Originally Posted by
zed3
Millerman.....the point is that there is no joined-up thinking on this problem . I find it hard to believe that it is beyond the wit of the people concerned to come up with a workable solution in international travel . Why can't the airport managers , airline managers , security managers and the rest (leaving out politicians) make simple rules , including sealed duty free packs and other common items , easily transportable over borders.
I can understand it's infuriating. The problem is that some airports, e.g. Schiphol, have responded to the issue of such a large variety of goods being available for purchase airside by moving security to immediately pre-gate. The new rules have no sensible solution for this, so at Schiphol and, I imagine, other similar airports, you can take the duty free through, even though everything else is in 100ml bottles in clear plastic. It is then very easy to fall foul of the supposedly same rules if you then connect in another airport.
It's a classic demonstration of lack of joined up thinking, I'm afraid
Cheers,
Rich.