I'm glad I'm not flying this week! (New carry on guidlines for airplanes)

[caffn8me]

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Originally Posted by Raerae You sure? While tragic, wouldn't more people have died in the towers than 10 planes? Since 9/11 had what? 4 planes involved + all the people in the towers/pentagon?

Don't you think that might depend where the planes are when the bomb goes off? When I fly into Heathrow, the flight path goes right over central London - a plane coming down then would create an enormous number of casualties on the ground too.

The death toll in 9/11 was 2,752 according to CNN

A Boeing 747 as used on Transatlantic routes by United and Continental has a capacity of about 400 and at this time of year they are full or nearly full.

A Boeing 777 as used Transatlantic by American Airlines has a seating capacity of 245 and they will be full at this time of year too.

Let's work on the basis of 3 x Continental 747s, 3 x United 747s and 4 x American 747s going down. That's a passenger capacity of 3,380 plus crew and that excludes any ground casualties. Yes, 9/11 would be smaller.

 

[inlucesco]

I have also heard that liquid items are acceptable so long as they are in your checked baggage, but you should prepare to have your bags searched (?). Another option would be to mail your liquid items home (if you're going home, that is) ahead of you.

Hope you all travel safely and without incident.

 

[dollbabybex]

oh no let people take there makeup and perfume and coffee on the planes

at least if theres a terrorist attack they'll look pretty???

 

[BlahWah]

I hope it's lifted by the time I go on my Hong Kong trip... that's going to be a loooong flight (from Toronto) without any lotion, toothpaste, contact solution (I have to wear contacts half the time, I get a headache wearing glasses too long)... and I'm hoping to try Fix+ on the long flight too! Of course, it's not much to give up if my life were in danger... just difficult to deal w/... =T

 

[Tightambitionz]

my mother had to *THROW AWAY* $140 worth of new mac this morning...(baltimore to san fran flight) crazyness...

 

[Lady_MAC]

^ Cool! I always wondered if you were talking about the Toronto Richmond Hill. I figured that there was another one in the states somewhere.

 

[asnbrb]

I'm worried about breakage and losing my luggage. That happened on a short 1/2 hour flight from Oahu to Maui and when I finally recovered my luggage, all my eyeshadows (especially black tied) was shattered). I can live without the products for five hours, but if it's going to be anything like my Maui trip... grr...

I do understand why they're doing it, it's just very bad timing. That and when I flew a few months after 9/11, they took the opportunity to paw my underwear. Not just search, I mean slowly pull out and examine EVERY. SINGLE. THONG. Screw the rest of the clothes, they were after the underwear... and I was standing right there.

 

[Raerae]

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Originally Posted by Tightambitionz my mother had to *THROW AWAY* $140 worth of new mac this morning...(baltimore to san fran flight) crazyness...

Why didn't she check it in her bags?

 

[jess]

I am flying on the 21st Sydney to Hong Kong on Virgin Atlantic - I'm sure that flying between these 2 places will be fine as we are so far away from places that seem to be regularly targeted - but really who knows what could happen next?, my brother leaves on the 16th for Zurich via Dubai but thanks god is flying emirates which I imagine would be just about the safest airline to be flying on at the moment, I actually made him choose emirates as I flew them to Auckland in May and they are brilliant - he was going to Choose Singapore so luckily he didn't.

How awful for all those people held up by this incident, obviously its great that no loss of life has occurred but imagine how many weddings might be missed by guests, meetings missed by people, holidays shortened etc. All because these monsters continue to want to kill innocent people, something really needs to be done about this..... I can't imagine having a child right now knowing that the world is such an unsafe and uncertain place.

 

[Ella_]

I had to cancel a flight to L.A Im meant to be taking in a few days because the airline called me this morning to let me know that I cant bring any of my medications onboard. I can take them there, but cant bring them home.

I have chronic asthma and take ventolin nebules through a nebuliser. Because the meds a liquid and are in little bubbles I cant bring them on because they cant be inspected without the medication being wasted.

I also have a spider bite thats gone necrotic - gross I know. And I have to use friars balsam on it. I cant bring that with me because its liquid and slightly flamable. Even though I had authorisation from the airline in advance.

