[Idyllchat] Flying British Air

[Russ Crum]

Just yesterday a friend was visiting who had flown from Manchester,  
England a week ago. He said that the regulations there apply to the  
entire country and are not different between airports or airlines,  
other than minor personnel discretions.

He said that some of the female passengers reportedly even had their  
toes examined to be sure they weren't hiding cosmetics! Apparently a  
reaction to some being very upset about not being able to bring such  
items in the cabin with them. Other than a much longer than usual  
time to board due to the increased security, he said it was uneventful.

He did mention that the lack of passengers scrambling for overhead  
bin space for their carry on bags simplified matters. A friend of  
ours who is a flight attendant told us recently that their jobs have  
been greatly eased due to the same thing. i.e. having to deal with  
passengers bringing excessive carry on baggage and trying to stow it  
all in overhead bins.


Russ Crum
rrcrum at sbcglobal.net

On Sep 1, 2006, at 11:40, Robert M. Smith wrote:

> Thanks to everyone who responded to my question about flying  
> British Air. It seems to be an ever changing situation so we will  
> live with it and hope some of the restrictions are lifted soon  
> before we depart.
>
> Robert
>
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