Flying Woes
Today’s announcement from MI5 added insult to injury by imposing a new list of travel regulations that banishes all carry on luggage from flights originating in the UK. Passengers are asked to bring what few acceptable items (these include: passport, credit card, cash, contact lens holder without solution, unboxed tampons “sufficient and essential for the flight”, and keys without electrical key fobs) to the screening point in a clear plastic bag.
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August 10, 2006 – Just when it seemed flying couldn’t get any worse, today’s announcement by UK authorities of a thwarted a bomb plot to blow up multiple airlines between Britain and the US has sent the misery index sky high. It was bad enough when the level of service on major carriers had declined to historic lows – and I might add that Air France now locks up the bar half way across the Atlantic, while Delta charges for every drop of libation. Then you factor in zombiefied flight attendants who appear like prisoners on their own plane (except in the case of Lufthansa where they act more like wardens), and you might see why flying isn’t what it used to be.
On the US front, the FAA responded to the British restrictions in kind by banishing shampoo, sun tan lotion, tooth paste and hair gel and “other similar items” from all US domestic flights as of 4 am. So much for holiday plans – it might be better to visit the tanning salon and put on a CD of ocean waves.
