Seriously, tennis raquets are NOT terrorist threats

[Office_Monkey]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/news/artic...

"A secret list of items banned from aircraft was declared invalid today after a tennis player won his case at the European Court of Justice against airport security staff who threw him off an aircraft because they said that his racquets posed a terrorist threat. "

How the fk can someone so retarded as to think that tennis racquets pose a terrorist threat be in a position of power? Apologies for the swearing, but fking hell, come on!

[AlexKP]

It does rather beggar belief.

If anyone attempted to hijack an aircraft with a tennis racket I rather think they would either get their heads kicked in, or "new balls please".

[brum]

Yesterday I had all of my toiletries confiscated at heathrow because my plastic see through bag "wasn't the correct size"
Nobody could tell me how a different sized see through bag was a terrorist threat but it didn't stop them binning all my stuff.
fking idiots

[scorp]

Meh, i got 2 gas lighters and a pair of very dangerous nail clippers on board last time i flew, no probs. I guess it's jobsworth russain roulette these days.

[Puggit]

brum said:

Yesterday I had all of my toiletries confiscated at heathrow because my plastic see through bag "wasn't the correct size"
Nobody could tell me how a different sized see through bag was a terrorist threat but it didn't stop them binning all my stuff.
fking idiots

FlyerTalk thread on this

The trick is not to declare toiletries - they never spot mine...

[The Black Flash]

Always amazes me how you can go through all of the security checks, then buy bottles of wine and beer in the shops and bars in the departure lounge. If I wanted a weapon, I'd be going for the broken wine bottle over the tennis raquet or tube of toothpaste, every time.

[hornetrider]

What happens to all the st that is confiscated at security? I had a set of allen keys in an unknown pocket in a bag I had to leave behind once, most annoying.

Is it a staff free for all?

[rsstman]

look guys if you have seen the film "the specialist" with sylvester stallone you will know that tennis rackets can be used to trigger explosives in tea cups.

very dangerous indeed.

[BerksBoy]

but the screening staff at heathrow always smell really nice. wonder where they get all their aftershave/body spray from?

[DrTre]

The Black Flash said:

Always amazes me how you can go through all of the security checks, then buy bottles of wine and beer in the shops and bars in the departure lounge. If I wanted a weapon, I'd be going for the broken wine bottle over the tennis raquet or tube of toothpaste, every time.

Too right, if some bloke attacked me with a semillon I'd do whatever they said for fear of making them properly angry.

Edited by DrTre on Tuesday 10th March 15:39

[mybrainhurts]

Office_Monkey said:

"A secret list of items banned from aircraft was declared invalid today after a tennis player won his case at the European Court of Justice against airport security staff who threw him off an aircraft because they said that his racquets posed a terrorist threat. "

Bah....

Being a tennis player is adequate justification for chucking him off...

[Puggit]

Anyone tried to eat the ribs in T3 at Heathrow? They give a knife I'd be embarrassed to give to my 2.5 year old!

[hugo a gogo]

BerksBoy said:

but the screening staff at heathrow always smell really nice. wonder where they get all their aftershave/body spray from?

ok, next time i go through I'm going to 'forget' i have a bottle of piss in a hugo boss aftershave bottle in my carry-on bag

[LeoSayer]

I had my 250ml bottle of mouthwash confiscated even though it clearly contained only around 50ml of actual fluid.

Sadly, this sort of airport bo***** seems normal these days.

[cs02rm0]

Puggit said:

The trick is not to declare toiletries - they never spot mine...

They always spot mine. Something to do with me being searched every frickin time.

Had a 120ml deodorant can confiscated last time. Not sure how that's a particularly dangerous item, perhaps airport security just don't like smelling nice?

[Puggit]

LeoSayer said:

I had my 250ml bottle of mouthwash confiscated even though it clearly contained only around 50ml of actual fluid.

Sadly, this sort of airport bo***** seems normal these days.

The whole 100ml concept is that it takes more than 100ml of these mixed liquids to make a bomb.

Yet you can buy large bottles once through security.

And if you really wanted to to blow a plane up, you wouldn't go through security anyway...

[AndyBe]

I once forgot a tube of tooth paste inside my carry on bag, that wasn't inside a see-through plastic bag.
Carry on bag got searched and there was a big 'to do' about the tooth paste not in a see-through baggy. I had to buy bags from a machine. Again a quid for two. So the toothpaste goes inside a placcy bag, and through the xray machine again ?!
Yes, my good man - now it's terrorist free toothpaste.

Bunch of jobs worth s.

[cs02rm0]

And can't you take more than one 100ml bottle anyway, or is the limit a total?

[DrTre]

Puggit said:

The whole 100ml concept is that it takes more than 100ml of these mixed liquids to make a bomb.

Yet you can buy large bottles once through security.

Er...yeah, but not of the liquids that actually comprise the components of the bomb...the bombs aren't made by mixing Timotei and E45 moisturising lotion.

[eightseventhree]

In Grenoble airport last week they said that my snowboard helmet attached to my rucksack needed to be packed into my snowboard bag, if not it would be destroyed because it posed a terrorist threat