Tupolev160 From Ukraine, joined Oct 2011, 135 posts, RR: 0 Posted (3 months 1 week 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 2566 times:
I think we all lived those highly unpleasant situations in the airports worldwide when our belongings were confiscated by the airport security screening, through measures that sometimes do not give us a desire to travel by air at all anymore...
I find the today's security screening around the world excessive and exaggerated, especially since the introduction of all the "liquids forbidden and so on" rules.
You might also wanna talk about other absurd (or even surprisingly good) situations you faced in airports worldwide as a bonus. So i guess i should start the list, in the past year i was confiscated and had thrown to the rubbish the following staff:
- 2KG of natural honey in plastic bottles (@BEG)
- A small original swiss knife (@BEG)
Bonus:
- After landing @MAA and getting out of the terminal i wasn't allowed to re-enter the terminal by the security (people not travelling not allowed inside Indian airports) so i had to wait for 4 hours on the street until my scheduled transportation came to pick me up. No waiting halls for arriving passengers. In the matter Indian airports are one the worst in the world concerning absurd and/or excessive security measures, not mentioning the facilities provided. I guess they're trying to compensate with excessive security all the other shortcomings of the airport, without noticing they're making the things even worse...
- Istanbul's SAW airport, Wi-Fi provided (for free for 20 min.) though ONLY for people having Turkish Sim-cards, through an authorization system via Sms, one of the most absurd things ever.
Are the incoming passengers supposed to arrive with Turkish Sim-cards?
An international airport, managed in a mindset of a local bus station (such as many other things in Turkey).
You are welcome to react and continue, by specifying the airport in question for all relevant cases. Thanks.
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SmithAir747 From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 1529 posts, RR: 38 Reply 1, posted (3 months 1 week 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 2483 times:
In September 2006, I was returning back to London for my 3rd and final year at King's College London, after having spent a month's summer holiday with my family in Fort Wayne, IN.
This was just a month after the foiled terrorist plot to blow up US-bound transatlantic flights from LHR. I had flown LHR-ORD-FWA on United, less than a day before the plot was revealed (and the liquids ban took effect).
So, when I was going through security at FWA (my home airport at the time) to start on my trip back to London (DL FWA-CVG-LGW), I put my violin case and carryon bag on the belt to go through the X-ray machine. Lo and behold, they opened up my violin case on the other end of the line--and found a tiny bottle of violin cleaner/polish (which I had purchased recently from a London violin shop for 25 pounds) in the case with my green violin! They confiscated and discarded it. 25 quid thrown away just like that.
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aklrno From United States of America, joined Dec 2010, 432 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (3 months 1 week 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 2463 times:
A Jello pudding cup. But they let me keep the cup of cole slaw. The pudding had no volume indicated on the single serve package. I thought it was about the legal size. They disagreed. It couldn't have been off by much.
WestJet747 From Canada, joined Aug 2011, 586 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (3 months 1 week 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 2446 times:
A screener harassed me at YUL for a while before making me walk over to a garbage bin to throw out a half-empty tube of toothpaste.
A strange one was at MEL when I had a small bottle of cologne (well within the allowed limits) taken from me because the I didn't have the cap. The cap serves no purpose on a spray bottle, yet the screener I guess failed to see that. Luckily it was just some cheap cologne I was given from a friend.
Quoting aloges (Reply 2): a small original swiss knife
At BWN they have these clear plexiglass boxes where you can see all the sharp objects they've confiscated. It's pretty cool to check out when you're lined to get screened.
It was also at BWN that I witnessed security attempt to confiscate 5 bottles of liquor from a couple. Obviously flustered, the man proceeded to crack open a bottle of whiskey and start chugging on the spot while the wife offered me and my friends shots of tequila...
packcheer From United States of America, joined Nov 2008, 320 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (3 months 1 week 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 2437 times:
I made 6 trips this year with a 2 inch knife in carry on. I didn't know it was in there until before my 7th trip I happened to stick my hand in the bottom of my bag and feel it while I was in my office right before heading to the airport.
