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No liquid or gels can be carried aboard planes!

I know this is a very small, insignificant question, but what are ladies doing about no lipstick or chapstick for many hours while in transit?? I have to fly this week and have been wondering.

Thanks!
 
TerriJ said:
I know this is a very small, insignificant question, but what are ladies doing about no lipstick or chapstick for many hours while in transit?? I have to fly this week and have been wondering.

Thanks!
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Terri,

The bottom line of the answer is "Get by without". There is nothing to stop anybody purchasing chapstick or lipstick from the shops 'airside' and using them before boarding, but purchases will have to be dumped again before actually getting on board.
 
My nasal meds get sent in groups of 3 with no label except on the box of 3. Maybe I can call and have them send me a stick on label. I didn't realize no lipstick, I'll just do without it on a very short trip, just look pale and washed out, oh well... I think some of this may calm down in a while after they analyze what could really be used and what couldn't. It scares me that people can now bring knives and presumably box cutters on board, isn't that what was responsible for 9/11?
Liz
 
I had 6 prescription meds with me in the original bottles, as well as 2 of those weekly pill sorters in my backpack. I also had 3 pill bottles in my purse. Noone checked any of them.
 
I'm apparently missing something. There have been comments herein to the effect that lipstick is not allowed. I don't see that in the list of prohibited items.

I assume the stick form of lipstick is different from "lip gels" and "lip glosses/liquids", which are prohibited.
 
Interpretation of the rules seems to be very hit and miss. I've read elsewhere about people flying into the US having liquids and gels confiscated after arrival. They weren't planning any onward flights. What is the sense in that?
 
Traveling through DFW yesterday after the restrictions were in place I noted a male member of the AA flight crew traveling through the airport. He had his water bottle strapped to his suitcase. The real danger is not the airline employees, however, but the employees of food service companies that have ready access to the planes. There have been many stories regarding these guys smuggling drugs etc on planes. Security for airplanes should totally restrict anyone that is not an airline employee from entering the airline -- no exceptions for "outsourced" services such as food services or cleaning services. Not an airline employee? No entry, period.
 
Liz Wolf-Spada said:
My nasal meds get sent in groups of 3 with no label except on the box of 3. Maybe I can call and have them send me a stick on label. I didn't realize no lipstick, I'll just do without it on a very short trip, just look pale and washed out, oh well... I think some of this may calm down in a while after they analyze what could really be used and what couldn't. It scares me that people can now bring knives and presumably box cutters on board, isn't that what was responsible for 9/11?
Liz
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Are your meds in gel, gel caps or liquid form? If yes, simply carry the box with the label with your meds.

Knives and box cutters are still prohibited.

-David
 
I think a lot has to do with the individual screeners. When we left for vacation in July, prior to the hightened security, the group of screeners that we encountered were goofing around, and appeared to care less. I hope by now they have taken the job seriously again.
 
A couple of rules were changed today.

Apparently solid lipstick is now ok. No idea if that includes chapstick or not. I think this rule is likely to be interpreted differently by individual screeners.

4 ounces of over the counter liquid medication is now ok.

Shoe removal is now mandatory.

After 5 years of TSA mandatory shoe removal, it's incredible that they made this official now. Previously, you didn't have to remove them to go through the scanner, but if you didn't remove them, you had to go through secondary screening, at which point you had to remove your shoes.)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060813/ap_on_re_us/terror_plot_security

-David
 
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Flew from DFW to SLC on Friday 11th. Since this was the day after the restrictions began, we arrived extra early anticipating lines. The lines were no longer (maybe even shorter) than usual. I asked the Delta employee at check-in if lip balm was okay. She said she thought so. Anyway, I went through security with it in my purse and no one even looked--beyond the xray. I had expected hand searches of handbags. DH almost always has his carry-on handsearched due to the excessive amount of electronics. Didn't happen this time. We were surprised (and a little nervous) that security was more lax than usual. Guess we don't fit the profile.
 
Ann-Marie said:
So when I needed to use the bathroom, there were 2 stewardess standing with a serving cart blocking the isle all the way by row 1. The bathroom was open earlier, but we were told we needed to use the bathroom in the back of the plane.
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Airlines do that when one of the pilots has left the cockpit for any reason.
 
Returned from Vegas yesterday. The lines for checking bags were long....in fact, they had us lined up outside the terminal and would feed us to either the Skycaps or the inside counter as room became available. It was sunny and 100 degrees and I really felt for the older travelers and those with little children having to endure 30-45 minutes outside shuffling along with their bags. It infuriates me as well that some terrorists are bent on suicide and taking as many unsuspecting innocent people along as possible.

But I was also impressed that within about a day of the new regulations, American airlines and passengers had adjusted to the new restrictions and were carrying on as normal. I heard very few complainers and saw lots and lots of people in a variety of lines.

On a practical note, we did have to show boarding passes a couple of extra times. Bottled water was out. And just as I was handing over my boarding pass to the gate agent to board, a TSA guy took me out of line to search my purse - a very small bag - but he showed no interest in my much larger laptop bag. I guess this middle aged Hoosier gal looks the type :)
 
anniemac said:
I guess this middle aged Hoosier gal looks the type :)
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Maybe he had a quota to fill (kinda like the highway patrol and speeding tix) and your little bag seemed an easy task. Or maybe you are a scary looking woman. ;) Somehow I doubt it.
 
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