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Airport Security is stupid (pg. 4)
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| shaw |
| quote: | Originally posted by iclone
my kiwi friend flew home with 48 cans of diet sunkist :haha: |
What the ffffffffff |
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| iclone |
| quote: | Originally posted by shaw
What the ffffffffff |
pre-9/11 and in her carry-on luggage, even. |
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| fbgdavidson |
| quote: | Originally posted by iclone
pre-9/11 and in her carry-on luggage, even. |
...and in some parts of the world liquid restrictions aren't in place. Heck, some countries don't have security on domestic flights, thinking of New Zealand here. |
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| iclone |
| ah, i never flew internally in NZ, just SYD-AKL, then AKL-LAX. tangent: our entire plane's cabin was fumigated upon landing in SYD. that was fun. :wtf: do they still do that? |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by iclone
ah, i never flew internally in NZ, just SYD-AKL, then AKL-LAX. tangent: our entire plane's cabin was fumigated upon landing in SYD. that was fun. :wtf: do they still do that? |
They never did that when I flew from San Fran to Sydney in 2001 :wtf: |
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| iclone |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
They never did that when I flew from San Fran to Sydney in 2001 :wtf: |
april 1990. |
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| FuzzQi |
Yeah got stopped once for having one of these:
I picked it up off the beach and kept it because I'm drawn to shiny things like a magpie.
Also
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I also get the bomb sniffer every time I depart Brisbane airport. And every time they say I was randomly selected. They don't even have give me the card anymore, I know what it says :p |
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| FuzzQi |
| quote: | Originally posted by Banora
A few years ago I was going through Atlanta, their candy shop had a whole stack of watermelon laffy taffy (with the little chocolate 'seeds' in it), since its impossible to find in Louisville I stocked up. I was waiting in the security line nomming on one of the taffy bars when the security agent asks me to take the candy out of my mouth and put it on the belt for x-raying.
I looked at him incredulously and asked him if he was being serious. He said yes, then snatched the candy from my hand and put it on the belt. I went through the metal detector and the security guard gave me back my candy after the part I had been eating touched on the belt. I said 'no thanks' and walked off. |
What the ? I've read sooo many stories about retarded security encounters but none are as ed up as this.
:wtf: :whip: :wtf: :whip: |
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| gmilf |
| The last time I came in from Vietnam I got pulled in to the US Marshall office and they made me list off the contents of my bag. I had to admit that despite my earlier claims I had not indeed packed my own bag. The guy was cool about it. However, it sucks not having the diplomatic passport anymore. |
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| Arbiter |
| quote: | Originally posted by fbgdavidson
...and in some parts of the world liquid restrictions aren't in place. Heck, some countries don't have security on domestic flights, thinking of New Zealand here. |
My favorite flying experiences have all been small domestic flights in Africa. No showing up hours before takeoff. No security. No lines. No BS.
You show up to an unmanned airstrip five minutes after takeoff was scheduled. Your plane is already waiting for you, so you get right on. You can sit wherever you like. In fact, there's no co-pilot, and if you ask the pilot he'll usually let you sit in the co-pilot's seat. When you land, you just get right off and you're on your way--no 30 minute wait before you get to a gate, no waiting for granny to get her 50 kg roller bag out of the overhead compartment.
In my opinion, it's the only civilized way to fly. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by Arbiter
My favorite flying experiences have all been small domestic flights in Africa. No showing up hours before takeoff. No security. No lines. No BS.
You show up to an unmanned airstrip five minutes after takeoff was scheduled. Your plane is already waiting for you, so you get right on. You can sit wherever you like. In fact, there's no co-pilot, and if you ask the pilot he'll usually let you sit in the co-pilot's seat. When you land, you just get right off and you're on your way--no 30 minute wait before you get to a gate, no waiting for granny to get her 50 kg roller bag out of the overhead compartment.
In my opinion, it's the only civilized way to fly. |
I'm onto you. |
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| Psy-T |
On my way to Australia (or was it on the way back from there?) a few years back I was fully searched at Heathrow on way to the connection flight. 
Yesterday on the way back from Manchester, I had a 13 hour stopover at Munich. It was horrible. I couldn't leave the terminal, and all of the shops were closed, no machines for drinks either.
I subsisted by stealing about 50 of those tiny packets of milk and 3 oranges from one of the closed bars/cafes.
I tried to get some soda too, but the machine needed a password :/
I could've drank 'free' beer all night, cause they left the beer taps on, but I don't like beer. There were 4 brands to choose from too, don't remember the names. |
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