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> they're going to ... do what, exactly? I can tell you exactly what they do as this happened to me ~9 months ago when I had inadvertently left an e-cigarette

by sho 8y ago

> they're going to ... do what, exactly? I can tell you exactly what they do as this happened to me ~9 months ago when I had inadvertently left an e-cigarette in a checked suitcase. I was indeed paged (I was airside) to report to a service desk, where the (quite friendly) staff led me through secure areas into the bowels of the airport, where my suitcase was awaiting me on what could be described as an "off-ramp" to the baggage roller system. I was then requested to open my suitcase and retrieve the offending item, did so, and all was well. > I've checked batteries dozens of times and never give it a second thought I suspect that if you start travelling through more modern airports with the kind of enhanced screening that got me you'll definitely be giving it a second thought... I also have checked them dozens of times but as screening gets updated it's looking like a thing of the past.

logifail 8y ago
>> start travelling through more modern airports [No snark intended but] can you give us a definition of "modern" so I can compare against where I usually check my batteries from? OT, but I did once attempt to get a hot chocolate brownie with ice-cream topping through gate security at FRA; the x-ray operator was fine with it but his colleague called the supervisor over. I was eating it (quickly) while she and I were debating whether ice-cream was "a liquid", she really didn't like that. I handed the last 1/10th back :)
- sho 8y ago
  > can you give us a definition of "modern" Ah, I should have probably said "airports with modern equipment" as I presume this stuff is susceptible to periodic updates regardless of the age of the airport. I suppose it does need a fairly recent baggage management system. For reference, it happened to me at Adelaide airport in Australia, which is about 10 years old. I guess then by modern I mean any first-world airport built within the last decade or so? As noted I've flown with li-on and everything else in checked baggage a million times too and it was the first time it happened to me, so I assume the mandate is fairly recent. That story is ridiculous, but makes me wonder what would happen if you tried to bring through a frozen bottle of water?

by sho 8y ago

logifail 8y ago

>> start travelling through more modern airports [No snark intended but] can you give us a definition of "modern" so I can compare against where I usually check my batteries from? OT, but I did once attempt to get a hot chocolate brownie with ice-cream topping through gate security at FRA; the x-ray operator was fine with it but his colleague called the supervisor over. I was eating it (quickly) while she and I were debating whether ice-cream was "a liquid", she really didn't like that. I handed the last 1/10th back :)

sho 8y ago
> can you give us a definition of "modern" Ah, I should have probably said "airports with modern equipment" as I presume this stuff is susceptible to periodic updates regardless of the age of the airport. I suppose it does need a fairly recent baggage management system. For reference, it happened to me at Adelaide airport in Australia, which is about 10 years old. I guess then by modern I mean any first-world airport built within the last decade or so? As noted I've flown with li-on and everything else in checked baggage a million times too and it was the first time it happened to me, so I assume the mandate is fairly recent. That story is ridiculous, but makes me wonder what would happen if you tried to bring through a frozen bottle of water?