obviously i’m glad whatever was planned has (hopefully) been stopped but i’m also glad i don’t have any flights home planned for the near future.
here in AU they have said any passengers going to the states or to the UK can not take any liquids on-board (which would annoy me as i always have eye drops b/c of the air on planes). they also can’t take computers or mobile phones or mp3 players. geez, a long haul flight w/o my computer or mp3 player would suck majorly (not to mention putting it in cargo and not knowing if it’s going to be there after the flight). apparently, for the first time here they’re making people headed to the usa take off their shoes.
i saw a list of items you can take on-board british airways but you can’t take a bag to carry them in. yep… NO carry on luggage, not even a purse. so if you can juggle your wallet, keys, contact case (but no liquid), tampons (individually, not boxed), passport, glasses (but no cases) w/o having them in a bag… congrats!
for domestic au flights they say they haven’t changed any of the security systems. although i wonder if they’ll actually start checking IDs. yes, you heard that right. in 2006, i have flown 3 domestic trips(well… 6 indiv flights). and only ONCE did they check my ID. no, i’m not kidding. i’d use the kiosk to check myself in and drop my bags off. no checking ID. u don’t need to be flying to go thru security so they didn’t check it there. nor did they check it when i actually boarded the plane. btw, i didn’t use the kiosk every time (cause sometimes it wasn’t working properly) and in that case(s) i went to the counter with my print out itinerary that i already had in my hand & they never asked for ID.
seems like a basic measure you’d take. sad as when i flew from melbourne to LA about 3 weeks after 9/11, they had very impressive security. not intrusive but professional and through.