If you’ve ever flown from any airport, even if you were flying to Disney World, you’re probably very familiar with all the procedures and rules you need to know about to get through the TSA security checkpoints at the airport.
TSA lines at MCO
Those procedures, though, are starting to change. For example, for a long time, you’ve had to take your shoes off when you go through security, but that rule recently changed, and you can now leave your shoes on. Another TSA security checkpoint rule involves liquids: you can currently only carry 3.4 oz. of any liquid, and all those containers have to fit into a quart-sized bag. However, according to ABC 7, those rules regarding liquids might also soon be changing.
The limits on liquids were first introduced in 2006. Before that, you could bring full water bottles, tubes of toothpaste, and any other kind of liquid in your carry-on bag. Now, we’re all used to pulling out our little baggie full of small bottles, crammed as full as we can get them.
MCO Airport
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem recently suggested that this rule could change in the near future. At a conference, she said, “The liquids, I’m questioning. So that may be the next big announcement, is what size your liquids need to be.”
As to what that means, though, is anyone’s guess, although it suggests that the size of bottles of liquids might be upgraded to something larger than the 3.4 oz. bottles we currently have to use. It could even mean we can have multiple baggies with small bottles.
MCO airport
So why the new changes? Well, security technology has improved a lot over the past decade, so detecting anything that could be dangerous might just be a lot easier now without making fliers jump through extra hoops. The changes in rules could also speed up the process of getting people through security (and make it faster for fliers, too).
If the rules do change, fliers would need to understand that the rules only apply in the U.S. and not in other countries. So, some additional research might come in handy to see what other airports require at security checkpoints.
We’ll just have to see how it all plays out. Until then, stay tuned to DFB for more.
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The liquids rule kills me. I wear contacts and can only use a specific brand of cleaner. I bought a bottle and kept it sealed with the company seal. I figured it being a necessity it would be ok. But noooooo…they removed it from my bag and said either they’d toss it or I could go back and stand in line to have it put in a checked bag. So between a $14 bottle or standing in a checked bag baggage line and a security check again , it was 14 bucks out the window…smh
I had the same problem with a new box of toothpaste. It wasn’t open, so I thought that would be ok. NO! Thrown in the garbage.