French Airport Security
At Perpignan airport yesterday I noticed in the window of the one-and-only shop, which is in the main coucourse by the entrance door, a notice which said:
"Wine purchased in this shop can be carried through security checks onto the aircraft. The wine will be placed in a sealed bag with a copy of your boarding card. Only wine purchased in this shop may be carried onto your flight in this way."
Just supposing that liquid explosives do present a risk, has Perpignan not thought that one could purchase wine, take it out to the car park, open the "sealed" bag (not difficult from what I saw), replace the bottle, reseal it, and carry it back onto the flight ?
Incidently both Fois Gras and Camembert are security no-nos and cannot be taken on the aircraft at Perpignan, so "they " are still protecting us, partially.....