Very worrying...

[Sir_Jon]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4778575.stm
Very worrying indeed. Of course, its the only thing the BBC can seem to talk about. The implications of these restrictions could be widespread
John.

[jb2_86_uk]

in the last 5 minutes, all inbound flights to heathrow, that have not yet left the departure airport, have been cancelled.

I just feel sorry for any families holidays that have been ruined by these terrorists.

JB

[FsNovice]

The problem here i think is that the security services invloved anre almost damned if they do and damned if they don't. The impilcations are going to be massive. Its all a bit manic at the moment. Noones that clear whats going on or what happened to trigger this in detail.

[Saitek]

All easyjet flights to Gatwick cancelled. My friend was only on there last week.

[cspyro21]

I heard about that on the news. I just hope it's all cleared up by next week (I'm flying to Portugal next week) - hopefully it'll all settle down ASAP dor that matter.

[dcunning30]

I can imagine that after the dust settles and the immediate threat is assessed and subsides, they'll relax the immediate restrictions.

[cheesegrater]

I think in 5 to 10 years you won't be allowed to bring carry-on bags at all.

[Hagar]

I think in 5 to 10 years you won't be allowed to bring carry-on bags at all.

Sooner than that if they have any sense. I've been saying for years that they should have brought that in directly after 9/11.

[jb2_86_uk]

This whole 'no carry-on' policy is playing havoc for budget carriers such as Ryanair. They positivle encourage passengers to ONLY bring carry-on luggae. This saves time and money and makes far more efficient turn arounds on their hectic flight schedules.

Having said that, I wonder what they do with the hold space!? They could do budget long haul flights and fill the hold with fuel Can you imagin flying UK-Australia non-stop in a B737? Im a genius!.... Dear Ryanair, I have an interesting proposition for you.....

JB

[beefhole]

Sooner than that if they have any sense. I've been saying for years that they should have brought that in directly after 9/11.

Wait, so you're for disallowing carry-on baggage?

Just when I thought I had you figured out, you go and pull a fast one. You're a true enigma Doug!  :P

[Drake_TigerClaw]

This is getting rediculous. We need to A) Profile the hell out of people. B) Actually look for bombs and weapons and not old lady toe nail clippers. C) Set a dude up next to the cockpit door with an MP5 D) Kill all the terrorists, its hard for a corpse to carry carry on luggage.  ;D

[Hagar]

Just when I thought I had you figured out, you go and pull a fast one. You're a true enigma Doug!  :P

An enigma eh? It makes sense to me.

It obviously depends on your definition of carry-on baggage. The regulations are a joke & very often ignored. I've seen people struggling with almost everything you can think of, including the proverbial kitchen sink. Some of these objects are obviously not required on the flight . They cannot possibly be stowed safely in the overhead lockers which is therefore a potential risk to other passengers & crew.

It amazes me what the travelling public thinks of as essentials that they cannot possibly live without for a few hours. I'm told it's even worse on internal flights in the US. Even without the security risk I think it's about time they had a re-think on what is allowed in the passenger cabin of an aircraft.

[Mictheslik]

I've just returned on a flight from Edinburgh to bristol and it was ver smooth. There were a lot of people at edinburgh and a few of the BA flights to London were cancelled but the plane left on time and everything was handled very well.

No problems here!

.Mic

[Saitek]

Yeah everything has improved as passengers have prepared in advance and are taking next to no handluggage which means they only need to be double body-checked. I heard that for Friday the queues were very short and this were running well.

[`Josh]

This is getting rediculous. We need to A) Profile the hell out of people. B) Actually look for bombs and weapons and not old lady toe nail clippers. C) Set a dude up next to the cockpit door with an MP5 D) Kill all the terrorists, its hard for a corpse to carry carry on luggage.  ;D

That's the smartest thing I've heard all day, right down to the weapon of choice for the guy next to the cockpit.  ;D

Another thing we could do is let people with concealed carry permits to carry their pistols on board.