Originally posted by TBoomer:
I just think it's stupid to throw caution out out the window to save nothing but an extra 20-40 minutes in a line at an airport...or God forbid, you can't listen to some music on your flight. I suppose it is a matter of perspective and priority. The one that makes me laugh, though, are the people who are angry because they can't carry their shampoo on the plane. Who the hell washes their hair on a plane? Now, snake repellant, I could see...



Most business travellers, who make up the vast majority of domestic travellers, don't check their bags. Therefore they carry everything they need for the week on their carry-on. For some people this could mean shampoo if they bring their own. For others it's lotions, makeups, contact lens solution, any countless other things.

For these people, not only are they having to arrive at the airport 1 to 2 hours earlier (and up to 3 if your airport isn't well setup for security) they now have to stand around after arriving for at least another 30 minutes. If you fly 2, 3, 4 times a week as many business travellers such as myself do, that adds up to a LOT of extra time. Time that's usually coming out of your probably already limited personal time.

And to make matters worse, aircraft have been designed around the fact that XX% of passengers won't check their luggage. And, occassionally, bags still didn't fit on planes. Now that these people are checking their stuff too a much larger percentage of baggage isn't fitting on the planes. Which means these business travellers now have a greater chance of arriving somewhere and being without their luggage while on a business trip -- not the kind of position many people want to find themselves in if they don't have this liquid they find so necessary.

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