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

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

I can imagine that after the dust settles and the immediate threat is assessed and subsides, they'll relax the immediate restrictions.  From my point of view, if you don't fully understand the nature and depth of the threat, you err on the side of caution.  I think what I read was an appropriate response.

I also rememeber with humor hearing on a talk show, a woman calls in and says that she's concerned about her freedoms as a result of the American authorities imposing restrictions on carry-on liquids.  She said she has a 24 hour flight to China coming up, and she's upset that she can't carry her toothpaste.

Now let's see, terrorists using liquids to blow up trans-atlantic flights vs. toothpaste.   Hmmmmmm.  

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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.

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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! 

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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.

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.