Comments on: Liquid Relaxation

By: andrewferrier

andrewferrier — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:13:23 +0000

Yeah, I was hoping someone wouldn’t spot that hole in my argument If airspace was owned by someone other than government, that might change the situation of course, but let’s not get into that. I’m sure an imaginative solution could be found though - a ‘one-size-fits-all’ security solution still isn’t justified, particularly when information on security threats is so thin on the ground, so it’s impossible to tell how accurate or competent our protectors are.

By: Anton Piatek

Anton Piatek — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 09:03:20 +0000

The problem is that plane crashes tend to affect more than just the people on the plane… particularly when they get hijacked by a bottle of water…

Did you realise that the amount of liquid you can bring on is much, much smaller than any bottle of drink you can buy. So if you want to drink anything on a budget airline flight you have to buy it after security.

Don’t even get me started on the whole “after security” issue.
You cannot take a lighter through (or you couldn’t, not sure if that was relaxed) but you can buy one after security and take that on with you!!

I would pay more for less security, as it would make traveling far more comfortable!

By: Mårten Gustafson

Mårten Gustafson — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 22:44:58 +0000

Damn right. I had a bunch of trouble this morgning due to check in closing, early, in front of my nose and thus forcing me to take my hold luggage with me through security setting of all kinds of liquid alarms and sh&¤… I’d go for the low security option any day.

By: andrewferrier

andrewferrier — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 22:33:17 +0000

Ick. Is root beer hard to get here? Not sure I’ve ever had any.

By: dps

dps — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 21:13:24 +0000

I brought a can of root beer back from the US at the weekend, in my hold luggage of course… trouble is it exploded and covered all my clothes in stickyness