I'm glad I found it, but I'm also a little scared that I made it through the airport 12 times (6 trips, both ways each time).
Quokkas From Australia, joined Jan 2012, 437 posts, RR: 6 Reply 8, posted (3 months 1 week 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 2436 times:
In Cairo I witnessed tourists who had been told by their guide that they could buy bottled water in the terminal and take it through security have that same water confiscated.
Bottles that had been opened were emptied into a bucket that was periodically taken away (maybe to make coffee or to wash the floors) while unopened bottles were placed to one side and subsequently collected by the shop keeper who sold them in the first place. Nice little earner, all in the name of security.
aloges From Germany, joined Jan 2006, 7587 posts, RR: 51 Reply 9, posted (3 months 1 week 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 2427 times:
Quoting WestJet747 (Reply 6): At BWN they have these clear plexiglass boxes where you can see all the sharp objects they've confiscated. It's pretty cool to check out when you're lined to get screened.
Same at LPB, although I got the distinct impression that the screener was back with me so quickly that he couldn't possibly have made it to that box with my knife.
Quoting WestJet747 (Reply 6): Obviously flustered, the man proceeded to crack open a bottle of whiskey and start chugging on the spot while the wife offered me and my friends shots of tequila...
That's giving them the finger in style!
Quoting packcheer (Reply 7): I'm glad I found it, but I'm also a little scared that I made it through the airport 12 times (6 trips, both ways each time).
I look at it this way: what could you possibly have done with it? Cut open your shoes to access the bo... no, those got X-rayed. Threatened or injured the pilots? You wouldn't have got into the cockpit in the first place. Threatened or injured someone in the cabin? They would have overpowered you in a heartbeat.
Interestingly, a security screener at THF ( little airport) thought much the same when he looked at paper scissors which I had forgotten in my backpack. He took them out, gave them a good look, put them back in and handed me my things. That was five years ago, IIRC.
Quoting Quokkas (Reply 8): Baksheesh involved? Perish the thought.
Crivens, no!
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Flyingfox27 From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2007, 378 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (3 months 1 week 6 days ago) and read 2402 times:
I keep forgetting a small bottle of Volvic mineral water but they laughed it off and at Gatwick once my Lynx shampoo was a tad too big and i said oops sorry you can have it saves you buying some and he laughed lol! But seriously i better stop doing that as other countries might have more tougher standards.
PlymSpotter From Spain, joined Jun 2004, 10397 posts, RR: 66 Reply 11, posted (3 months 1 week 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 2368 times:
I was travelling on the very first day of this ban in 2006, when it was still a total ban on everything. You walked through security with yourself and the clothes you were wearing, nothing so much as a pen was allowed to be in your pockets or otherwise on your person. I found out it was quite this strict inadvertently; I was returning from Svalbard and had half a dozen camera cards full of invaluable pictures, and I didn't want to check them in because I feared my bags would get lost or damaged so I kept them in a pocket of my jeans. They were disallowed as a security risk, so I had to go back to check in who kindly found me an small A5 envelope into which I sealed these cards and checked them in - the luggage tag was practically bigger than the envelope and I didn't really expect them to arrive at the other end in one piece or at all. Thank fully they arrived safely, as did all my camera gear which was just in my soft hand baggage with no protection from being dropped or thrown into the aircraft.
I flew again a couple of days later, but this time took no chances and packed all my camera gear and cards around soft clothing inside a wooden crate, which was in turn packed around soft clothing in a case.
Maverick623 From United States of America, joined Nov 2006, 3807 posts, RR: 4 Reply 12, posted (3 months 1 week 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 2319 times:
Quoting SmithAir747 (Reply 1): I had flown LHR-ORD-FWA on United, less than a day before the plot was revealed (and the liquids ban took effect).
I flew JFK-PHX the very morning the plot was unveiled and the liquid ban put into effect. I found out about it at 4AM sitting outside T7 on my laptop. Threw away a full bottle of hair gel, shampoo, and toothpaste. Meh.
