on board plane.
Very sensible in my opinon.
The backlash from lawmakers, flight attendants and busybodies was fierce, and the TSA backpedalled. Three years later and sharps are still banned.
Very sensible in my opinon.
The backlash from lawmakers, flight attendants and busybodies was fierce, and the TSA backpedalled. Three years later and sharps are still banned.
Since the ban isn't going away anytime soon. I would like to see some revisions. For example, there's no reason someone shouldn't be able to take a 6 oz bottle through security. That bottle will easily fit inside the quart bag. I also haven't figured out how a pie is allowed through security though. I'm not sure what the liquid or gel content of the average pie is, but I imagine its a lot more than 3.4 oz.
Aug 30, 2016, 2:27 pm
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As a male, the liquid ban doesn't affect me too much - Any trip shorter than a week I don't really need much in the way of liquids. I use the hotel shampoo, so it's basically toothpaste and some hair gel.
Longer than a week and I usually check a bag, so it's moot.
For me, the sharps ban is the true hassle. I'd love to bring my leatherman. It's always so useful. But no.
Apparently this tool can be used in 2016 to take down a 100,000 lb aircraft.
Longer than a week and I usually check a bag, so it's moot.
For me, the sharps ban is the true hassle. I'd love to bring my leatherman. It's always so useful. But no.
Apparently this tool can be used in 2016 to take down a 100,000 lb aircraft.
Aug 30, 2016, 2:33 pm
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"Security screening flight crews is the epitome of stupid"
is what I based my remark on. Not screening flight crews for LGA's......, which I would tend to agree with.
Flight crew can be terrorists just like anyone else, the likelihood is extremely low but still possible. They do have access to the things that would allow a successful attack to be carried out.
I don't see having one set of security rules for crew, airport/airline employees, passengers or anyone else entering the secure area as a bad thing.
Aug 30, 2016, 4:08 pm
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As a male, the liquid ban doesn't affect me too much - Any trip shorter than a week I don't really need much in the way of liquids. I use the hotel shampoo, so it's basically toothpaste and some hair gel.
Longer than a week and I usually check a bag, so it's moot.
For me, the sharps ban is the true hassle. I'd love to bring my leatherman. It's always so useful. But no.
Apparently this tool can be used in 2016 to take down a 100,000 lb aircraft.
Longer than a week and I usually check a bag, so it's moot.
For me, the sharps ban is the true hassle. I'd love to bring my leatherman. It's always so useful. But no.
Apparently this tool can be used in 2016 to take down a 100,000 lb aircraft.
Aug 30, 2016, 6:14 pm
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Why waste millions in tax dollars to screen flight crews?
Aug 30, 2016, 6:42 pm
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The crew members who went nuts over the thought of tiny knives and trekking poles being permitted on board might be in favor of crew member screening.
Aug 30, 2016, 7:45 pm
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A FA could be bribed or blackmailed into carrying contraband through a checkpoint in order to hand off that contraband to someone else inside the sterile area --- someone intending to cause problems on a completely different flight.
Aug 31, 2016, 10:35 am
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On and on and on, it's much more dangerous than a light saber.
Aug 31, 2016, 11:47 am
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You're assuming that the sharps (or whatever else) a FA carries through a checkpoint actually make it onto the plane with the FA.
A FA could be bribed or blackmailed into carrying contraband through a checkpoint in order to hand off that contraband to someone else inside the sterile area --- someone intending to cause problems on a completely different flight.
A FA could be bribed or blackmailed into carrying contraband through a checkpoint in order to hand off that contraband to someone else inside the sterile area --- someone intending to cause problems on a completely different flight.
I don't know what percentage of crew members are KCMs.
Aug 31, 2016, 12:25 pm
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