Dillon Pyron wrote:
> Thus spake "Jean O'Boyle" :
>
>
>>"Sue and Kevin Mullen" wrote in message
>>news:4kgkotFc7g5jU1@individual.net...
>>
>>>
>>>Kurt Ullman wrote:
>>>
>>>>In article <4kfmssFbuo3oU1@individual.net>,
>>>> Sue and Kevin Mullen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>The box for one of my asthma inhalers is almost 4X the size of the
>>>>>inhaler. I have always cut off the part of the box that has the
>>>>>pharmacist's label. If I have to take the whole box and now the insert
>>>>>also, I will need a carryon the size of a suitcase.lol I am so glad I am
>>>>>driving to my next cruise and don't have to worry about this untill jan.
>>
>>Sue, after you have cleared TSA, take the box from the inhaler and carefully
>>fold it flat by pulling out the ends...on a return flight just re-fold it
>>and use it until you again pass TSA.
>
>
> They are only doing the most cursory of checks at the gate. To go
> through everyone's carry ons in detail would kill the airlines'
> schedules. SWA has a 20 minute turnaround, American has 40 minutes.
> How long does it take to go through 150 people's carry ons?
This may be true, but is it worth taking a chance of my bag being
checked and my inhaler taken away because it isn't in the proper box?
I will be watching to see what happens before my next flight.
sue |