Airport security

[Money Money Money]

A game keeper friend of mine had 2 chaps from belgium fly over to stalk deer last week, they brought their own rifles and ammo with them.

They said security was high their end but just picked their rifles up off the conveyor belt in the UK, also ammo was taken in hand luggage!

[Mich the Tester]

I remember reading an interesting comment by a US senator or some such silly old roman rank saying that if we gave you the option of having 2 planes. One with no security and you could go straight on, the other with 4 hours of security screening, which you send your family on?

I’d send the family on the secure one and fly on the non-secure one myself. That way I could arrive 5 minutes before the flight and have time at the other end to rent a car and have a pie before picking up the rest of them.

It's an excellent idea and I wish the senator well in implementing this policy.

[Scary]

Hijacking by threatening with razor blades (or Stanley knives or whatever) and then flying into a building will not be allowed to happen again after 2001-09-11 because the passengers wouldn't think twice now about one hostage being killed. So why ban razorblades? To make people feel safer.

[Moscow Mule]

I've had a razor from Singapore Airlines, Quantas and Emirates.

Interesting. Never had one from BA, Air NZ, Air France, JAL or AA.

I think a skilled operator can pick up things hidden in laptops. The question is, how many of them are skilled and how many are just going through the motions?

[Swiss Tony]

I remember reading an interesting comment by a US senator or some such silly old roman rank saying that if we gave you the option of having 2 planes. One with no security and you could go straight on, the other with 4 hours of security screening, which you send your family on?

Kind of made everything else irrelevant I thought. Still wish they would be sensible about it, having no razors or deo, I mean am I the only one who has thought that I could easily tape a blade into the inside of my laptop and it would still work? If your desperate enough you will find a way.

I've had a razor from Singapore Airlines, Quantas and Emirates.

[Moscow Mule]

What I find bloody odd is that while you cannot take anything of use with you on a plane, ie razor deo etc, if you fly business with most carriers they serve you with nice metal cutlery and give you a wet bag with a razor and a can of deo!

I can't remember ever getting a razor in a care package. Toothbrush, and paste and assorted creams yes, but no razor.

Never had a can of deo either, but I'm pretty sure you can take your own little ones if you want.

[chef]

it's all a con to boost sales post security

[Swiss Tony]

What I find bloody odd is that while you cannot take anything of use with you on a plane, ie razor deo etc, if you fly business with most carriers they serve you with nice metal cutlery and give you a wet bag with a razor and a can of deo!

[Scary]

It's security theatre. They make you feel "safer" by having to jump through a few hoops before boarding. Nothing to do with any real threat.

[Tarquin Farquhar]

You can carry nail clippers if it the type with square ends but not the pointed ones.

I only know one kind, with sort of clipped-nail-shaped ends

I'm moe concerned about the corkscrew.....

[Moscow Mule]

WTF are you going to need a corkscrew for on a plane?

There are flight attendants to do all that for you...

[Paddy]

Why is it that UK airports will not allow you to carry on a corkcrew or a pair of nail clippers, whil the TSA, doing security for the country that actually got hit on 9/11, will allow them?

You can carry nail clippers if it the type with square ends but not the pointed ones.

[cupidstunt]

Why is it that UK airports will not allow you to carry on a corkcrew or a pair of nail clippers, whil the TSA, doing security for the country that actually got hit on 9/11, will allow them?

Think of some of the gun-loving posters on here. Would you like them sat behind you armed with a corkscrew?

[Tarquin Farquhar]

Why is it that UK airports will not allow you to carry on a corkcrew or a pair of nail clippers, whil the TSA, doing security for the country that actually got hit on 9/11, will allow them?