MonarchOrBust,
Operating Crew are exempt from the no liquid ban in all EASA situated airports.
This comes literally from our head of Security who is also an auditor for Airport security all over EASA land.
He also said though that in the uk, some local airport authorities and screeners think they know better and INVENT their own rules, deliberately making the lifes of crew difficult.
They know very well that they are using non standard restricions but alas, as crew the inly thing we can do is to remain polite, to explain the exemption rule and to write a report.