Thursday September 21, 2006 Weblog
Thursday September 21, 2006 On a recent flight to the USA, I was somewhat surprised to see that the airport I was at had erected metal fencing around the area for the gates serving flights to the USA.
This is a result, of course, of the "no liquids on a plane", fallout from recent issues in London..
So I got patted down and all my stuff x-ray'd, just like an ordinary criminal.
When I got off the plane and was unpacking, I discovered I'd taken on board two different containers of liquids/gels, including one that is 60% ethanol. One was in a bag, another was in a coat. The bag in question was examined, by hand, but perhaps the examiner had no clue about what he was looking at so didn't recognise it.
This along with an incident last year is making me wonder if there is any tangible benefit to the huge inconvenience and insistence that everyone be treated like a common criminal.
I wonder if there is more or less security entering into a prison than the USA?
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Posted by Greg on September 21, 2006 at 05:51 PM PDT #