"I have seen hell," part 43
In response to the recent foiled plot, passengers traveling from or through Great Britain are not being allowed any carry-on items. Why is this hell? Read carefully.
No books.
A note for the U.S. travel industry: when this restriction comes over to this side of the pond, there is no way that I will be getting on an airplane except for the absolutely most dire emergencies. Flying is already bad enough. I can't imagine not being allowed to read.
No books.
A note for the U.S. travel industry: when this restriction comes over to this side of the pond, there is no way that I will be getting on an airplane except for the absolutely most dire emergencies. Flying is already bad enough. I can't imagine not being allowed to read.
posted by Robert at
9:59 PM
3 Comments:
The world is going to turn into Talibanland in an effort to stave off the Taliban: no books, no cards, no music, no nothing. Next they'll be forbidding laughter. (I can't imagine traveling as a family under those circumstances. What if your baby uses formula, aka bottles of liquid? Or needs a diaper change? How can you get through a transatlantic flight with *nothing* to amuse a young child?)
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Anonymous, at 7:37 AM
dpb: Yeah, that's nuts. On the bright side, it will cut down on all those annoying people who take EVERYTHING as a carry-on hogging the overhead bins with strollers, huge awkward bags, and body boards.
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Anonymous, at 7:42 AM
Baby formula is explicitly allowed, if you read the article...but I don't recall any mention of diapers! Presumably, they're allowed if they're sealed in a clear plastic bag--there are other, uh, personal hygiene items that pass under those circumstances.
And the answer, of course, is that you *can't* get through a transatlantic flight, or really a flight of any kind, with nothing to amuse a young child. You just don't go.
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Robert, at 9:27 AM
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