air travel today

[lagilman]

Just got an e-mail from my sister, who was traveling home from Paris to Boston today (via Dublin). She reports that the lines were long and the amounts of toothpaste and coffee tossed by the wayside immense, but tempers were remarkably mellow, and all the bottles and whatnot they had to check made it through safe, sound, and unpilfered.

Comments

[sfmarty.livejournal.com]

What about the books? Were they taken away?

[lagilman]

anyone who tried to take books away from my sister and brother-in-law had better have a warrant and a flak jacket...

(she didn't say, actually, so I'm assuming it wasn't an issue)

[karenmiller.livejournal.com]

Anyone indulging in a temper tantrum under these circumstances deserves to be blown up, I reckon.

Yay for the British spooks who caught this atrocity before it was perpetrated.

[ferragus.livejournal.com]

If they try and take my single malt, there will be hell to pay.

Kidding on that part, if sanity hasn't returned, I'll buy new stuff at Worldcon.

I was dumb struck at the stupidity of screening folks again at the gate to keep them from taking in beverages that they'd bought once they past through security (heard the governor being quoted as that being part of the reason he'd called in the National Guard, can't recall if it was Romney from Mass or Pataki from NY, which ever they win the total bonehead award for my day.)

Am I cynical in thinking that the new rules will last until the first congress critter ends up flying non-first class and experiences it themselves?

Fingers crossed for a return to sanity soon.

[shadowfay.livejournal.com]

Glad that tempers are staying away and hope your sister and brother-in-law have a safe flight.