why is a box more threatening than a bag?

[pwalhx]

I read your opening post very carefully hence my response.

Yes personally I much prefer feeling safe when I get on an aeroplane because of these silly regulations bearing in mind that the U.K. is a high risk target for terrorism because of our close relationship with our cousins across the Atlantic.

I am still puzzled about this raft of forms you had to sign because you were sending a box as I have never experienced it myself other then when I have had a commercial sample in a box and needed to fill in 1 Customs form.

I am also curious why your friend had to wait 9 hours to fly if there was nothing amiss, he would not have been stopped merely because the box was checked in at the desk.