New Air-Travel Guidelines

American Voices • terror • airlines • ISSUE 42•39 • Sep 29, 2006

U.S. airlines are now allowing small quantities of fluids onto airplanes. What do you think?

“Thank God. I don't think I'd be able to make one more flight from New York to Chicago with a mouthful of shampoo.”
Elaine Siegel –
Sales Representative
“The ban was a necessary precaution. We have to be willing to make these kinds of sacrifices if we're going to prevent scientifically impossible terrorist attacks.”
Alex Hunter –
Surveyor
“By giving passengers renewed access to these gels, lotions, and shampoos, we run the risk of creating a very dangerous, highly evasive, and super-slippery terrorist able to avoid all manners of restraint.”
Ed Johansen –
Systems Analyst

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