putting liquids in clear bags after security

Random

Can someone please explain the point of this to me.

Was going through a uk airport recently. Someone hadnt taken liquids etc out of bag and were being searched after security. They were then told they had to go over to the machine and buy a clear bag for liquids etc, even though already through and checked. They didnt even put it through the xray or anything again after search.

Why then were they told to buy the bag after simply to put it into their bag?

robinph

Because they are trying to sell more of the plastic bags in the UK airports. Last time I was going through I heard the guy next to me being told that the reason for needing to keep the liquids in the bag was incase there was a problem with the pressure in the plane and the liquid containers bust.

If there is a problem with the air pressure in the plane then the last thing I'l be concerned with is if my tube of toothpaste is making a mess on the inside of my bag.

flikflak

This happened to me the other week. I had no liquids on me but had a tin of vasaline lip balm in my pocket which I had forgotten I had put there.

The woman said to me I had to put it in a plastic bag. So I went and bought one and went back to her where she put the tin in it and gave it back to me. Utterly pointless.

Tbh I dont think the "security" people are airports have a clue why they putting these liquids into bags. The air pressure thing is complete twaddle - I mean we were quite happily allowed to shove liquids of any size into our bags a few years ago and no one was concerned about pressure then.

I thought the whole point of the liquids in the clear bag and under 100ml was that the people manning the scanners could identify the liquids easily when they passed through the scanner. Meaning they are only looking at them and making sure they look ok. Now surely if you have something in your pocket that you have forgotten to pop in a plastic bag then the person that discovers it on you can also look at it and determine if it is ok? They could then hand it back to you and you could pop it back in your pocket.

The whole liquids thing is a farce in my opinion.

Random

I found it even more funny when i realised i had 2x 500ml full bottles of water in my bag that id forgotten about. Security didnt notice and i only noticed when queueing at the gate for the plane.

robinph

I recently got through Dublin without them spotting a 750ml bottle of energise sport.

The minor UK airports seems to be the most anal about it though, not actually had much bother going through LHR. I'm certain that at other airports the security get a share of the profits from the bag dispenser machines.

Last time I let them rummage through my bag for a couple of minutes whilst he found the various bottles of eye drops and toothpaste in there. He was then heading off to put them back through the scanner and I thought I'd best point out to him that he'd missed the one genuinely dangerous item that I had in my bag, that being needles and medication that could actually harm someone. Didn't care about that though and just left it loose in my main bag, the toothpaste is the real danger.

Imagine the scene on board with people getting squirted with toothpaste just as the cabin pressure fails and the pilot tries to avoid crashing into the side of a mountain. That ziplock bag will really help save lives.

flikflak

^:D

"Colgate carnage at Crash site"

killbillvol2

robinph wrote: »

I recently got through Dublin without them spotting a 750ml bottle of energise sport.

The minor UK airports seems to be the most anal about it though, not actually had much bother going through LHR. I'm certain that at other airports the security get a share of the profits from the bag dispenser machines.

Last time I let them rummage through my bag for a couple of minutes whilst he found the various bottles of eye drops and toothpaste in there. He was then heading off to put them back through the scanner and I thought I'd best point out to him that he'd missed the one genuinely dangerous item that I had in my bag, that being needles and medication that could actually harm someone. Didn't care about that though and just left it loose in my main bag, the toothpaste is the real danger.

Imagine the scene on board with people getting squirted with toothpaste just as the cabin pressure fails and the pilot tries to avoid crashing into the side of a mountain. That ziplock bag will really help save lives.

"Air crash investigators were puzzled by a strong minty smell at the scene".