You CAN take more than 100ml of drink on a plane

adouglasmhor

No you have to do obvious and pointless things to keep the sheeple happy. If thye keep this up we will all have to fly in paper boiler suits wearing mittens and blindfolds all in the cause of safety.

exel1966

At the end of the day IF a terrorist is determined to destroy a plane/bus/train he/she will be able to do it quite easily and there will be no way of stopping it.
The Govt. regulations are nothing but 'lip service' to show that something rather than nothing is being done.
Passengers have it faily easy when it comes to security measures at airports nowadays. Try being a staff member for an airline/airport based company, then it gets really difficult not being able to do your job properly because of these regulations !!

Voyager2002

nearlyrich wrote: »

The most annoying thing is having to go through the full security check whilst in transit where you have had no opportunity to buy anything from outside and with a tight transfer window (sometimes due to late arrival of a flight etc,) it can cost you a flight. There should be a transfer channel to fast track people through who have already been cleared.

Any responsible airport will MAKE SURE that passengers on one of its departures do not pose a security risk. Can they rely on the standard of screening at all other airports, anywhere in the world? Hint: I once boarded a flight in Manila, and the security staff did not notice that I had a backpack on my back and so did not check inside it! I have used airports in India where security seemed (to my untrained eye) to be disorganised, rushed and ineffective. No: airport management do not know about the quality of screening at the airports from which their transfer passengers arrived. So they need to know about their own quality of screening, and ensure that it is uniformly applied.

sinizterguy

Whoever did that is obviously white.

exel1966

Keep the racist crap out of it !!!

WiseInvestor_2

Dougie,

Staff aren't even permitted to carry some frozen ready meals through security, because when defrosted they contain gravy etc. A bottle of ice could easily have an unfrozen vial of banned liquid (or a circuit board!) suspended within it, which is why such articles should be confiscated.

Once again, playing clever helps nobody. It makes the job harder for the security staff, slows down the processing rate and puts the joker at risk of further 'questioning'.

Would you be stupid enough to declare you had a bomb in your luggage when asked at check-in whether you have any prohibited articles in your suitcase? I'd like to hope not. So why would anyone attempt to 'smuggle' a banned quantity of liquid through security? They must be mad, and like Sam says, I wouldn't want them anywhere NEAR my aircraft!

sinizterguy

exel1966 wrote: »

Keep the racist crap out of it !!!

Sorry ... I apologise for not being politically correct.

exel1966

Oh I'm a long way from being politically correct believe me, but only where's theres justification and not assumptions !!

sinizterguy

exel1966 wrote: »

Oh I'm a long way from being politically correct believe me, but only where's theres justification and not assumptions !!

In that case, why dont we ask the OP what the situation was ? From what I have experienced, its a fair assumption. But yes it is an assumption and assumption can be wrong at times. I hate the incompetent anal power tripping so-called security at airports.

nearlyrich

Voyager2002 wrote: »

Any responsible airport will MAKE SURE that passengers on one of its departures do not pose a security risk. Can they rely on the standard of screening at all other airports, anywhere in the world? .

I don't think it's necessary to be checked again at Heathrow when you have just got off a plane from Manchester to be honest. If I wasn't happy with the security at an airport I wouldn't fly, but taking "duty free" purchases from one airport off someone at the next airport is a little harsh. I don't buy alcohol from them but I have seen people have to leave sealed bags of booze at the checkpoint on a transfer ( Frankfurt).
It's really annoying when it's almost a year since they increased the security (and I agree for good reason) but they haven't increased the staffing levels significantly and there is no consistancy on what can be taken on a flight.