Originally posted by VS045
I would have thought that possibly LCY would have much more stringent rules but seeing as you went through the airport fine before, I don't really know what to make of this.
One thing I really dislike is lack of standardisation (and yet I fly VS;)) and having differing policies at different airports on different days of the week seemingly is extremely annoying; you have no idea of what you want to take will actually be allowed.[:(!]
As airports go, I love LCY. In general, they have their act together when BAA doesn't. Unlike BAA they actively and noticeably work hard to ease the DFT cr@p. I am sure that we all totally agree that consistency is the essence.
What I thought was interesting was that the chap said I could "melt" it down to a liquid. That'll be with the lighters you confiscate then. I think he meant dissolve, I would've corrected him but life is so short. Then I could've also told him about the stick of semtex I had up my butt.
I wish I could believe that these DFT (and BAA) idiots actually knew what it is like to fly these days. But of course they all have airside passes and don't have to suffer the impact of their own rules.
DFT: "The definition of liquids includes gels, pastes, lotions, liquid/solid mixtures"
DFT: "Airlines and Airports may have additional measures in place"
Right, so that's clear then.
From Nov 6 there will be some standardisation across the EU, the result of a compromise. Compromise? So they really do take security seriously then.
H, stuck at AMS
