Government brings back 100ml liquids rule at airports with new security scanners

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• Charlie says:

  8 Jun8 June 17:11

  Having just been through first wing, apparently all liquids need to come out of bags again from midnight. Whether this is correct or not I do not know, but several first wing operators claimed the old liquid rule would be reinstated from midnight and the liquids bag must be put through the scanner separately.

  • BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:

    8 Jun8 June 17:22

    I’ll post this link to a flyer talk post that I already posted in the forum thread

    https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/36290963-post67.html

    “All passengers must adhere to the 100ml restrictions regardless of the which lane are processed through, and any LAG bags must be placed separately in the trays”

    LAG = liquids, aerosols, gels

• Traumahawk007 says:

  8 Jun8 June 19:02

  I think one of the reasons is booze and people wanting to take their own and drink in the airport or onboard. Let’s face it the entitled Chavs & Karen’s have always been the main reasons for the delays at security & flight disruption.
  Personally happy for liquid rules to remain albeit keep in bag during screening

  • Charlie says:

    8 Jun8 June 19:19

    I disagree with your ‘Chavs and Karens’ comment but I agree with maintaining current liquid rules if it means the liquid bag does not need to be scanned separately. On another note, a good few years ago, I got drenched with water on take off, falling down from the overhead bin. I quickly moved to the middle emergency exit row seat. The plane pitched right, and I got solidly drenched a second time. A young mother with a baby had a litre bottle of water in her bag, most of which was now on me. One of those things, and the young lady was very apologetic. However, ever since then I’ve always ensured my bag is towards the front of the nearest bin above me. I don’t think my laptop would like a litre of water. I see no reason why the current rules should not remain. Why does anyone need a litre bottle of liquid in their hand baggage?

  • Paul Allen says:

    8 Jun8 June 19:24

    Yes because those quaffing a bottle of Moet behave far better than those drinking a pack of Stella… I’ve encountered more entitled individuals in business class than anywhere else you know – maybe you’re one of them!

    • Traumahawk007 says:

      8 Jun8 June 21:40

      Yep in all honesty the worse ones are those who spend 1000’s travelling for no reason to get gold for the look at me in Concorde lounge Instagram & X posts.

      • Harry T says:

        9 Jun9 June 04:00

        Can’t get into the CCR with Gold status!

• Nige says:

  8 Jun8 June 22:48

  Seems like most people here are missing the point. The rules are in place because there is a genuine terrorist threat. It’s nothing to do with chav’s, karens or moet drinking up their own ass entitled individuals.
  If taking small amounts of liquids out of your hand baggage is inconvenient for you, then maybe think about the consequences of bomb blowing a hole in the fuselage of your plane at 30k feet.
  Get a grip people, it’s not difficult or an inconvenience. Deal with it.

  • Greenpen says:

    8 Jun8 June 22:56

    Well said. Stop moaning about something quite trivial.

    • Track says:

      9 Jun9 June 03:52

      There was Covid threat too. We all evidenced the smart measures and rules taken against it.

  • ADS says:

    9 Jun9 June 11:37

    the reintroduction of the 100ml limit is because there aren’t enough airport security staff to handle the volume of secondary searches that the new scanning machines are generating.

    the fact that other european countries aren’t reintroducing the 100ml limit is a clear sign that there is NOT a problem with the machines themselves.

    • Nancy says:

      9 Jun9 June 18:50

      That doesn’t make any sense at all. Why would government care if an airport has enough staff or not. It’s the airport’s responsibility, not the government’s. The airport could decide stick to the old rules without gov’s intervention. Smaller airports like Teesside don’t have any problems.

  • Jack says:

    12 Jun12 June 11:45

    but nothing has changed that means that liquids could be left in bags from a week ago though. Other airports in other countries seem to manage just fine

• james says:

  9 Jun9 June 20:00

  Just been through Manchester terminal 2 was happy to see the new scanner in the fast track. But can confirm they requested I take my liquids out and separate tray, fortunely I always have them in a separate clear bag anyway. Everything stayed in the bags. More than happy with that compromise of not having to drag laptops and iPads out.

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