Terrorist Attempt Stopped

[Tom Earp]

You can bet restictions will make your rear end pucker up!

I seldom fly anymore as compared to the good old days flying every other week. This would drive Me nuts!

To many people who are stupid and beleive that We are still the usgly American along with any non Musilum Arab State.

[The1calledTKE]

Fighter Jets keep taking off from Dobbins in Atlanta. A lot more than usual. They must really be worried something is going to happen

[valkyrie]

So, um, I am by no means an expert on explosives, but from what I heard on the news this morning, my understanding is that people might bring, say, two different liquids onto a plane and the shit happens when they get mixed together. So, um, WTF:



Is it really a good idea to, you know, just be mixing all this shit together, just in case there's something bad in there?

[ZTAngel]

Originally Posted by The1calledTKE

Fighter Jets keep taking off from Dobbins in Atlanta. A lot more than usual. They must really be worried something is going to happen

They were taking off all last night too starting at 10pm. I think they may have known ahead of time that something was going on.

[Tippiechick]

Yeah, by 10a.m., the local news finally explained that it was only liquids that were carried on board. I think I can deal with the new restrictions. The no-ipod thing will suck, though.

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

NO WATER ON THE PLANE? Water is a fundamental right.

There will be water on the plane. You'll just have to ask the flight attendent for it.

[honeychile]

I was supposed to fly to Chicago today, but was so sick, decided that I didn't need to spend a weekend away from home feeling lousy. I am SO GLAD, because I have my suitcases packed a precise way at all times, and would have freaked if I'd have to change everything around.

I did hear that in several airports, returning tourists are just leaving bottles of wine (CA), barbeque sauce (TX), hot sauce (LA), etc in the airport lobbies, so someone can still use them. It will be interesting to see what they do with that stuff.

[AGDee]

OK, since my kids were flying as unaccompanied minors, I got a gate pass and got to sit and observe while they screened everybody, so here's what I saw:

The ipod thing is only for Britain. My kids had an ipod, cell phone and Game Boy with them and those were not a problem. Neither was the portable nebulizer (for the asthma).

ANYTHING liquid or gel like was taken away from people. This included mascara, lip gloss, lotions, etc. Most people were ok with it, but one senior citizen lady was flipping out about a $50 bottle of face lotion and some expensive perfume. What they are going to do with that stuff, who knows.

We went through the initial security checkpoint like always.. remove shoes, metal, put your stuff on the conveyer. HOWEVER, when they started boarding, then they went through each carry on bag and frisked every single passenger. Since they started boarding at the usual time, this did make the plane slightly delayed. I guess they were worried about people getting something between the initial check in and boarding the plane, since all the little news stands and stuff sell things that are liquid.

Overall, I felt much better about the kids flying after seeing everything they went through with each person, even though it took a while. And, they arrived safely in St. Petersburg and my dad found them with no trouble. I didn't completely relax until he called and said they were in his possession though.

I must admit, I am so relieved that they are gone for a little while because with juggling work, my mom in the hospital and the kids for a month now, I'm wiped out. One less thing on my plate is really helpful. I might actually get some sleep over the next week. Phew.

[Rollergirl2001]

Thank God that the terrorist were captured. I rather be safe than sorry. I'm thinking about heading to Brimingham in October, but I'm not flying there. I might take the bus.

BTW, is deodorant on the list?