> New regulations being put in place by the Department for Transport removes parts of EU law governing how new technology and processes can be implemented, allowing new technology to be installed, a spokesperson said.
I’m curious to know what regulation prohibited changing the rules, especially since according to the same article airports in Europe such as Amsterdam Schiphol already have these scanners?
About fucking time we started to roll back the pointless security theatre pushed on us during the age of abject paranoia
>The changes will see the 100ml liquid rule increased to two litres
This is great news for us, bad news for WH Smith. Now I don’t need to pay over the odds for bottles of water! Also, instead of having to buy a bottle in duty free, I can grab some in a supermarket!
If it is judged as no longer necessary then there is obviously no reason to waste time enforcing it. It’s not like terrorists will see this and suddenly take advantage of it either, they will always use other methods anyway.
This seems on the whole positive news.
I can think of one drawback though…
Is this going to mean that those who are so inclined will be able to get absolutely SHIT FACED on their flight by bringing 2 bottles of vodka with them?
What about the return journey from the US, EU, etc.?
Perhaps the reality is that the EU and US are going to do the same sometime soon?
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Good. My 200ml Aussie shampoo isn’t taking down a 747.
Last 2 times ive flown with hand luggage only, i accidently left a small travel size deodorant in my bag. Not once did anyone say anything at security
The [Sky News version of this article](https://news.sky.com/story/airport-security-rules-on-liquids-and-laptops-to-be-relaxed-12768192) has this line:
> New regulations being put in place by the Department for Transport removes parts of EU law governing how new technology and processes can be implemented, allowing new technology to be installed, a spokesperson said.
I’m curious to know what regulation prohibited changing the rules, especially since according to the same article airports in Europe such as Amsterdam Schiphol already have these scanners?
About fucking time we started to roll back the pointless security theatre pushed on us during the age of abject paranoia
>The changes will see the 100ml liquid rule increased to two litres
This is great news for us, bad news for WH Smith. Now I don’t need to pay over the odds for bottles of water! Also, instead of having to buy a bottle in duty free, I can grab some in a supermarket!
If it is judged as no longer necessary then there is obviously no reason to waste time enforcing it. It’s not like terrorists will see this and suddenly take advantage of it either, they will always use other methods anyway.
This seems on the whole positive news.
I can think of one drawback though…
Is this going to mean that those who are so inclined will be able to get absolutely SHIT FACED on their flight by bringing 2 bottles of vodka with them?
What about the return journey from the US, EU, etc.?
Perhaps the reality is that the EU and US are going to do the same sometime soon?