One time, I accidentally left a Leatherman multipurpose tool in my backpack going to work. I heard "bag check", knew it was me, and then realized what it was. I was extremely lucky they didn't take my badge for that.
DesertAir From Mexico, joined Jan 2006, 1330 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (3 months 1 week 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 2289 times:
A bottle of wine. I bought it at Duty Free in San Pedro, Honduras to get rid of excess Limperas. I forgot that after going through customs in Miami I would have to go through security to catch my domestic flight. The TSA agent acted outraged. What a show!
MH017 From Netherlands, joined Apr 2005, 1566 posts, RR: 29 Reply 14, posted (3 months 1 week 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 2252 times:
Due to bad weather I took an umbrella along on in 2008:
BD AMS-LHR: no problems at Schiphol, although it had to go thru the scanner, to bring it on board...
BD LHR-AMS: could NOT bring it along on board "as this could be used as a weapon"...had to leave the umbrella behind at security...what a bad excuse/argument of the security staff...
Haven't flown ever since to/from LHR...
Never head any other issues when flying, even not at the strict German airports !!!
airtrainer From Belgium, joined Aug 2003, 1369 posts, RR: 15 Reply 15, posted (3 months 1 week 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 2247 times:
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Back in early 2007 I made my first trip after the liquid ban and had to throw two bottles of Moscatel at ALC. Definitely enough to hate that stupid rule since...
Also got my shaving foam confiscated at CRL last year (didn't think about it when I packed) and a bottle of water that I had bought AIRSIDE at KUL...
Tupolev160 From Ukraine, joined Oct 2011, 135 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (3 months 1 week 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 2229 times:
How can be honey or Nutella be considered as LIQUIDS? Someone could get us such a list from somewhere?
I personally appreciate a lot BEY airport cause there all the security screening takes time before even check-in so you don't risk having anything confiscated, you can put anything problematic into the checked-in luggage. I wonder why not all airports do the same.
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TCASAlert From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 17, posted (3 months 1 week 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 2183 times:
My first was a bottle of Kurust I had in my coat pocket when travelling MAN-ORD, had absolutely no idea it was in there (I hadn't worn the coat in some months).
The second was my collection of rehomed hotel coffee and teabags which I always take with me. On this occasion I decided not to check the bag in and take it as hand luggage, but had them taken from me
My last was when I had just spent £3 on a brand new can of deodorant in the morning, hadn't even used it but then got it taken off me when I tried to take it as hand luggage
TCASAlert From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 19, posted (3 months 1 week 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 2169 times:
Quoting signol (Reply 18): On what grounds could tea bags be confiscated?!
It was back in 2009 in Edinburgh, amid yet another media terrorism panic. I think it was the coffee rather than the teabags because it was a powder and not in a sealed clear plastic bag
747438 From UK - England, joined Jan 2007, 789 posts, RR: 7 Reply 20, posted (3 months 1 week 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 2119 times:
Quoting MH017 (Reply 14): BD LHR-AMS: could NOT bring it along on board "as this could be used as a weapon"...had to leave the umbrella behind at security...what a bad excuse/argument of the security staff...
Haven't flown ever since to/from LHR...
That was lifted 2+ years ago. No probs with umbrellas through LHR now.
Ah. I've had some customs officers look suspiciously at tea bags before, at the border between Peru and Chile, but we explained "it's tea. We are English!" and were let through.
To the OP, not much really. I've had a deodorant confiscated at STN, that I forgot about, and some children's yoghurts, which was annoying as they were soya yoghurts (our son was allergic to dairy - outgrown now) and we couldn't replace them in a shop airside, and the security staff said he was too old to count for the "baby can take anything through, as long as you taste it" rule.
srbmod From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 16221 posts, RR: 57 Reply 24, posted (3 months 1 week 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 2056 times:
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Quoting Tupolev160 (Reply 16): How can be honey or Nutella be considered as LIQUIDS? Someone could get us such a list from somewhere?
The consistency of those items fall under liquids/gels, and the regulations apply there.
