AIBU to think airport security were wrong to do this?

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This isn't an issue to me, I was in fact, very grateful and happy.

DD is 7; she has a mini-suitcase for the plane. She accidentally packed a body spray, a family member had brought her. Airport security let it go through, when she started to tear up.

AIBU to think this wasn't that smart?

It must have been a huge body spray, impulse is under 100ml iirc

DS is 12 and must look dodgy as fuck because he's never got through airport security without getting a pat down.

If they didn't search children, terrorists would use children

People saying it's about theatre: of course it's about theatre. Another word for theatre is deterrence. You want to deter people from trying it.

Cupcakes In spite of the grandiose claims, the "UK Border Force" or whatever it's called this week takes zero interest in who is leaving the UK. That is why when a high profile case arises they often don't know if a wanted person has left the country. The only way to find out is by combining disparate records of airlines etc. Exit controls were abolished 20+ years ago to save money, and despite promises they'd come back, they never have, hence Tesco has a better idea of who is actually in the country than the government.

I don't understand why airports don't have scanners at the front doors, like Antalya in Turkey. You can't get in the airport without walking through a scanner and all your luggage is scanned.
What happened yesterday wouldn't have happened in Antalya

I feel that there's always an aspect that terrorists are winning by encouraging the introduction of continually more demeaning and intrusive "security" procedures. Whilst I obviously fully sympathise with everyone affected by the recent airport attack, doing screening before alllowing entry to the "public" area of airports would just make travelling by air even more miserable and probably not much safer.

I got the third degree about a bottle of milk for my baby. I had a few bottles and they were all scanned but one kept beeping. If they had seized it I wouldn't have had enough for the trip.

My solution. I took the top off and gave it to DS.

Security just shrugged and let us pass.

I've been to Anatalya airport and I won't be going back - it's hell.

More practically - imagjne trying to screen every one of the large family groups that gather to meet loved ones at Birmingham, Heathrow etc? It would be total chaos.

Years ago, before 9/11, 7/7, Glasgow Airport attack, in Spain my SIL got through the armed security with my DH's passport, he then got stopped with hers..... She had been keeping all the tickets and documents together and we were running a bit late :D

It is huge. It smells awful. It comes in a plastic bottle, like one of those giant bubble baths for kids. It's not 'proper' Disney, it's one of those fakes. She bloody loves it and feels grown up. I've offered to buy her a nicer one, but nope, she's having none of it

I've been to Antalya many times and never had a problem. Cancun airport on the other hand was absolutely terrible, both arrivals and departures. Has put me off going back to Mexico

I know at Heathrow they have the camera that snaps you as you scan your boarding pass prior to security and that it also flashes up at the gate, but I'd have thought they'd need to see my passport at some point. Puzzling

Its bloody useless.

BA obviously thought we were roaming around terminal 5 for a week.

Our flight was delayed but got there for the connection in the end. BAs records show we missed the flight so they cancelled our return flight. We only found this out when we got to the airport to fly home.

The security system only works properly if you cross reference passports in and out with the camera otherwise its open to abuse.

I don't understand why airports don't have scanners at the front doors, like Antalya in Turkey. You can't get in the airport without walking through a scanner and all your luggage is scanned. What happened yesterday wouldn't have happened in Antalya

You could bomb the queue for the scanner. Or kill the person operating the scanner first. Or just pick a different target.

It doesn't stop the problem. It just shifts it or changes the tactics that people use.

Lets not blame the lack of security. Lets blame the intent and determination to cause death and destruction on the part of the bombers.

I've recently been through Singapore. Your hand luggage doesn't get scanned until you are at the gate. And although they wanted computer out, there was no interest in toiletries. I was getting quite worried! And I beeped (artificial hip) and the pat down was cursory.

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