Clear plastic bags
 

I have not traveled since this brave new era ;) began last week, so forgive my ignorance.

Where do you get the clear plastic bags? Are they at the airport or do you bring your own? What size(s) are acceptable? What is their point anyway? Why not just put your stuff in one of the TSA bins & send it on through?

Also, I certainly hope they change the new regs on carry on bag sizes. They are simply to small for a laptop, charger, DVD's & NCH.......

What's happening with books? Are they still banned?

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I have no idea where the clear plastic bags in the UK came from. I assume, based on the short-notice regulations, that the airport was supplying some.

There is no carry-on ban any more.

The carry-on restrictions in the UK are limiting, but I think reasonable. (Certainly more reasonable than a "no carry-on" rule.) I have no idea how the restrictions compare with the rules pre-last week.

Yes, books are still banned. But this has nothing to do with airports and travelling. Books are most certainly allowed onboard aircraft.

You make your own from the plastic sheeting and duct tape you must have with you if you are a responsible American citizen.

:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

So, do I use clear duct tape, or one of those designer colors? Also, isn't the glue on the tape "A GEL" (OH, horrors)............. :td:

The large ZipLoc bags doled out to pax at LHR are a very effective method of dealing with suspicious looking/acting fellow passengers after becoming airborne. Placing the bag over the suspect's head and "zipping" it ssecurely beneath his/her chin can be both an effective interrogation tool, as well a useful method for extremely prejudicial (to reuse a 60s phrase) termination.

Of course, enlisting fellow pax to sit on the suspect's/suspects' hands and feet comes in handy and reduces flailing about.... As with morphine styrettes, rarely is the genuine Tom Ridge/TSA duct tape available when you need it most. ;)

Hmmm, I have trouble understanding how you can zip the bag shut - the part about getting it over his head I understand.

Wait wait, don't tell me. We can use the duct tape to seal the bag shut around his neck :D :D

We finally found out what that was useful for! :D

I think you need to at least involve a corkscrew from the galley to make it "extreme prejudice." ;)

Maybe not, since most likely, "extreme prejudice" can be achieved in the criteria used to identify said "potential perpetrator" :D

(of course, in the 90's and 2000's sense of the word :D)

I am just waiting for a near miss with a baby and those clear plastic bags--I wouldn't like to be a politician going for re-election if some horrible accident happened.