As for what I have had taken away from my by airport security, not a thing. Anything that is not allowed in a carry-on bag is packed in my checked bag. If I'm not checking a bag, I don't take it. I never carry any sort of knife when I travel, so I don't have to worry about that, and the only thing I've packed in a checked bag that I had concerns about possibly being taken by the TSA was my cigar lighter (Even though it was packed in a TSA and DoT approved carrying case.). But it's never been an issue as I guess the TSA folks running the bag screening downstairs at the airport are aware of the approved containers for torch-style lighters (Which are still banned from being carried onboard a/c.).
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AR385 From Mexico, joined Nov 2003, 3953 posts, RR: 29 Reply 25, posted (3 months 1 week 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 2089 times:
Quoting WestJet747 (Reply 6): Obviously flustered, the man proceeded to crack open a bottle of whiskey and start chugging on the spot
I assume he did not finish it on the spot? He would have been in a coma within minutes. Some idiot did that with Vodka a few years ago in some Nordic country. He ended up spending a couple of days on a ventilator and his vacation in the hospital.
The only thing I´ve had confiscated were 5 ampules of some pain killer I had been prescribed. I had the prescription with me and the syringes were in the checked in bags so I never got that.
I like to travel light, particularly on board so I guess that helps.
aklrno From United States of America, joined Dec 2010, 432 posts, RR: 0 Reply 26, posted (3 months 1 week 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 2035 times:
I was thinking about the Jello pudding I mentioned in reply 3. It is claimed to be 113 grams of product. Since it is mostly (but not all water), that is probably very close to 100 ml, the TSA limit. Does the TSA have any way to measure the actual volume?
This is not so critical for my chocolate pudding, but it might be for other people carrying other things. The only easy way I can think of to measure that is to dunk it in water and measure the volume displaced in a measuring cup. Is there any way to dispute the TSA's volume estimate when the product in question is valuable or important to the traveller?
longhauler From Canada, joined Mar 2004, 3300 posts, RR: 26 Reply 28, posted (3 months 1 week 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 2026 times:
I think the most ironic thing taken from me, was a dinner knife from my meal tray the day before. I was told it was not allowed on an aircraft. When I told them I got it off an aircraft, they said it was lucky to be there. No, I said, there are 24 Business Class passengers, each with 2 full meal set-ups, each set-up having 3 dinner knives. That is 144 of these knives, plus the Crew Meals on every one of our B767s ... the security agent threatened to call the police as clearly it was a terrorist plot.
(I didn't even dare mention the 12 inch fire axe I sit beside, or the 180 economy passengers, each with 2 meals, each meal with metal knives, albeit smaller than the Business class cutlery)
So I just gave him the knife and looked at him saying, "I hope someone else dresses you, as you are too stupid to live".
Two more swords and I am queen of the Monkey People!
YXD172 From Canada, joined Feb 2008, 352 posts, RR: 0 Reply 29, posted (3 months 1 week 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 2021 times:
Only thing I've lost is a freezer pack. Went through security in YYZ no problem (when it was still frozen) but had it confiscated when I recleared security in YXE, having melted on the flight over!
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Tupolev160 From Ukraine, joined Oct 2011, 135 posts, RR: 0 Reply 30, posted (3 months 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 1934 times:
Great addition to the topic longhauler, thanks.
In what concerns me i think the most stupid security people are in the Indian airports, there is the actual army. They are dumb as flies and they know to stop and harass you cause you're "exiting" the terminal; they ask you "what are you doing!" as if you was crazy... By the way the practice that accompanying visitor have to pay an entrance fee into Indian airports is purely disgusting.
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There must be HUGE bins for that...they seem to get mine about half the time at airports everywhere, not just any one country, and sadly, not even consistently. There are a few airports that always seem to confiscate my dignity, but others it seems to be random, but a few even manage to preserve it for me without skipping any of the steps or compromsing whatever effectiveness the process might have.
