Reply #8: this is really frosting me, too [View All]

I take a diuretic for high blood pressure. I really need to have bottled water with me on a flight longer than 1 hour. And who's checking the security of what the airline puts on board as drinks?

No books or magazines allowed? What are you supposed to do, stare forward in the fully booked plane for hours and hours? How cranky are the children going to be without crayons and dvd's and games?

Do you carry your tampax to the bathroom in the plastic bag or out of the bag, which one is it?

Extra eyeglasses not allowed? HUH?

I've traveled to Europe many times and before 9/11 the security there at airports was very tight. What they would do is NOT treat everyone like a terrorist or drug smuggler, but they had very well trained people talk to you and size you up before you got on the plane. I wish the TSA in the US would figure out how to do that instead of harrasing every traveler. Oh wait - it's probably cheaper to pay someone to rifle through every woman's purse, than to train some experts.