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Allow liquids to stay in the carry-on since TSA scanners can detect threat liquids. Wait a minute - is Hawley admitting here that the whole thing with throwing

• jpalomaki 10y ago
  According to TSA PreCheck page[1] the same liquid limitations still apply, you just don't have to put them on the belt. I don't think this is about them being able to detect the threat liquids. For the security checkpoint throughput it is important to avoid having to stop people and dig into their bags. I believe the reason for picking the liquids out of bag is just to make it faster for the security person to check you are not carrying too much. For PreCheck flyers this is not needed, since most of them are seasoned travelers and now the limits. [1] https://www.tsa.gov/precheck https://www.tsa.gov/precheck
• byoung2 10y ago
  Anyone who has traveled with a baby knows they can easily scan liquids inside the bag (e.g. formula and a gallon of distilled water). There is no need to even put them in a separate plastic bag. Sometimes they do a bomb residue test, however. I suspect throwing out liquids was a scam to sell you more drinks at higher prices after the checkpoint.
  • semi-extrinsic 10y ago
    I travelled through the US from Mexico to Europe last year. Bought a nice bottle of Mezcal at the airport in Mexico, had it in a sealed bag to enable travel. TSA agent didn't trust the travel seal, so he took it out of the bag, scanned bottle with some cotton swabs put into a device (my guess is HPLC), it was OK so he re-sealed my bag with TSA tape so I could carry it on multiple flights in Europe.