Aerasol can of deodorant in Carry On?

[CPT Tripss]

Not at all. You can't compare the two. The issue isn't the chemicals in a tube of toothpaste or a bottle of shampoo. These items themselves are not considered unsafe to be in the passenger compartment of a plane. The ban was put in place because of the 2006 plot uncovered in the UK by terrorists of bringing on board liquid explosives. I guess someone thought if each passenger could only bring a quart sized baggie of liquids on, they couldn't smuggle enough explosives on the plane. True or not? Who knows.

Wait a minute . . .

You readily accept that the item in question is what the label says it is when it is in TSA's trash can. If that's the case, why do I have to "divest" it in order to board the plane? On the flip side, if the stuff is, in fact, explosives and several people dump this bad stuff into the trash can, isn't that a big bomb sitting right there in the middle of a crowded airport Security Screening checkpoint?

 

[lost*in*cyberspace]

Wait a minute . . .

You readily accept that the item in question is what the label says it is when it is in TSA's trash can. If that's the case, why do I have to "divest" it in order to board the plane? On the flip side, if the stuff is, in fact, explosives and several people dump this bad stuff into the trash can, isn't that a big bomb sitting right there in the middle of a crowded airport Security Screening checkpoint?

Once again, the issue isn't the actual contents of your 3.4 oz bottle. It is the amount of liquid. I don't know how the authorities decided why this particular amount is safe; I don't make the rules, I just follow the rules so I can fly. Why argue this issue here?

Do you honestly think that if someone wants to plant a bomb at an airport that they are going to pack explosives in containers in their carry-on bag which are larger than 3.4 oz., then hope they get confiscated and all are throw in the same trash can, where the liquid magically escapes from each container and combines to make an explosive?

 

[Brian Noble]

Have you ever wondered why, if the stuff surrendered is unsafe to be in the passenger compartment of an airplane, said chemical mish-mashes are kept in a trash can right at the checkpoint?

Even for you, a long-term and constant TSA basher, this is a stretch.

Welcome to my ignore list.

 

[CPT Tripss]

Once again, the issue isn't the actual contents of your 3.4 oz bottle. It is the amount of liquid. I don't know how the authorities decided why this particular amount is safe; I don't make the rules, I just follow the rules so I can fly. Why argue this issue here?

Do you honestly think that if someone wants to plant a bomb at an airport that they are going to pack explosives in containers in their carry-on bag which are larger than 3.4 oz., then hope they get confiscated and all are throw in the same trash can, where the liquid magically escapes from each container and combines to make an explosive?

Here's why TSA limited the amount of liquids that one may bring on a plane. Why? Because the liquid may be explosive, or explosive components disguised as something else. If this is the case (the content really is something bad) does it make sense to simply toss it in the trash?

Doesn't that create a vulnerability?

 

[Auntie Kelly]

While I am certainly no expert, my Dad is a retired Bomb tech. I believe he said you have to mix the liquid explosives with something else to ignite it. So liquid explosives in a sealed container with toothpaste and deodorant would not be a hazard. Now don't quote me on that, my memory isn't what it used to be.

He also said that this is all security theater. If he wanted to he could get all the components of a bomb onto the plane, luckily he doesn't want to.

He did it numerous times at the nuclear power plant in our state when he was on the job. They could never find the stuff. It got so bad that instead of surprise, secret (security at the plant didn't know why he really was there) inspections he had to go in tell them who he was and what he was doing. They had him down to his underwear and still couldn't find the stuff.