I think Mr. McHugh has it right, screeners should be more interested in people behind the acts vs. the things in the bag. I don't think anyone would deny that ingenuity has always outpaced the standards. My goodness, just look at the software industry and all the virus attacks and patches floating around. Changing or updating the list of banned items is probably a CYA (know what I mean Vern) act, albeit a futile one. Next....maybe we will all be required to fly naked as a jaybird with all luggage checked and no carry-on.

Why in the world would one need to have a screwdriver aboard a flight? Wouldn't it be logical to pack it luggage? I can hear the announcement; all passengers show their screwdrivers so we can measure for legality. I give up

The terrorists won

I just flew back from Central America into Atlanta - what an insane asylum!!

I missed the false flag by neocon goons that started this round of insanity...but I am fed up with the 'standards'... wine bottles are fine but hand creme [in a small jar] is deadly.

Score one for Napa Valley.

You blame the neocons? Did the neocons cause Sept. 11th too? You can thank your buddy Bill Clinton for Sept 11th, and you can thank Radical Islam for the rest... wish you libbies would grow a few extra brain cells with your stem cell research...

I read through the list of non-permitted and permitted items. Pretty soon, you won't be able to take anything on board! Because let's face it - there are plenty of ingenious people out there who probably know how to make anything into a weapon! I mean, you can bring electronic devices but not my daughter's toothpaste or detangler spray?

Air travel is getting ridiculous. It's why I'll drive somewhere from now on rather than fly. Who needs the hassle?

Jan, wanna carpool to London?

This is insane! If they would do their jobs right in the first place, we wouldn't have this problem. On a recent 5 hour flight, my infant daughter screamed the entire time b/c we had no diaper rash ointment for her diaper changes. We had to throw it away. When the flight attendent came around to ask if i wanted to walk around w/ her to get her calmed down, I told her "no. Tell your bosses to be more concerned w/ suspicious people than with a mom who has Balmex in the diaper bag!!!!"
The FAA has lost its ever loving mind.

I would like to see kiosk type setups at the airports for mailing items home that may now or in the future be on lists not allowed so we do not continue the loss of expensive items sent to garbage.

Moaning only encourages and educates our enemies and the insane with our response to inconveniences. And hey, how is this for a concept. Do not pack pounds of stuff that you truly do not need on an air flight. It's not like there will not be anyone trying to sell us something on arrival. Maybe this will encourage great deals on travel sizes and all sorts of new business. I am certainly thinking about it.

Terrorists are with us folks. We better be figuring out a million and one ways to defeat their mania, deceit and total disregard for human life. And for the Muslim suicide folks wanting to get to Paradise for those virgins....Paradise is eternity dear. You really think a number under 100 is going to be enough? You are already telling the world that you are sexually unsatisfied, want to defile what is pure, selfish (since one or two is not enough) and that you have no long range plans for all this time you are going to be living in Paradise. Not too smart, huh? Maybe you need a little time to think about all that while you are alive on earth. And why do your leaders get to walk around in one piece. Are they really that much smarter than you are? No way. Figure it out. Stop this insanity. Go do something you are good at. Find a real girl, have beautiful little babies, find true peace and a good life. Don't you think that is what any decent God would really want?

Until then, I am gonna be all over defeating your sorry agenda. Sharon