no laptops.

If you can't find those portable rubber toothbrushes that slide onto the end of your finger, then check your favorite pet store. That's where I got one for my dog years ago.

The press here in the UK are saying NO LAPTOPS or CELLPHONES are allowed.

The list, as of this morning, is
Cash, Creit cards and tickets in a clear plastic bag.
Prescription medicines, spectacles, women's sanitry items loose (not boxed), handkerchief or unboxed tissues, keys (but not fobs containing batteries), water purchased air-side (not for US flights), duty free perfume and alcohol (not for US bound), strollers if x-rayed and only airport issued wheelchairs, baby milk (and breast milk) if tasted by parent at check-in.
NOTHING ELSE AT ALL.

But don't worry, if your top-of-the-range laptop is broken in the hold, you're entitled to £50 compensation.

Latest news from LAX...lines seem to be moving...and carry on bags are allowed. The news states that the airport itself is abiding by TSA policies(http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtrav...rocedures.shtm) however check your airline...they may have special restrictions.

British Airways - https://lfn.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/lfn...%2A&p_li=#

With immediate effect, the following arrangements apply to all passengers starting their journey at a UK or United States of America airport and to those transferring between flights at a UK airport.

All cabin baggage must be processed as hold baggage and carried in the hold of passenger aircraft departing UK airports.

Note:
Passengers are advised that ALL electrical or battery powered items including laptops, mobile phones, portable music players, remote controls etc cannot be carried in the cabin and must be checked in as hold baggage.

Passengers may take through the airport security search point, in a single (ideally transparent) plastic carrier bag.

American Airlines -http://www.aa.com/apps/netSAAver/ViewPromotionsDetail.jhtml?fileName=system_flightI nfo.xml&repositoryName=PromotionContentReposit ory&itemDescriptor=PromotionContent#allflights

All Flights Within The United States AND International Flights To/From The United States
No liquids or gels of any kind will be permitted to pass security checkpoints or in carry-on baggage. This includes all beverages, shampoo, suntan lotion, creams, tooth paste, hair gel, perfumes and other items of similar consistency.

All liquid and gel items must be placed in checked baggage only. Customers may carry-on approved electronic devices such as personal computers, electronic games, and cell phones, except when traveling from or through the United Kingdom.

Exception: Baby formula or breast milk if a baby or small child is traveling; prescription medicine with a name that matches the passenger's ticket; and insulin and essential other non-prescription medicines.


Passengers Transiting In The United Kingdom Only
All U.K. transiting passengers will be required to check any carry-on items they bring to the airport regardless of origination. Passengers who have already departed the U.S. and will be connecting in the U.K. will not be allowed to use the transit area within U.K. airports and will be routed back to the ticket counters to check their carry-on luggage.

Talked to my travel agent...she said the restrictions will most likely lighten within a month but not back to where we were.

> then I suspect the planners are on
> to their next idea.

<b>WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!</b>

This &quot;idea&quot; is in fact the same as the one that got a Phillipine Airlines flight in 1994. Terrorist groups <b>DO NOT</b> show a lot of innovation in the technologies they employ!

Phillipine Airlines Flight 434 en route from Manila to Tokyo in December 1994 suffered an on-board explosion of a device that was assembled on the aircraft from material, including liquid and a 9V battery, that was mostly carried onto the aircraft on an &quot;in plain sight&quot; basis by an individual passenger. One passenger died and about a dozen were injured, but fortunately the aircraft was able to land safely at Okinawa, so it wasn't a total disaster.

The possibility of this form of attack has been widely known in the Aviation industry for quite a while.

Bill

UK and US security agencies are doing the wrong thing. The solution is not to look at baggage, but to look at passengers, and ask them questions. It works for El Al; it will work for anyone else who decides to try it.

I for one am more interested if someone on the plane is named Abdul or Mohammad.
This may sound racist but dang it these are the people trying to kill us.
I would like to see the passenger list !
And belive you me, I will be checking EVERYONE out on my flight. The sky marshall can take a nap, cause I will be on patrol.

