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Packing in the New Security Age

| posted by Lynne d Johnson

"Prohibition hasn't quite arrived at the airlines. But, thanks to tough new TSA rules limiting liquids in carry-ons, the easiest way to fly is dry," writes Owen N. Wild, Director of Marketing for Amadeus North America, and Fast Company Business Travel Resource Center Columnist.

He says that opting to check bags vs. carrying them on is the "anti-strategy." Further, he notes:

"Reverting to checking your bags to meet TSA rules violates several road warrior rules. First, it guarantees you'll be spending more time than ever at the airport -- waiting to check your bag at the start of your trip and waiting at the baggage carousel at the end of your trip. (That's on top of the wait time for going through security and being at the gate at least one-half hour before departure.) Second, and more important, checking your bag makes it prey to the "vicissitudes" of airport baggage systems."

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February 6, 2007 at 12:46am

Bertrand Ruhle
Sir I invented A new way to place the baggage on the airplanes. The idea is so sdvence that it is out of this world.I work for 4 years to produce thia system.A passanger could arrived 15 minutes before the planes goes with his baggage and drop it of at the gate and there would be no one to check the baggage and this would be alright . The only thing the security officier have to check is the passanger not the baggage.With thisinvention in place it is complex but once in place it would very ease to manuver. With this idea the airlines would save millions of dollars in fuel . The pilot and it crew would not fear the treat of baggtage with hariztest meterial abord the plane. A treat by phone to the airportfor explosive abord the aircraft would unlikely because of the system the baggage is procied with this device. I can assure you that the treat of baggage well be gone forever with this system. The manufacture and the airlines work togather it well work. Thank you for reading my letter Bertrand Ruhle