Quoted: If the items leak from their original containers under the lower pressure of high altitude flight, the leakage will be contained within the ziplock bag, both preventing a mess in your luggage and preventing TSA employees from having to search a sodden bag that may contain suspicious materials.
It's still a bit stupid, but not as dumb as it sounds. I always pack my shaving cream, toothpaste, shampoo, soap etc. in ziplocks anyhow, just for my own convenience. Nothing like arriving at your desitnation to find your toiletries leaked into your underwear. |
Lower pressure? Seriously. We are talking, at most, 6psi difference, more like 2psi difference. The only way things leak out is if the container is compromised in the first place or the cap isn't screwed on. Even in space, all the containers you fly with would be fine.
I would love a hands off program. Fly at your own risk. Take whatever the hell you want. Just instate a NO Bull Shit policy. You know what is reasonable, we know whats reasonable, don't be a fuckup. Back to the 50s and 60s style security. No gas cans, no burning torches or severed body parts that drip blood. No mean drunks, no shirt, no shoes, no service. Hell, SMOKE if you want too, I don't care! Faires would go down too, because you wouldn't have to pay the stupid security fees that run over $70 per ticket.
Those TSA weenies aren't doing a DAMN thing anyway. They aren't making the skys safer, they are only pissing travellers off, and hurting the airline industry. If somebody is really serious about a bombing an Airliner, it will happen. No amount of security, short of x rays, anal probes, and hospital gowns is going to stop a few planes from crashing now and again.