Thread: EU Security Rules For Air Passengers

The European Union has adopted new security rules that restrict the quantity of liquids, gels and pastes air passengers may carry through airport security search points in cabin bags.

The new rules apply to all air travellers travelling from any EU airport, as well those travelling from Switzerland, Norway and Iceland, regardless of their destination. The changes will be effective from November 6, 2006.

Liquids must be held in individual containers not exceeding 100ml (approximately 4 fl. oz).

Limited quantities of liquids, gels and pastes may include:



Shampoo
Creams
Suntan lotions
Toothpaste
Hair gel, hair spray
Perfumes
Liquid or aerosol deodorants
Cosmetics such as mascara and lip gloss
Water and other drinks, soups and syrups
Other items of a similar consistency



All liquid containers must be carried in a separate clear plastic, zip-top or re-sealable bag that does not exceed 20 cm x 20 cm (8 inches x 8 inches) or one litre capacity.

Items must fit in the bag comfortably and the bag must be completely closed.

At the airport security search, the plastic bag must be removed from the cabin bag and x-ray screened separately.

The new policy will also mean the customers travelling on flights from the UK will now be able to take the same quantity of liquids through airport security search points in their cabin bags from this date.

For more information, visit ba.com.

Warm regards,

British Airways

- just received in one of my spam emails from BA.

I thnk we should start by conceding the 'WoT', and see where we go from there.

So this is the end of any duty-free liquors by the sounds of it.
The shops could divert to supplying overpriced miniature soft drinks though...

Water and other drinks, soups and syrups

Johnny Walker will now be sold in a clear plastic container with a ziplock.

Originally Posted by Begbie

Johnny Walker will now be sold in a clear plastic container with a ziplock.

How about a plastic bag with chipped ice and a straw?

They should sell deep-frozen liquors to avoid the new regulations...

This is Orwellian

We used to make fun of the Soviet Union and the East Block but we are coming like them slowly but surely.

Maybe we should move to Russia so we can be free.

That's one of the reasons why SE Asia interests me. Sure, there's corruption. But at least its easier to get off the grid, so to speak.

I tell you, I felt more free in some shithole in Eastern Europe than in Western Europe. What the public fails to realize is that our society is being more and more risk averse, and that means more and more government controlled.

Blame it on technology. The more wired we get the less privacy we have and we get more intrusion into our lives.

Governments must be eating it up that we are paranoid and accepting willingly the restriction of our rights so easily.

Technology will bring us to our end. Dictators and Orwellian society had always a soft spot for Technology because it would bring them more control. But in our "free society", the consuming public is the culpid, with its endless apetite for new toys.

Technology is the root of all evils in our modern society because it lets a few to really play God. That Harvard dude living in the Boonies might have been right after all.

Originally Posted by surasak

Blame it on technology.

People allow the intrusions because they have been scared to death.

I see you've treated yourself to a new avatar...shop doing well?