I actually had my zip loc baggie confiscated once at YQQ. Not the liquids inside it, but the baggie. The one I was using was SMALLER than regulation. So my stuff just gets dumped out and she starts putting it into another one. I was rather startled to say the least. Then when I ask why, she says 'don't worry about it, it's free'. Ugh - not free...that was the most expensve baggie I have ever bought...since one way or another it came from my taxes (and yours too if you are in Canada). She really jumped when I said that. At that point I just loaded up and continued, since the lineup was pretty long, and I did want to get home (last flight of the day). Oh - maybe the lineup was long because they were doing things like needlessly repacking my baggie? Go figure. YQQ is pretty quiet, but they often could build a 30 minute lineup to clear a single 736 load of pax.
golfradio From Canada, joined Jun 2009, 487 posts, RR: 2 Reply 32, posted (3 months 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 1887 times:
Quoting Tupolev160 (Reply 30): By the way the practice that accompanying visitor have to pay an entrance fee into Indian airports is purely disgusting
You obviously haven't seen an Indian family come to the airport to drop off someone. Everybody from the third cousin to the said cousins in-laws are at the party. There are at least a dozen folks saying goodbyes to just one person. If they did not do that, the airport would be a circus.
Tupolev160 From Ukraine, joined Oct 2011, 135 posts, RR: 0 Reply 33, posted (3 months 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 1793 times:
Ok, but why do also foreigners have to pay then if Indians come in herds? I would say that groups beyond 3 for example should have to pay, regardless of nationality. Laws in this country are done with no brain at all, same as that "2 months no entry rule" they had before...
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IAHworldflyer From United States of America, joined Feb 2012, 45 posts, RR: 0 Reply 35, posted (2 months 3 weeks 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 1218 times:
I had a very small jar of Apple Butter taken from me at PHL. It's a Pennsylvania amish thing that my Dad, who grew up in the area craves, and I was bringing it bak for him. This was in early 2007, maybe 6 months after the liquid ban took effect. At that point I didn't realize what I considered to be a solid could be considered a liquid by the TSA. lol!
Once at SAN I had a very old ( so old it was rusted shut) small pocketknife taken from my bag. It had been used on a camping trip possibly 2 years earlier, and had made many trips though airports before that screener noticed it! I think the inspector was more embarrased than I was given he could see it's rusted condition and knew it had been forgotten about for a long time.
AR385 From Mexico, joined Nov 2003, 3953 posts, RR: 29 Reply 36, posted (2 months 3 weeks 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 1201 times:
Quoting WestJet747 (Reply 27): Nope, they actually even let him board after that.
That´s impossible. Maybe he drank it within an hour. Then I would believe it. But in minutes, in 4 or 5 gulps? No. That puts your blood alcohol level above the limit that causes respiratory arrest at the worst, coma at the least.
WestJet747 From Canada, joined Aug 2011, 586 posts, RR: 0 Reply 37, posted (2 months 3 weeks 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 1194 times:
Quoting AR385 (Reply 36): That´s impossible. Maybe he drank it within an hour. Then I would believe it. But in minutes, in 4 or 5 gulps? No. That puts your blood alcohol level above the limit that causes respiratory arrest at the worst, coma at the least.
I say right there in the quote: "Nope"...as in he did NOT finish it. But he did put a good dent into it, enough to put me under the table.
AR385 From Mexico, joined Nov 2003, 3953 posts, RR: 29 Reply 38, posted (2 months 3 weeks 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 1187 times:
Quoting WestJet747 (Reply 37): I say right there in the quote: "Nope"...as in he did NOT finish it. But he did put a good dent into it, enough to put me under the table.
kurtjeter From United States of America, joined Feb 2011, 32 posts, RR: 0 Reply 39, posted (2 months 2 weeks 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 958 times:
If you're ever in Louisville and plan to visit the Louisville Slugger (baseball bat) factory and museum, be aware that the 14 inch or so souvenir bat they give you will NOT be allowed on carry-on at SDF. You'll see a glass display case at the security checkpoint at SDF full of the little bats they've collected!
