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DEL.ICIO.USAirport security changes
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The rules for what you can carry onboard an airplane are changing again, when it comes to gels and liquids. Now you can take them onboard in carryon luggage if you purchased them from “secure airport stores” after you’ve gone through screening checkpoints.
Travelers also can carry lip gloss and toiletries, as long as they’re in 3-ounce sizes and are placed in clear 1-quart size plastic bags for screening. The changes take effect Tuesday morning.
What do you think of the changes? Are they overdue and sensible or do they pose a risk you’d rather not take?
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By Jake
September 25, 2006 5:32 PM | Link to this
Why do the republicans only talk tough on national security? Security has not been improved. Be careful of the trojan elephant.
By Jacalyn
September 25, 2006 6:22 PM | Link to this
Hmm… Easing of restrictions on air travel and falling gas prices… Any chance this is because of upcoming elections that the Republicans are afraid of losing?
By Michael wilson
September 25, 2006 6:52 PM | Link to this
I am so glad. I will be travling out of the states in two weeks. I had already put my colonge in a little pump bottle,so it wouldn’t be stolen or broken. It was a hassle to do that anyway. Now I can take my own 20oz Coke (not pepsi after all I am a native of Atlanta)on board.
By Charlsie
September 25, 2006 6:55 PM | Link to this
Given the seemingly lax security at many airports, I don’t feel that the phrase “secure airport stores” means much, except that you might end up with very expensive and still potentially dangerous little bits of products.
I think the plastic bags are a good idea.
By Mike
September 25, 2006 7:06 PM | Link to this
You folks that are turning this into a partisan issue are pathetic.
Are you really that desperate to hate someone?
By Amanda Miller
September 26, 2006 11:15 AM | Link to this
Hi all
I agree that putting toletries in a plastic bag is a good idea to allow you to take them in carryon luggage again. But I’m puzzled by one item was on the approved list before and remains on the approved list now. Can anyone tell me why you’d need to take a corkscrew on board? Seems like it could be more dangerous than a tube of travel-size toothpaste.
Amanda