The TSA has updated what you can and can’t bring onto planes:
Travelers may now carry through security checkpoints travel-size toiletries (3 ounces or less) that fit comfortably in ONE, QUART-SIZE, clear plastic, zip-top bag.
After clearing security, travelers can now bring beverages and other items purchased in the secure boarding area on-board aircraft.
At the checkpoint travelers will be asked to remove the zip-top bag of liquids and place it in a bin or on the conveyor belt. X-raying separately will allow TSA security officers to more easily examine the declared items.
Some airports have implemented a prescreening program where you pay a yearly fee (around $100) and get fingerprinted, your eyeball scanned and a background check. You still have to go through a metal detector and get your bags scanned to get to the gate, but you don’t have to wait in line anymore.
Is that something you’d sign up for? I would.
(via lifehacker)
Personally, I think that sounds obnoxious. It sounds like another way for the wealthiest people to circumnavigate the rules and regulations that the rest of us have to adhere to.
I think queues are one of the few truly egalitarian systems left.