Man of Honour
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On leaving Luton Airport the other week for Spain we sent through a series of vigerous security checks which included:
Taking off shoes
Checking inside mouth (inc babies)
Checking hair
Checking babies nappies (Both on him and the ones in the bag)
Tasting the bottled baby water/milk.
Opening 3 sealed jars of baby food and tasting
Opening 2 sealed carton of pre-made baby milk and tasting
This excludes the normal checks. I can live with this. I've nothing to hide so it's not a problem. I did ask the security lady (politely) why the opening and tasting. Her response was that it is possible to inject explosives in to liquids and jars.
So why the post? The reason I'm mentioning this is that there was nothing like this in Spain when were actually coming back into the country??? Just the normal "walk through" check and that was it. I was shocked because it seems a bit strange and a half hearted attempt to combat terrorism.
So is the extra securty really necessary? Is just political paranoia or proper gander trying to restore passenger confidence. I can't help thinking the later.
What do you think?
Taking off shoes
Checking inside mouth (inc babies)
Checking hair
Checking babies nappies (Both on him and the ones in the bag)
Tasting the bottled baby water/milk.
Opening 3 sealed jars of baby food and tasting
Opening 2 sealed carton of pre-made baby milk and tasting
This excludes the normal checks. I can live with this. I've nothing to hide so it's not a problem. I did ask the security lady (politely) why the opening and tasting. Her response was that it is possible to inject explosives in to liquids and jars.
So why the post? The reason I'm mentioning this is that there was nothing like this in Spain when were actually coming back into the country??? Just the normal "walk through" check and that was it. I was shocked because it seems a bit strange and a half hearted attempt to combat terrorism.
So is the extra securty really necessary? Is just political paranoia or proper gander trying to restore passenger confidence. I can't help thinking the later.
What do you think?