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Old 10th Aug 2006, 07:43
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Llademos
 
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Originally Posted by Final 3 Greens
How can banning hand baggage be as crippling as aircraft blowing up in mid air?

Because both occurences (note that these new aarrangements are causing severe delays) both stop the air transport system from functioning viably.

I am not comparing the severity of the events, just the severity of the consequences.

Got it now?
F3G - yes, got it now and before as well.

When the skies are cleared of all air traffic for 3-4 days (as it was post 911 and would be if aircraft started to fall out of the skies) due to the hand baggage restrictions, I will concede you have a point.
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