Flying? New TSA Carry-On Baggage Rules

http://channels.isp.netscape.com/whatsnew/default.jsp?story=20060810-1252 ^ | 8-10-06

[Hydroshock]

If you're flying soon, the rules concerning what you may and may not carry onto the plane with you just changed in response to the arrest in the United Kingdom of people accused of plotting to destroy aircraft bound from England to the United States by exploding liquids in their carry-on bags. Find out the details of this thwarted terrorist plot.

Effective Thursday, Aug. 10, travelers are no longer allowed to bring the following items on board the airliner: --All liquids of any kind, including drinks --Gels --Lotions and creams, including hand lotion and sunscreen --Contacts may be brought on board in their cases, but the cases cannot contain liquid. --Hairspray --Toothpaste --Shampoo and conditioner --Liquid makeup --Perfume --Anything else that has a liquid or gel-like consistency.

Higher security means long lines and chaos in airports nationwide.

If you bring any of these items through airport security, TSA agents will confiscate them from your carry-on luggage; however, you may still place them in checked luggage. Some exceptions are granted for passengers traveling with an infant or small child. Baby formula, juice, bottled breast milk and baby food are allowed, but they will be tested by the TSA to ensure they are not explosives. Prescription drugs, insulin and some nonprescription medication are also allowed with proper identification. The new procedures cover all flights, both international and domestic. Currently, laptop computers, cell phones and other electronic devices are allowed, but that is subject to change.

[IonImplantGuru]

You've got to be the fastest reader I ever heard of! One novel on a cross-country flight each way is the best that I can do.

Naahhh! Certain is 'cheating'; those are comic books and Cliff-Notes he's reading.

[The Shrew]

They want the opportunity to loose/damage/destroy more luggage.

No, this is a negotiating ploy for their baggage handler unions. They are bargaining this away in lieu of a 10% pay increase. They are offering only 3% but the opportunity to rifle luggage.< / sarcasm>

Regards,

TS

[IonImplantGuru]

"And Monica Lewinsky will have to spit before boarding."

You owe me a new keyboard, Larry!

Actually, the other day my wife asked me, "Why do men spit all the time?" My reply? "Honey, real men never swallow!"

[Chuckster]

>two drops of Victor Xray can off the entire planeload.< Ok, the only "Victor Xray" I know of is an old style Xray tube. What the h. e. double hocky pucks do you mean???

"Victor Xray" is phonetic alphabet used by the military for "VX", a nerve agent. Very lethal.

[CertainInalienableRights]

Certain is 'cheating'; those are comic books and Cliff-Notes he's reading.

Maybe "novel" was the wrong word. I read three books.

One was David McCullough's "1776" (admittedly, one of his thinner works). Another was "Benedict Arnold's Navy" by James Nelson. The third was a Tom Clancy novel. Frankly, as much as I like Clancy, after a couple of weeks I can't differentiate one from another in my memory so I don't know which one it was.

That said, comic books would have been more informative than the rags passed off as magazines. And Cliff's Notes got me through college.

[Larry Lucido]

Good answer. :-)

[varina davis]

Any new anti-terrorist rules should also apply to trains, buses and ships.

[Paved Paradise]

This really sucks, especially for women. I can't imagine how you'd put your contacts in the case without liquid! What would kill me is the hand lotion. My hands are so dry, I need it constantly so I'd probably fight to the death to keep it.

I heard a few comments on the radio today and they were primarily criticisms with our security. We seem to look at objects while El Al, for example, looks at people. I think we should get rid of the bad people, vs. bad objects.

Anyway, it's a thought.

[FreedomCalls]

For instance, I use a soap that is only available from its manufacturer, a woman who makes it out of her house.

Does she make it in a big vat out by the cement pond?

[NearlyNormal]

So much for all the pacemaker users out there; kiss 'em goodbye. I think your proposed method would snuff the pacemakers.

Actually, my post was more tongue-in-cheek. If anyone were to seriously consider such an approach, there would obviously be a need for some "pre-screening" to tailor the methodology (... particularly for the flatulent passengers ;-O).

On a more serious note, I'd be all for a "triage" screening process that would examine 100% of entrants, and would actually begin at the traffic gates to the airport. (Damn right this would include profiling!) If anything was remotely suspicious, I'd route it through a set of procedures that would be designed not only to detect, but totally destroy the threat and its transport.

Neat and clean: no ACLU, no CAIR, no lawyers, no liberal judges, no incarceration, and very little inconvenience and delay to the innocent passengers.

[IonImplantGuru]

"On a more serious note, I'd be all for a "triage" screening process that would examine 100% of entrants, and would actually begin at the traffic gates to the airport. (Damn right this would include profiling!) If anything was remotely suspicious, I'd route it through a set of procedures that would be designed not only to detect, but totally destroy the threat and its transport. Neat and clean: no ACLU, no CAIR, no lawyers, no liberal judges, no incarceration, and very little inconvenience and delay to the innocent passengers."

I can live with that.