![]() Unfortunately, that’s just 3.6% of our commercial airports. As of September 2022, there were more than 500 CT scanners deployed at 180 airports in the United States. The TSA has also invested in CT technology over the past few years and is slowly installing the new scanners at our 5,000 public-use airports. So where does that leave us here in the good ol’ U.S. In July, 2022, another airport announced the use of CT scanners, meaning the end of passengers carrying small bottles of liquids in their carry-on.Īmsterdam Schiphol has actually been using the technology for even longer – since 2020 – but the airport advises that passengers still use 100-milliliter containers, to avoid problems when flying to other jurisdictions. Liquids (and electronics) at that airport can now remain in carry-on bags at the security checkpoint, and there are no restrictions on liquid volume. In fact, in March, 2022, the first airport in the world ended its version of the 3-1-1 rule. Thanks to the improvement of computed tomography (CT) technology, airport security agents with CT scanners can have a much clearer view of what’s in your carry-on bag. The thing is, since that post was written, technology around the world has improved dramatically. Regardless, it’s been well over a decade since it was originally written, and 3-1-1 continues. Meanwhile, fast forward to today, and Hawley’s blog post is gone. At the time, Elliott said, “The 3-1-1 rule isn’t scheduled to be lifted until the end of this year, when X-Ray machines at security checkpoints will have upgraded software proven to detect threat liquids in any configuration.” By May 2010, Christopher Elliott said on NBC News that it still hadn’t happened. In 2008, Hawley, on the agency’s blog, in a piece called “path forward on liquids,” suggested that 3-1-1 restrictions could be loosened as early as sometime in 2009, and they would remove the size limits on liquids in carry-ons. Unfortunately, it was part of the “legacy/obituary” for the guy who had been the TSA Administrator at the time, Kip Hawley. (By the way, this quick explanation of how the TSA managed to start the liquid ban, OVERNIGHT, is pretty fascinating. It’s been like that at just about every commercial airport around the world, ever since. Initially, we weren’t allowed to carry ANY liquids or gels in our carry-on bags but that was eventually revised to allow small amounts under 100mls/3.4 ounces. At that time, British authorities reportedly stopped a plot to blow up planes headed for the United States with liquid explosives. They are limited to 3.4 ounces (100 milliliters) or less per item (well, with these 10+ exceptions ) In the United States, the TSA says y ou’re only been allowed to bring a quart-sized bag of liquids, aerosols, gels, creams and pastes through the checkpoint. We now laugh about it every time we fly eight years later, thankfully.The air travel world has been living with the “3-1-1 liquids rule” (or its country-specific equivalent) for a long time now. The TSA agents ahead even heard the story by the time we reached the scanners, which definitely helped us bring our heart rates back to normal. Thankfully, he found it funny and then told us the German Shepherd was still new and hadn’t seen a dog come through in a carrier before us (only service animals who are never in carriers). The officer laughed, and you could feel the tension leave the air all around us (and hear lots of chuckles). ![]() ![]() My BF then turns the rolling bag around to show it holds my 10-lb., white, fluffy terrier mix through the mesh screen. My BF finally comes to his senses and almost screams, 'It’s my dog!' The officer doesn’t understand immediately and still has a hand on his holster. The officer becomes confused by the dog now straining at its leash (not part of an alert I assume). "I realized what was happening and turned around confused, and the dog started struggling to reach my boyfriend’s rolling bag. When the line came to a stop, the dog sat right by my BF (apparently, this is an alert), and the officer immediately began to aggressively question my BF about what drugs he had, and my BF froze like a deer in headlights, completely silent." A new scanner opened up, and the line moved forward at least 30 people, so we started walking around the area pretty quickly to keep up with the line, and almost immediately, the officer and dog started following my boyfriend. A security officer and a German Shepherd were patrolling in the open area we were being guided around. I was walking in front of my BF because he still wasn’t familiar with airports at that point. Security lines were longer than normal, and they were diverted around an open area. "One time, my then-boyfriend (now husband) and I were flying to visit my family for the holidays. ![]()
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