And You Thought the TSA Was Stupid...
Jan 25, 2007 | 8:46 am
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And You Thought the TSA Was Stupid...
Last night, flying FRA-LHR, so subject to the extra US+UK security check.
Go through with no liquids.
My bag is opened AFTER x-ray.
He eventually finds my SOLID deodorant (with which I have travelled through tons of airports in the US, UK, and Continental EU with know issues), and looks pleased with himself.
He proceeds to walk over to the X-ray monitor, take a plastic bag, place my deodorant in the plastic bag, place the plastic bag in my bad, and send me on my way.
Thank you for the plastic bag to keep my solid deodorant from leaking, oh kind stranger.
Go through with no liquids.
My bag is opened AFTER x-ray.
He eventually finds my SOLID deodorant (with which I have travelled through tons of airports in the US, UK, and Continental EU with know issues), and looks pleased with himself.
He proceeds to walk over to the X-ray monitor, take a plastic bag, place my deodorant in the plastic bag, place the plastic bag in my bad, and send me on my way.
Thank you for the plastic bag to keep my solid deodorant from leaking, oh kind stranger.
Jan 25, 2007 | 8:57 am
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Last night, flying FRA-LHR, so subject to the extra US+UK security check.
Go through with no liquids.
My bag is opened AFTER x-ray.
He eventually finds my SOLID deodorant (with which I have travelled through tons of airports in the US, UK, and Continental EU with know issues), and looks pleased with himself.
He proceeds to walk over to the X-ray monitor, take a plastic bag, place my deodorant in the plastic bag, place the plastic bag in my bad, and send me on my way.
Thank you for the plastic bag to keep my solid deodorant from leaking, oh kind stranger.
Go through with no liquids.
My bag is opened AFTER x-ray.
He eventually finds my SOLID deodorant (with which I have travelled through tons of airports in the US, UK, and Continental EU with know issues), and looks pleased with himself.
He proceeds to walk over to the X-ray monitor, take a plastic bag, place my deodorant in the plastic bag, place the plastic bag in my bad, and send me on my way.
Thank you for the plastic bag to keep my solid deodorant from leaking, oh kind stranger.
Oh well, I saw TSAs argue about that with me before, until they figured out what "solid" means
Jan 25, 2007 | 10:52 am
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That's not the point exactly. It's one thing that he didn't realize it was a solid. It's another thing altogether that he thought the correct solution was to put it into a plastic baggie and not rescreen the bag or anything of the sort. What the hell is the point of putting it in a plastic baggie and then handing it and the carry-on back to me?
Jan 25, 2007 | 11:09 am
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Those are magical baggies. Things put inside of them become harmless. In fact, screeners are reported to store their brains in those bags overnight. 
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Jan 25, 2007 | 11:27 am
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Hey, at least you got yours back... in FRA last August, they confiscated mine after it had been through checks in PHL, LAX, and CLT.
Jan 26, 2007 | 1:14 am
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Everytime the US or the UK winges the rest of the world goes into overdrive!! Sometimes overdoing things in the process. As for FRA - they are still dealing with the Lockabie thing so cut them some slack since they missed the explosives on the PAN AM flight. They are just trying - not always sucessfully but never the less. At least he returned the legal item and did not make you throw it away.
Samething with those RIDF ( I think that was right??) chips in passports. The USA says all Visitors taking part in the Waiver programme will require these passports soon. What does Germany do - they go overboard within 12 months they stoped issueing other kinds of passports (those without chips) These are now the only kind of passport issued if you are wanting to travel to the US BUT and this is what gets my nappies in a knot US immigrations can't use the system fully yet!!!
Samething with those RIDF ( I think that was right??) chips in passports. The USA says all Visitors taking part in the Waiver programme will require these passports soon. What does Germany do - they go overboard within 12 months they stoped issueing other kinds of passports (those without chips) These are now the only kind of passport issued if you are wanting to travel to the US BUT and this is what gets my nappies in a knot US immigrations can't use the system fully yet!!!