Things Not to Take Onto an Airplane
 

1. A butter knife in the carry-one is a no-no at the Athens airport. (Potential weapon)
2. Snow globes are forbidden on a flight from JFK to LAX, but must have been OK flying from Athens to JFK. (Possible flammable material)

Bob

PS Yes, I should have known better.
PPS They may have found my snowglobes, but they missed that small bottle of ouzo I had in there.

The little sniffer Beagle found someone with a bag of apples while we were all standing around waiting for our luggage yesterday, connecting at PHL; not sure what they did with the perp!

My sister carried a small snowglobe through several European airports, and Philadelphia only to be stopped by some jerk at the Phoenix airport on her las leg home - it was a special gift for her son and she almost cried.
Then I realized that stores should sell DRY snowglobes that people can fill up with water at home...there's my next business idea :)

Why was the person at the Phoenix airport a jerk--he's the only one who did his job correctly.

Your out-of-control and thoroughly undisciplined brat, that's what!

OK. I've got to ask - what's the problem with a snowglobe? Would hardly classify that as a weapon, unless one was planning to subdue that roudy passenger with it. More than 3 oz liquid?

Ft. Lauderdale Airport security classified black current jam as a liquid. I "reasoned" that it was so thick if you opened the jar it wouldn't pour but to no avail.

I then asked if unopened food was sent to a food bank--it's all tossed out. I guess if you follow the logic of it being confiscated, it follows it has to be thrown out.

Snowglobes? Liquid is alcohol based? It can't be just water.

I beg all of you,NEVER use fingernail polish remover on board.
I damn near choked to death when someone behind me decided that was a good time for a manicure.

Some even come in little pre-moistened pads in foil packets, so no problem getting them on board.

How quickly you forget, amazing

I had an open jar of Nutella confiscated. I didn't want to throw it away as it was almost full so put it into a zip lock baggie in my carry on. I never thought of Nutella as liquid but airport security did.

I understand the "liquids" are forbidden in the passenger cabin but can be put into your luggage that goes into the hold? That's what I've been led to believe.

I think Nutella, jam, peanut butter, etc. would come under the ban on gels.

Sadly I am allergic to hazelnuts and Nutella makes me very ill.

I loved the one taste of it I had though :)

Yes - the liquid limits are only for carry on luggage. No limits for checked baggage.

The person in Phoenix was a jerk because the snowglobe had obviously been deemed safe by every other security check...

However, snow globes are specifically listed on the TSA's prohibited items list: No-carry on; Yes-checked luggage.

Good for the TSA - it's nice to have regulations, too bad they aren't uniformly enforced.

Aside from the fact that snow globes are sepecifically restricted, the people at one check point don't know the itineraries of the people going through, so they don't know if someone's luggage has already been screened at another US airport. They are each responsible for their own checks.

I work in an industry with heavy quality assurance requirements - it is absolutely not acceptible to just accept something because someone else checked it and said it was ok.

"The person in Phoenix was a jerk because the snowglobe had obviously been deemed safe by every other security check..."

Let's think about this.. it's LIQUID, it's not labled and it probably wasn't in the plastic baggie.

So "the jerk" did the right thing, but since YOU don't like the result he/she is a jerk? Hmm..... Anyone else see an "attitude" issue" LOL!

I despise the TSA, but calling them a "jerk" for actual enforcement of the rules is a bit much.

However, consistency is not their strong point nor is ACTUALLY doing the job. (Just a few weeks ago they caught a Marine who carried on weapons that were missed at an earlier checkpoint!) GOT THAT SNOWGLOBE HOWEVER LOL!

One other reminder. If you buy liquids at Duty Free in Paris, London, etc.... when you get to the states if you do not go from baggage claim DIRECTLY outside then you MUST put those liquids into your checked luggage. In Atlanta for example, you claim your luggage, go through customs and have to go back into the main terminal to leave. That means you go back through TSA screening. Every TSA agent there has a lifetime supply of booze and nice perfume!

The TSA in Phoenix was probably right, however, I will mention that Phoenix is the only place where I have been asked for my boarding pass in order to go thru the metal detectors - just a few feet after I have to show it to another TSA person in order to get to the metal detectors.