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15-08-2008, 08:51
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Re: Airport Security
When I went to Florida in February I managed to completely dodge one big section of the security procedure for arrivals at Orlando international. I got lost and ended up just wandering outside without having my shoes checked or anything. Was very surprised to say the least, it being American airport security.
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15-08-2008, 09:35
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Re: Airport Security
Its alright for you lot, I get frisked if I try to go from Ossy to Accy
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15-08-2008, 09:50
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Re: Airport Security
Son always gets stopped 'at random' Im sure its nothing to do with the fact that he shaves his head and works put!! lol
It started when he was about 17 and we were flying to Ireland.
A couple of years ago, coming back from Dublin he was stopped, searched and asked why he had been to south America, the Staes and India so frequently. He explained it was part of his job. they then asked for his works phone number to confirm this. Of course being Saturday there was no one there. Eventually they let him go but did ring on the Monday to check on him!
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15-08-2008, 12:15
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Re: Airport Security
tosh gets stop every time we go away.last time it was his belt, we have had body searchers as well. better to be safe then sorry. they seem to pick on the young and family's. in Crete last year a lad got stopped at the air port coming back silly ****** had a knife in his case.
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15-08-2008, 13:05
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Re: Airport Security
I've been stopped a couple of times, so has Chris but the best fun I've seen was when we went away with a friend a few years ago who has a metal pin in his leg. You should have seen the looks on the security guards as they were scanning him over and over again and as his leg set off the alarms every time he went through it.
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15-08-2008, 13:13
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Re: Airport Security
Reminds me of when my Mum was flying to Ireland for her sisters funeral. She had been searching everywhere for her nail clippers, when her handbag went through the scanner it set the alarm off. You guessed it the clippers were in it, she was mortified. At least it gave my cousin a laugh, he said her face was a picture
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15-08-2008, 14:03
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Re: Airport Security
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15-08-2008, 14:35
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Re: Airport Security
I was on a trip from Manchester to Venice and had to change en route at Milan.
The new rules about sharp objects had just been introduced.
I had no problems at Manchester, but at Milan, with only 20 minutes plane changeover time, I was told that nail scissors had been detected in my hand luggage, and I had to remove them and hand them in.
I got down on my knees and tipped the whole contents of my hand luggage on the floor and rummaged amongst it rapidly and found them.
I did get some unusual looks from other passengers but who cares , I caught my flight
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15-08-2008, 21:02
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Re: Airport Security
Another airport story - big family holiday, ten of us went and it was about six months after the attacks so security was still pretty high.
We approached the scanner and all went through except my Dad who was stopped because they'd found something in his bag. He'd taken a nail care kit which had those little sharp scissors in and they'd found it. When they let him go after about 10mins they he was really indignant - "but they're only little nail scissors, for cutting my nails!" he kept saying - he genuinely couldn't understand why they stole his scissors. We did point out to him that though they were tiny they could probably cause some damage!
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15-08-2008, 21:34
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Re: Airport Security
I have flown at least 6 times since the "terrorist scare", from Manchester and, once, from Liverpool. Each time I have had nail scissors and a nail file in my handbag (handbag tucked into my flight bag until I'm on the aircraft). My bag has gone through the X-ray machine every time and I have never been challenged!
I went away with my elder daughter 2 years ago. She set of the alarm when she went through the arch, was body-scanned, then had to remove her trainer-boots which, it transpired, had metal toe-caps. The lady who searched her had to feel around her feet and I felt sorry for the woman because our Jo suffers from hyperhydrosis of the feet - just like her dad did. In other words sweaty, and rather smelly, feet.
Our Laura, the subject of this thread, hadn't set off any alarms. It was a "random" search of a child whose clothing made it patently obvious she wasn't hiding anything, if she had been it would have been conspicuous.
What a waste of time.
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15-08-2008, 21:50
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Re: Airport Security
Bet the Security staff don’t get paid a great deal and from the sounds of some of the posts it would seem they pick on “soft” targets. Search your given quota of travellers, pick the ones that look least likely to cause hassle and paperwork, ****** off home and await the pay check. Can you really blame Security Staff if they use such tactics ?
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16-08-2008, 10:01
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Re: Airport Security
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gayle
I've been stopped a couple of times, so has Chris but the best fun I've seen was when we went away with a friend a few years ago who has a metal pin in his leg. You should have seen the looks on the security guards as they were scanning him over and over again and as his leg set off the alarms every time he went through it.
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Joan, my other half, always set the alarm of when she goes through the airport scaners, as she has a plate in her hip frpm when she broke it about 12 years ago, she as had the fact recorded in her passport, to save any problems
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