&lt;&lt;I for one am more interested if someone on the plane is named Abdul or Mohammad.
This may sound racist but dang it these are the people trying to kill us&gt;&gt;

Is it quite comfortable under that white hood of yours?

That's an OUTRAGEOUS thing to say, I'm quite stunned. It's that kind of narrow-minded, bigoted, pig ignorance that causes so much trouble. If you're not already from here, please don't ever visit.

Janda, I will sleep peacefully on the flight knowing you are ready to tackle all Abdul's and Mohammed's with your trusty see through plastic bag.

And watch out for: women with headscarfs, beards, people not drinking. As an additional measure, you could consider serving bacon sandwiches and monitoring those who refuse to eat. The latter measure may obviously upset people called Benjamin or Moeshe (If this latter sentance upset you as being stereotypical, try looking up Irony in the dictionary).

Given that the components to build bombs can be smuggled aboard airliners undetected in body cavities, what might be recommended as a workable alternative to profiling?

although this is far from a laughing matter I know there is no way to know who will do what. Most Muslims are wonderful people.

In all seriousness, can somebody explain &quot;profiling&quot; to me? How does it work in practice ? Do you iidentify people from a flight list on name, looks ? Once you have identified them, what do you do ? Do extensive searches of all their luggage ?
Stop them flying because &quot;You look like you pose a risk&quot;?

How do you control this - Have booking conditions - All passengers to check in at least 3 hours before hand unless you are calle dAbdul and have a beard, when 8 hours is required ?

I would say that if you are in your 20's and are a muslim male that you should expect to be closely watched.

Like I said before, if it was blond Swedes that were hijacking planes then I would watch them just as closely.

Tallulah,
arent these the people that took down our twin towers?

&quot;I for one am more interested if someone on the plane is named Abdul or Mohammad.
This may sound racist but dang it these are the people trying to kill us.&quot;

It is definitely a racist statement and totally stupid. It was an acquaintance of one of the plotters who tipped off the police,maybe named Abdul or Mohammad. The shoe bomber's name is Richard Reid and the first names of three of the men just arrested are Don, Stewart and Brian. That wouldn't help you much would it?

hckypris98,

Please, please consider using www.tinyurl.com when posting very long links.

Thank you.

Correction: Don, Oliver and Brian.

There seems to be some confusion here about what constitutes racism. To say &quot;all blacks are stupid and lazy&quot; is racist.

To say &quot;intelligence has been developed that a black male adult, six feet and 170 lbs. intends to rob the Hawthorne branch of Bank of America&quot; is information that law enforcement can use to apprehend a perpetrator.

If a number of innocent people fitting the description are detained and questioned in order to be eliminated as suspects, no one's rights are being violated, and the public is safer as a result.

We <u>know</u> that Islamic terrorists intend to hurt Americans. Anyone who might be one should be fair game for detention and interrogation. If white grandmothers from Altoona declare <i>jihad</i> on us, then they should be subject to the same.

Robespierre - I disagree with almoost all of the above. If two people arrive at the airport and are treated differently on the basis of clour, then it is racism.

Islam is a religion. Anybody can convert to it, therefore anybody could be an islamic terrorist. To be able to detain and interrogate anybody on the basis of what they might do is an errosion of the basic right that we take for granted in the West.

If those who maintain all of this is because &quot;They hate us and our freedom&quot;, then the plans that you wish to put in place are far more of a victory for the extremists that X number of people killed in an attack.

Under what circumstances would it be OK to detain and interrogate you or your family?

First of all, &quot;they hate us because of our freedom&quot; is a load of propaganda. They hate us because we've chosen sides in the struggle between two indigenous peoples, both of whom have historically valid claims in the mideast.

I would gladly submit to detention and interrogation if it were conducted under all of the rights and protections guaranteed by our Constitution. El Al does this routinely on a daily basis. I don't know whether our government can or not.