ALTF4 From United States of America, joined Jul 2010, 987 posts, RR: 3 Reply 40, posted (2 months 2 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 888 times:
Never had anything taken, but....
I'm a bagpipe player and compete worldwide on the instrument, in the highest amateur ranking. No way in hell I'd ever check them, so I always carry them on. I've never gotten too much grief, but I always like to watch the screener's reaction as the bag goes through the x-ray machine. Think of what a bagpipe is - a series of pipes... with some canisters and tubes inside the bag. Needless to say, it looks like a hunk of C4 inside a bag, with tubes leading to hollowed-out pipes. Not quite like a pipe bomb, but it does look incredibly suspicious.
One poor screener was training one day, and his face went white when he saw my bag on the monitor. He called his supervisor over and I heard him saying "please say this is a drill". I always get a stern "is this your bag?", to which I always reply with a wink and a nod (I can't help it). After opening the bag, they see ornately adorned wooden pipes with silver engravings, and I explain what it is, and they always look relieved.
Nobody has asked me to play them to prove what they are.... yet.
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WestJet747 From Canada, joined Aug 2011, 586 posts, RR: 0 Reply 42, posted (2 months 2 weeks 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 864 times:
Quoting longhauler (Reply 41): I am of Scots origin, and even I have to admit the noise is a greater weapon than any pipe bomb.
Come on longhauler, it's not that bad. At least there isn't a picture of you as a child wearing a kilt and holding fake bagpipes hanging on a wall in your parents' house...
Not saying I'm quite thaaat good, but there's a big difference when you listen to somebody who knows something about the instrument. Typically the people who act all macho and have tattoos and act what they think is stereotypical "scotch" (don't get me started) are the ones that do the instrument the biggest disservice.
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kurtjeter From United States of America, joined Feb 2011, 32 posts, RR: 0 Reply 44, posted (2 months 2 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 822 times:
Quoting ALTF4 (Reply 43): Quoting longhauler (Reply 41):
I am of Scots origin, and even I have to admit the noise is a greater weapon than any pipe bomb.
If somebody doesn't know how to play them, then sure, I'd agree.
longhauler From Canada, joined Mar 2004, 3300 posts, RR: 26 Reply 45, posted (2 months 2 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 813 times:
Quoting WestJet747 (Reply 42): Come on longhauler, it's not that bad. At least there isn't a picture of you as a child wearing a kilt and holding fake bagpipes hanging on a wall in your parents' house...
Come on ... scan it and post it!
Quoting ALTF4 (Reply 43): If somebody doesn't know how to play them, then sure, I'd agree.
I am just needling you guys. Honestly, I still get chills when listening to Scotland the Brave / Alba an Aigh.
But, when confronted by TSA/CATSA pull it out and play. All will stop, and people will look at you in awe.
I did something similar years ago. All flights were delayed due to weather. We were waiting for our aircraft, and I sat down at the piano in the Rapidair lounge and played my favourite piece. Franz Liszt, 2nd Hungarian Rhapsody. (You know it, you just don't know you know it!)
It is a mood inspiring piece, but unless you are a purist, start at about 4:30, that is the part you will recognize. The whole departure lounge stopped and stared. If you were there with the bagpipes that would be the icing on the cake!
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Gotta love pipes, and the SFU band is even better live.
A family member played a lot of amatuer competitions, so i have seen the weird looks pipes get when they go through security as well.
Only seen pipes played once in a terminal...YYC for Rememberence Day a few years ago, they had a piper and a trumpet for a small ceremony in the groundside lounge area. I think I've been there twice for it actually.
Hmmm, how to relate this to the OP , ah yes...
In spite of the dignity and the occasional 102 ml bottle, leatherman, etc., that airports have relieved me of, occasionally they manage to restore a bit of respect, by putting just a bit of thought into something like that.
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little airport) thought much the same when he looked at paper scissors which I had forgotten in my backpack. He took them out, gave them a good look, put them back in and handed me my things. That was five years ago, IIRC.
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But seriously i better stop doing that as other countries might have more tougher standards.
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