Stuff in trays through security ...

[Feebee2]

Originally Posted by ROBBOTOO

All I know is what she said.

I would hope security at airports have quick access to cctv for various reasons.

If they had some time after security and before boarding I assume someone would be traceable.

I know she said the police were involved too. Perhaps that’s how she knew the person had been taken off their flight.

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When me and DD went through passport control at Luton, images of us throughout the airport came on the screen.
They really do keep an eye on you!

[welovemushu]

Originally Posted by mick

Exactly what we do (see post #10 )

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Originally Posted by mick

We have a small draw string bag which I stuff well down into the cabin bag which is zipped. Don't actually put a lock on it but we hope that nobody has the inclination or time to rummage in the cabin bag whilst it's 90% of the time in our view.

Mick

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Haha missed that bit, Mick, got a bit lost when y'all started talking about Rolex watches !

[mick]

Originally Posted by welovemushu

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Haha missed that bit, Mick, got a bit lost when y'all started talking about Rolex watches !

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I don't own a Rolex I'm afraid but I do have a very nice Tissot which may be worth around £400. However that stays at home in the safe and my £20 M&S watch travels to Florida with me.

I've always had a "holiday" watch from when we did bucket and spade beach holidays with our daughters when they were younger.

Mick

[Mr Tom Morrow]

My gripe is they individually move the goalposts. Not collectively.

For example when I see everybody else going through and doing exactly the same as me but I am the one told to take my watch off and put it in a little dish to go through the scanner then that's not acceptable. If in doubt they can 'wand it' and even do the EGIS wipes.

Now if they announced a blanket ban that would be fine and we would take cheaper watches but I am not letting valuables disappear down a conveyor belt and hope they will be there when I get through the arch.

I must say I never get a problem in America only Gatwick.

[tocpe321]

I have a pocket watch... well its a Samsung phone.

[mick]

Originally Posted by tocpe321

I have a pocket watch... well its a Samsung phone.

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TC

I used to buy one of those cheap digital Casio things and by the time I'd set it it was time to come home. Handy to know the time in Bangladesh and the closing prices of the Hong Kong stock exchange but useless to know the time in Florida.

Mick

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They change the goalposts all the time...remove your shoes,belt,watch..do not remove your shoes,belt,watch.I do like when they shout "please remove your magic bands,this aint Disney people"

[tocpe321]

Originally Posted by mick

TC

I used to buy one of those cheap digital Casio things and by the time I'd set it it was time to come home. Handy to know the time in Bangladesh and the closing prices of the Hong Kong stock exchange but useless to know the time in Florida.

Mick

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[CarolynU]

I've been wanded and had my bag manually searched which doesn't bother me, but nothing prepared me for the horrors of LGW last year with my daughter and baby granddaughter through the 'family friendly' lanes. I have absolutely no idea what happened but they didn't want my daughter to go through the scanners carrying the baby so the security officer tried to hold her but that set off a meltdown as the baby won't be held by a total stranger, so they called me back to take her but my stuff was already out the other side of the scanner waiting for me, so I had to turn back and take one toddler in full meltdown. By the time that had finished I rejoined my stuff and tried to unload it but a different officer began shouting at me to pick up the trays and move to those loading bay things.
Problem is there were none free near me and I can't manage to carry multiple trays in one go so it would have meant carrying them one at a time and leaving them unaccompanied whilst I ferried my stuff back and forth. However the more puzzled I looked the louder he shouted at me. In the end I did say to him perhaps if he stopped shouting at me and was more polite I'd find a solution. Meanwhile I'd had to hand the toddler back to my daughter who for a while was inconsolable having been snatched by someone who was a stranger to her from my daughter!
What a stressful muddle! In the end I did get an apology, and we have learnt to send my daughter through the scanner first whilst I hold baby and then pass baby through before I then go through afterwards and then hopefully we will all be reunited with our stuff at the same time but I still don't see the necessity for shouting at us. We were honestly trying our best and a little bit of understanding wouldn't have hurt.

[Mr Tom Morrow]

Maybe we should do this which happened at LAX some 10 years ago!

A woman going through security at Los Angeles International Airport put her month-old grandson into a plastic bin intended for carry-on items and slid it into an X-ray machine.

The early Saturday accident -- bizarre but not unprecedented -- caught airport workers by surprise, even though the security line was not busy at the time, officials said.

A screener watching the machine's monitor immediately noticed the outline of a baby and pulled the bin backward on the conveyor belt.

The infant was taken to Centinela Hospital, where doctors determined that he had not received a dangerous dose of radiation.