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The whole thing about the frequent fliers is a bit unrelated to this news piece. I haven't thought enough about your proposition to know whether I support it, b

The whole thing about the frequent fliers is a bit unrelated to this news piece. I haven't thought enough about your proposition to know whether I support it, but I thought that a trusted traveller program did exist in some airports where you could go through expedited screening. > 3 oz baggy I don't even take mine out of the suitcase any more. The worst that's going to happen is they catch me and make me put that part through again, but so far the expected value is time-saving. I can't say it makes me feel more in danger -- I think for the most part people don't really want to blow up planes, and even when they do, it's decently hard to get in a position to do so.

silencio 15y ago
I think the program would be useful for parents with (specifically younger) kids as well as frequent fliers. Register ahead of time, don't have to deal with the hassle of telling your super hyper 4 year old to stand still in the scanner. Convenience, not just avoiding the scanner/patdown controversy. As for trusted traveler programs, I don't think there really was a push until just recently for TSA to adopt their own, rather than dealing with 3rd party companies only at certain airports offering the service. > I can't say it makes me feel more in danger -- I think for the most part people don't really want to blow up planes I never ever want to do that, I just want to get to my destination. But I didn't mean my 3oz bottles of shampoo. I have a bag of that already. I'm talking about my second size-unlimited plastic bag full of medical liquids and aerosols that TSA almost never bats an eyelash at. I have travelled with 10oz bottles of contact lens solution and cough syrup this way that were in my carryon, undeclared, without being asked to take it out. My father, who is diabetic, takes bottles of soda/juice with him to the airport too and they never hassle him when he explains why (with a letter from his doctor as backup just in case). The idea that someone could stick a prescription label on a bottle and take on liters of liquid if they wanted to without screening is kind of disturbing after all the TSA's hassle about 3oz liquids.

silencio 15y ago

I think the program would be useful for parents with (specifically younger) kids as well as frequent fliers. Register ahead of time, don't have to deal with the hassle of telling your super hyper 4 year old to stand still in the scanner. Convenience, not just avoiding the scanner/patdown controversy. As for trusted traveler programs, I don't think there really was a push until just recently for TSA to adopt their own, rather than dealing with 3rd party companies only at certain airports offering the service. > I can't say it makes me feel more in danger -- I think for the most part people don't really want to blow up planes I never ever want to do that, I just want to get to my destination. But I didn't mean my 3oz bottles of shampoo. I have a bag of that already. I'm talking about my second size-unlimited plastic bag full of medical liquids and aerosols that TSA almost never bats an eyelash at. I have travelled with 10oz bottles of contact lens solution and cough syrup this way that were in my carryon, undeclared, without being asked to take it out. My father, who is diabetic, takes bottles of soda/juice with him to the airport too and they never hassle him when he explains why (with a letter from his doctor as backup just in case). The idea that someone could stick a prescription label on a bottle and take on liters of liquid if they wanted to without screening is kind of disturbing after all the TSA's hassle about 3oz liquids.