Cut to the Chase, Already!
August 13, 2006
5:20 p.m., MT

I'd guess 'most everyone who comes by here is aware of the new security regs regarding liquids being carried on flights. Looks like it ain't gonna be temporary, folks. From CNN (link in original):

The Transportation Security Administration issued new rules banning nearly all liquids, including beverages, lotions and hair gels, from being taken on planes after British authorities arrested at least 24 suspects in the plot.

British airlines went even further, banning all carry-on luggage except for keys, wallets, glasses and other essentials. Medications and baby formula are being allowed. (Full story)

Jamie Bowden, a former terminal manager at London's Heathrow Airport, said the new rules may be here to stay.

"I think certainly here in the U.K. and certainly in the States as well, people are now getting used to kind of a new way of travel," Bowden told CNN on Friday. "So that I think, although the airlines certainly don't want these kinds of restrictions, if they believe through government intelligence that it's much safer to fly like this, that may be a new way that people are going to have to get used to flying."

First, all we have so far is the govs' words as to this alleged plot. Anybody here buying? Second, banning liquids is about as stupid as shoe sniffing. Surely any pyromaniac worth his saltpeter knows that clothing can be used to create nitrocellulose.

So come on, Homeland Security and TSA, get on with it already! Start requiring fliers to strip down upon boarding their flights, hand out Depends, and strap 'em in their seats for the duration.

Sunni

Comments: 7 people have contributed to the conversation

On Sunday, August 13th, at approximately 6:35 p.m. Mountain time, Jorge said:

My wife and daughters are going to visit family in Singapore and Malaysia in December. We have been joking that by the time they need to fly, they will have to go naked.

OTOH I can't believe the number of comments that I have heard, saying "as long as it makes us safer" and "if the government thinks this is necessary then it must be".

Why wait, despair now.

On Sunday, August 13th, at approximately 9:38 p.m. Mountain time, Erin said:

Well, the banning of liquids is the last straw for me. I've ALWAYS packed my toiletries and some clean underwear in my carry-on because I've done without when the shoddy airlines have lost my baggage. I'm certainly not going to pack them in my checked luggage, have them get lost, and have to buy all new toiletries at my destination.

As of now, unless there is some kind of family emergency or if work forces me to fly, I'm not getting on another airline. I can't say I won't EVER fly again, but I can certainly say I won't fly unless I have NO other alternatives.

None of this makes us one whit safer, but the damn sheeple sure do think it's a good idea...

On Monday, August 14th, at approximately 5:23 a.m. Mountain time, Sunni said:

But think of all the revenue enhancement this'll bring to the airport shops! (Hmmm. Did I just uncover the real source of the plot?)

On Monday, August 14th, at approximately 8:25 a.m. Mountain time, jomama said:

I like it.

I'm gonna by stock in Depends.

On Thursday, August 17th, at approximately 3:00 p.m. Mountain time, Scott Bieser said:

I've managed to avoid flying, myself, since 9/11. Now I'm contemplating a business trip to Bethesda in October. Driving from Wyoming would take six day's travel for a two-day event, and cost four times the price of air fare. So it looks like I'm flying.

So I'm going to show up at the checkpoint wearing nothing but Depends and a pair of sandals.

On Sunday, August 27th, at approximately 3:54 p.m. Mountain time, MamaLiberty said:

I can SEE it now! And Scott would be just the one to push their buttons that way! Go for it, guy!

ROFLOL MamaLiberty

On Monday, August 28th, at approximately 5:20 a.m. Mountain time, Sunni said:

Scott, I'm tempted to ask you to have someone taking pictures or vid of your pass through the gropefest, but that could piss 'em off too.

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