Thank god they were nice and refunded me.

But still there goes the trip and the job I was meant to be doing for 3 days while there.

 

[asnbrb]

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Originally Posted by Raerae And slip in the chapstick, or any other lip-balm type product, preferably with a fun smell so if your bag gets searched they will know it's not dangerious =P Any other stuff, liquid foundations, lipglass, etc.. Just put em in your suitcase. You can still take them with you, they just have to be packed away, not in your carry-on. You could prolly even get away with mascara, i doubt they would confinscate it on boarding.

Actually, from what I've been reading, you can't take lip balm and mascara because it's both creamy. Fun smells probably won't detract them from anything and they probably will take it away or make you toss it.

 

[Glow]

i fly out on the 16th. im pissed that i dont get to bring along my contacts solution. sup dry contacts and then blindness.

 

[asnbrb]

I don't know about any other airports, but Honolulu International Airport has a kiosk that will allow you to mail your stuff home in case you forget. They provide bubble envelopes and postage.

Oh, btw-- apparently, they're confiscating chocolate macadamia nuts too!!

 

[ll*sugar]

no carry on lugages for sure.. but can you carry on liquid products in your suitcase? my foundation oh my goodnesss..

 

[maxcat]

I looked at what you're allowed to carry on at the home office site in the uk when boarding a flight until further notice.
It basically amounts right now to your wallet, your passport, and tampons - but only as many as you'll need. All in a clear plastic bag.
NOTHING in your pockets, no books, no magazines, nothing. And while I truly understand the severity of the situation, at what point are we going to be flying naked? This just isn't sustainable.

 

[MxAxC-_ATTACK]

They said that this might stick for YEARS.

 

[cloverette]

ok, i understand the security measures, which need to be taken- they are necessary!

i wouldn't be upset about having to put my make-up, perfume etc. in my suitcase for check-in... BUT what about digi-cam, mobile phone, mp3-player etc.? i've had a few things stolen from my suitcases in the past by luggage crews (incl. watches), so i REALLY don't want to have any electronics and/or anything of (sentimental) value in my suitcase!

i'm flying from london to berlin in 2 weeks; i really wonder what i'll be able to take on board by then!

 

[caffn8me]

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Originally Posted by Glow i fly out on the 16th. im pissed that i dont get to bring along my contacts solution. sup dry contacts and then blindness.

could you possibly survive the flight without wearing contacts? If you absolutely must have vision correction then get some specs (which every contact lens wearer should have as a backup in case if eye infection or injury anyway)

 

[caffn8me]

I think people need to distinguish between what they need to take on board and what they want to take on board. When I fly I take quite a few things in my carryon to make my flight more pleasant and comfortable (like noise cancelling headphones and my own music) but I can certainly survive a ten hour flight without them if I have to. It's difficult to survive a flight that's blown up mid air.

I can see that prescription medication and baby food/milk is a "need" rather than a "want" but most other things are just a "want" to be honest.

 

[caffn8me]

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Originally Posted by ll*sugar no carry on lugages for sure.. but can you carry on liquid products in your suitcase? my foundation oh my goodnesss..

Yes, that's absolutely no problem at all.

Just a hint about packing liquid in containers. Because of the pressure changes due to the plane's altitude throughout the flight, it's possible for containers which have liquid and air in them to leak quite badly. If you have squishy containers with not much air in, try to squeeze as much air out as possible to give it room to expand as the hold pressure decreases. This will help to prevent leaks. It's also a good idea to tape lids on with electrical tape and put items in waterproof bags (think ziplock). That way, not only will you find you don't lose product, but your clothes/MP3 player/camera/books etc won't get soaked.

Another thing you should do is remove batteries from any electical item that has them - especially things which make a noise or vibrate and which are easily switched on. I'm thinking here of the Gillette battery powered shaving handles. I know someone whose luggage was delayed for a long time by security officers because his Gillette Mach 3 power razor had managed to turn itself on during the flight and his case was making a strange buzzing noise. He was lucky they didn't decide to blow it up "to be sure"