Would You Support a No Carry-on Item Policy?

Personnaly, I think that total nudity in flight with compulsory anal inspection before boarding is the only feasible solution. Can't wait.

Is this a Chinese custom? Given your challenged height, aren't you worried that the anal probe might pass right through your mouth, m'dear? They might insist that you travel in cargo.

Welcome back, dearie. I thought we had finally shaken the FILTH of Chinese customs, sorry, I mean dust, off our shoes on this board but even little old Sybil can be wrong sometimes.

[fedssocr]

until the airline can assure me that my expensive camera equipment and computer, when I travel with it, won't be lost, stolen, or broken in the checked luggage there's no way in hell I am packing those items in my checked bag.

Ditto Thrope. Has Norff-London been in Choinar? Taking adavantage of the great "our boys will support you" special has he?

I would personally support a ban on carry-on babies and small children.

[Bob]

I propose that all the airlines place two steel posts at the gateways and those persons who are horizontally challenged can't get on the plane unless their ass (and the rest of them) fits between the posts.
Quite annoying when the person next to you is occupying his seat and half of yours.
:drunken:

[Smiles]

... I propose that all the airlines place two steel posts at the gateways and those persons who are horizontally challenged can't get on the plane unless their ass (and the rest of them) fits between the posts.
Quite annoying when the person next to you is occupying his seat and half of yours .... "

With an expectation like that Bob, you're going to be highly disappointed when flying Isaan Air ( http://www.sawatdee-gay-thailand.com/fo ... 7002#87002 ).

Cheers ... :blackeye: :blackeye: :blackeye:

[wowpow]

Ridiculous idea.
Airlines lose checked luggage all the time.
You would have to be daft not to carry your essentials with you, certainly your wallet and anything that you absolutely couldn't deal with being lost.

[bao-bao]

I'm somewhat torn on this one. I don't have a desire to become fish food on my way to LOS and riding a fireball to my next life would be a LONG ways down my list, too, but this knee-jerk way we have of reacting after something tragic happens is also discouraging.

I didn't spend a lot of time researching global numbers on this, but think about it for a minute: According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics for the period ending May of this year, there were 658,000,000 people on 10,321 flights in the United States (representing data of the 12 months ending May 2006). Add to that the rest of the world's air flights and I'd imagine you'd get some staggering numbers.

With those numbers in mind, what are the odds of being on a flight where you'd be killed, anyway? I guess that's being a bit fatalistic about it, but just as food for thought. If I let air disasters in general get to me I'd be like my brother, who hasn't set foot on a plane since 1973.

There has to be SOME semblance of security, of course... but when all of the contracts are being awarded to the lowest bidder, we aren't all that safe even with it.

And, by the way -- The Transportation Security Administration states that you CAN take items from duty free shops for direct flights only delivered to the passenger at the jet bridge by Duty Free personnel.


http://www.tsa.gov/
http://www.transtats.bts.gov/

[Marsilius]

It's interesting to see how the tide has turned with this poll.

At the start, I seem to recall it was roughly two-to-one in favour of the "no carry on" idea. That has gradually but consistently turned around until today a majority opposes it.

I guess that the further we get away in time from the latest scare, the more relaxed we again become.